新希望服务(3658.HK)2025年度业绩发布会
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At the 2025 annual results presentation, New Hope Services Holdings Limited demonstrated solid performance through the industry cycle, improved key financial indicators, increased share of third-party revenue, expanded share of high-margin business, and optimized cost efficiency for digital and AI technology applications. The future plan focuses on third-party expansion, high-margin business, deep cultivation in core cities, strengthening the capacity of property owners, and the pursuit of high-end service market, while controlling costs, improving net profit, maintaining a good dividend policy and cash flow security, and achieving 'medium and strong development. The management responded in detail to the third-party income growth, the transformation of external projects, the decline of net profit, cash flow calculation, market expansion, life service ceiling, accounts receivable management, non-residential market layout, AI technology application and commercial business opportunities that investors are concerned about, showing a deep understanding of industry trends and a clear plan for future development.
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In 2025, New Hope Services revenue was $1.54 billion, up 4.0 percent year-on-year, with third-party revenue rising to 84 percent. Despite the decline in gross profit margin and net profit, the deep-ploughing city strategy has achieved remarkable results, with the amount of contracted contracts increasing by 20 per cent and the amount of contracts based on strategic cooperation increasing by 58.1 per cent compared with the same period last year. The company maintains operational resilience by controlling costs through human efficiency optimization.
Through high-quality services in the field of people's livelihood, enterprises to achieve a significant increase in unilateral income and profits, property home life service income increased, new media brand sound volume far ahead, 2025 won a number of industry honors, showing comprehensive strength and digital transformation results.
Through sound operations, the Company has achieved a high dividend payout ratio and a significant increase in net operating cash flow. On the market side, the contract scale reached a new high, the proportion of high-margin business contracts increased significantly, especially in commercial operations and deep-cultivated cities, and the concentration of revenue in the southwest and east China regions was further enhanced.
In 2025, property services achieved a 13.2 per cent increase in unpaid revenue, a stable gross margin of 24.3 per cent and customer satisfaction of 92.6 per cent. Through digital management and high property fee city selection, the property fee level reaches 3.17 yuan. In the high-end service sector, the d life service system was launched, customer satisfaction increased to 97.7, and the premium for urban services was significant. Chengdu, Kunming, Suzhou and other places accounted for 73.2 of high-quality projects, strengthening the position of high-end services.
The life services sector achieved a triple jump in revenue, gross margin and gross margin under economic pressure, thanks to deep-cultivated projects and customers to improve the stability of community life services. Technology empowerment, smooth operation of digital systems, intelligent university unmanned man-machine collaboration to improve efficiency, AI inspection and man-machine collaborative application optimization management, new project gross margin stability, showing a new curve of business management.
The financial report reveals that the company's earnings have been stable over the past three years, with gross margins remaining around 30%, but net margins falling to 14%. The proportion of core business property management, life services and commercial operations increased significantly, from 86.6 per cent to 93.3 per cent, with gross profit contribution increasing in tandem. Management rates increased slightly, mainly due to exchange rate losses, while team management costs decreased in absolute terms. 26 years plan to further control the management rate, owner's equity and other detailed data can be seen in the announcement.
The dialogue focused on the increase in the company's third-party revenue share, the construction of independent operating capabilities and the drivers of growth over the next 3 to 5 years. Emphasize the importance of market competitiveness and service reputation to independence, and propose strategies to achieve future growth by deepening the advantageous areas, increasing the proportion of high-margin business, and developing the capacity of property owners. Share 26 revenue conversion expectations and core strategies, expressing confidence in continued growth.
In 2025, the newly signed 0.73 billion, the external expansion revenue 84.52 million, the gross profit margin reached 10.8, higher than 24 years, the exit area decreased, the project selection and operation trend is good, the unilateral revenue and creation increased year by year.
Management explained that the decrease in net profit was mainly due to a decrease in high margin business, non-recurring gains and losses and an increase in credit impairment. In the future, profitability will be enhanced through cost control and technology, while ensuring that cash flow covers a high dividend payout ratio to maintain sustainable development.
