Understanding the Market | WH Group rose over 3%, with the company's profit attributable to shareholders in the first three quarters increasing by 8.05% year-on-year, and revenue from packaged meat products showing stable growth
WH Group rose over 3%, as of the time of writing, up 3.35%, reported at HKD 7.72, with a transaction volume of HKD 141 million. In terms of news, WH Group released its performance for the nine months ending September 30, 2025. Before biological fair value adjustments, the group achieved revenue of USD 20.477 billion, an increase of 8.54% year-on-year; profit attributable to the company's owners was USD 1.168 billion, an increase of 8.05% year-on-year; basic earnings per share were 9.1 cents. Jianyin International pointed out that WH Group's performance in the third quarter of 2025 was strong, with revenue increasing by 7.9% year-on-year and operating profit growing by 1.8%. The strong sales momentum was mainly benefited from: a 10.2% increase in pork sales, attributed to the effective expansion of sales channels in the Chinese market; stable growth of 5.1% in packaged meat revenue, benefiting from price increases in the U.S. and European markets. The overall operating gross margin compressed by 0.6 percentage points, mainly due to: rising raw material costs in the U.S.; the shift of Chinese packaged meat products to high-cost-performance products to better meet consumer demand; and the decline in European pig prices affecting the profitability of upstream businesses
