Baiwang (SEHK:6657) Swings To C¥3.7m Profit Challenging Loss‑Focused Narratives

Baiwang (SEHK:6657) has reported its FY 2025 first half results with revenue of C¥347.6 million, basic EPS of C¥0.02 and net income of C¥3.7 million, while the trailing twelve months show revenue of C¥728.6 million, a basic EPS loss of C¥0.04 and a net loss of C¥9.6 million. Over recent periods, revenue has moved from C¥281.6 million in 1H FY 2024 to C¥377.7 million in 2H FY 2024 and then to C¥347.6 million in 1H FY 2025. Over the same periods, EPS shifted from a loss of C¥3.18 per share in 1H FY 2024 to a loss of C¥0.25 in 2H FY 2024 and then to a small profit of C¥0.02 in the latest half.

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With the headline numbers on the table, the next step is to see how this earnings profile lines up with the most common stories around Baiwang and where the fresh data backs or challenges those narratives.

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TTM still unprofitable despite C¥3.7m half year profit

• Across the last twelve months, Baiwang generated C¥728.6 million of revenue and a net loss of C¥9.6 million, even though the latest half year on its own showed a C¥3.7 million profit on C¥347.6 million of revenue.
• What stands out for a bullish view that focuses on turning the corner is that the company moved from a C¥445.5 million loss in 1H FY 2024 to a C¥55.7 million loss in 2H FY 2024 and then to a C¥3.7 million profit in 1H FY 2025. This heavily supports the idea of narrowing losses but also highlights that the trailing twelve month figures still sit at a C¥9.6 million loss.
  • Supporters pointing to a 15.7% per year reduction in losses over five years can anchor that claim in this sequence of half year results, where loss sizes in millions have become much smaller before flipping to a modest profit.
  • At the same time, critics of the bullish narrative can point to the TTM basic EPS of a C¥0.04 loss compared with the latest half year EPS of C¥0.02, which shows that the broader period has not yet matched the recent improvement.

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Revenue forecast of 23.3% vs market’s 8.2%

• Analysts forecast Baiwang’s revenue to grow at about 23.3% per year, compared with a cited 8.2% per year for the wider Hong Kong market, while the last twelve months already show C¥728.6 million of revenue against C¥659.2 million in the prior TTM data point given.
• Supporters of the bullish narrative argue that strong top line momentum and an expected shift to profitability within three years, with forecast earnings growth of about 102.06% per year, are consistent with the recent pattern where revenue moved from C¥281.6 million in 1H FY 2024 to C¥377.7 million in 2H FY 2024 and C¥347.6 million in 1H FY 2025.
  • This forecasted growth profile sits on top of already higher recent revenue levels, with TTM revenue of C¥728.6 million compared with C¥659.2 million in the earlier TTM figure provided. This supports the idea that the business is operating at a larger scale than before.
  • However, the fact that the latest half year revenue of C¥347.6 million is below the prior half year’s C¥377.7 million gives bears a concrete figure to question how smooth that 23.3% annual growth path might be, even if the overall direction implied by the TTM data is higher.

Mixed P/S signals at 4.5x and high volatility

• Baiwang currently trades on a P/S of 4.5x, compared with a peer average of 8.4x and a Hong Kong IT industry average of 1.4x, while the share price over the past three months has shown higher volatility than the broader Hong Kong market.
• Bears who focus on valuation risk and choppy trading argue that this 4.5x P/S level, sitting between peer and industry averages, combined with higher recent share price volatility, creates a tension with the improvement in losses and forecasts, because TTM revenue of C¥728.6 million still supports only a small C¥3.7 million profit in the latest half and a C¥9.6 million loss over the full trailing period.
  • The valuation comparison means some peers on 8.4x sales are priced richer despite the same sector, while the wider IT group on 1.4x trades lower, so the current multiple can be framed as neither clearly cheap nor clearly expensive using these simple references.
  • When that is set against an unprofitable TTM EPS of a C¥0.04 loss and recent volatility above the market, skeptics see these numbers as supporting a cautious stance until the forecast move to profitability within three years shows up more clearly in reported TTM earnings.

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Baiwang is still loss making on a trailing basis, has a modest latest half year profit, and trades with higher share price volatility than the market.

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