The company has continued to maintain a good dividend ratio since its listing, with a significant increase in operating cash flow and sufficient cash reserves to ensure the safety of dividends. In terms of market expansion, the amount of contracts signed in the first quarter is bright, the full-year target is clear, the customer group with high income potential and large-scale management is preferred, the specific city is deeply cultivated, the medium and high-end residential and comprehensive service projects are focused, and the business operation and life service business are actively expanded.
Management discussed the potential for revenue and profit growth in life services, emphasized the importance of professional operations and customer stickiness, and proposed to tap the market through new project coverage and stock project upgrades. At the same time, in response to the increase in accounts receivable, the management stated that by strengthening collection and management, optimizing the provision for bad debts, and increasing the collection rate, it will effectively control risks and improve the financial situation.
The dialogue detailed the company's emphasis on the non-residential market, including the deep cultivation of commercial, office buildings, industrial parks and other fields, with non-residential business revenue accounting for nearly 45%. Through the strategies of acquisition, joint venture and market-oriented expansion, the company successfully implemented the new life project of Guoyue in Wuhou District, demonstrating its comprehensive solution capability. As of the first quarter of 2026, the company has signed a total of 0.35 billion in Wuhou District, landing more than 30 non-residential projects, covering a variety of formats, the model is being promoted to other regions.
The layout of the AI and robotics sector includes management cost optimization, service scenario cost savings and service solution innovation. Through AI quality inspection, sparring, etc. to improve management efficiency, human-machine collaboration to reduce property costs, investment robot company to expand service solutions. In the future, the company is expected to become a comprehensive service provider from sales to maintenance, improve management optimization and cost savings, and seize the opportunities of the technology industry chain.
Management shared the reasons for the decline in commercial business revenue, including asset disposal and service interruption, while emphasizing the company's ability to increase independence and continue operations through marketization. In the future, the company is optimistic about the commercial sector, especially the high-quality operation opportunities in the pressure-bearing cycle of existing assets. It will rely on its existing operation capabilities and territorial resources to form differentiated competitiveness, expand more commercial operation services, realize high gross profit contribution, and integrate commercial operation thinking into property services and life services to enhance unilateral income and create growth.
要点回答
Q:Good afternoon, investors and analysts. Welcome to the 2025 Annual Performance Presentation of New Hope Services Holdings Limited. What are the two parts of today's meeting?
A:Today's meeting is divided into two sessions, the first is the performance description session, followed by the question and answer session.
Q:Please ask Ms. Chen Jing to make a simple explanation on behalf of the company's performance in 2025. What is the business structure of the company?
A:Well, 2025 is a year for the property management industry to go through the cycle, and we have maintained some resilience and growth on different sides of the business data. The overall revenue reached 1.54 billion billion yuan, up 4.0 year-on-year; the proportion of third-party projects increased to 84%, and the gross profit was 0.46 billion billion yuan. Although the gross profit margin decreased by 10.7 percentage points compared with the same period last year, the scale net profit still increased by 4.7 percentage points and remained at the 14% percentile level. In the company's business structure, the proportion of property service income increased from 56.6 to 61.6, the proportion of living service income also increased, while the proportion of commercial operation income decreased by 2.8 percentage points. The proportion of non-owner value-added business fell to 6.8 per cent, and overall, property services contributed 50 per cent of profits, life services contributed nearly 30 per cent, commercial operations contributed 13.5 per cent, and non-owner value-added contributed less.
Q:How did the company perform in terms of gross profit and various businesses?
A:In terms of gross profit, property services contributed 50% of the profits, living services contributed nearly 30%, commercial operations contributed 13.5, while the proportion of non-owner value-added business profits decreased. The company has shown strong strength in many dimensions, such as 297 honors in more than 300 projects, and has been promoted by 4 in the industry professional certification, ranking 14th in the top 100 welfare companies, and has also been rated as a sample Benchmarking enterprises and leading enterprises in Chengdu.
Q:Under such a business situation, what factors have driven the company's growth?
A:The core lies in the company's continuous attention and recognition at the market end, with the contracted contract amount reaching 0.73 billion yuan, up 20% year-on-year. The deep-plowing strategy has been effective, with the proportion of contracts signed in deep-plowing cities as high as 95%. Among them, the contract amount based on strategic cooperation was 0.34 billion billion yuan, up 58.1 percent year-on-year, showing lower market costs and stronger sustainability.
Q:From an effectiveness perspective, what are the key data performance of the company in the market expansion process?
A:In the process of market expansion, per capita management and per capita income have increased to varying degrees, but due to the decline in the scale of net profit, per capita profit has dropped by 2.5 percentage points. At the same time, under the company's concept of property owners, the single-item revenue is 40 yuan per square meter, which is much higher than the industry average of 30 yuan. The unilateral profit reached 6.2 yuan per square meter, which is better than the industry average of 1.5 yuan, reflecting the comprehensive benefits.
Q:How does the company perform in terms of brand volume and new media communication?
A:The company in the brand sound volume and new media communication performance leading, sound and other new media channels of the industry sound volume is far ahead, the full year 15 videos broke millions of views. In addition, the company's sound operation has brought about an increase in shareholder returns, with the dividend rate increasing from 35% in 2021 to 70% in 2025, with a cumulative dividend of RMB 0.56 billion and a dividend yield of 10.4.
Q:How does the company perform in terms of net operating cash flow?
A:In 2025, the company's operating net cash flow was about 0.212 billion yuan, up 31% year-on-year, thanks to the increase in advance receipts from continued receivables collection and customer praise. In the past three years, the company's revenue growth has stabilized at about 10%, and net profit has remained flat.
Q:What are the company's main developments on the market side?
A:On the market side, the company achieved an all-time high contract size of $0.7 billion in 2025, up 20% from the same period last year. Among them, the proportion of high-margin business contracts increased significantly, especially in property services and commercial operations third-party expansion, accounting for 163 and 32% respectively. At the same time, the company adheres to the urban deep-cultivation strategy, 95% of the newly signed projects from deep-cultivated cities, especially in the southwest and East China region accounted for 82.7 percent of the revenue, further enhancing the concentration.
Q:What is the specific performance of the property services sector?
A:In the field of property services, mature property services in 2025 is the largest contributor to the company's revenue management level, with unpaid revenue increasing by 13.2, while the overall property services gross margin is stable at 24.3, thanks to scientific management, digital first to reduce costs and the choice of high-energy cities with high property fees and other advantages.
Q:In the face of industry pressure background, your company in the customer satisfaction achieved what kind of results?
A:Despite pressure across the property sector, we set a new high in customer satisfaction at 92.6 percent in 2025. In order to ensure the quality of service, we announced six major commitments to customers, and through the sunshine supervision mechanism, each commitment will be refined online to a small program, subject to the supervision of the owner. At the same time, we use digital systems to conduct quality checks on detailed data to ensure that our commitments are truly fulfilled.
Q:What are the highlights of your company's performance in high-end property services?
A:2025 is an important year for the advancement of high-end services. We have established our own high-end service system-Dlife. The system originated from the good products of D10, and combed out the standard of high-end good service. Among them, "super butler" is a major feature of us. We attach importance to butler training and asset management, ensure service quality through strict quality control and advanced intervention, and strive to achieve a 50-year mobilization plan so that owners can foresee the future in advance. In addition, we have also launched customized high-end service facilities, including housing centers, to cultivate good housekeepers, manage assets, and enhance the city's high-end service status. These initiatives have received positive feedback on customer satisfaction, with high-end services increasing by 6 points year-on-year in 2025, reaching a record high, and achieving significant growth in the average premium rate of property fee unit price in several cities.
Q:How is your company performing in the Life Services segment?
A:In the case of the economic environment, our life service sector still maintained a triple jump in revenue, gross margin and gross profit ratio. This is due to our deep cultivation of each property service project and customer, and the re-purchase rate of C- end and B- end customers has increased significantly, driving the stability of community life services and the growth of online and offline retail and catering services. At present, the life service sector contributes about 30% of the company's profits, which is superimposed with property service profits, forming a good high-frequency effect.
Q:How is your company progressing in technology adoption and digital transformation?
A:Science and technology is an important support to improve business efficiency. Our digital system has entered a stable output phase, improving customer perception and service delivery efficiency through major inputs and the support of proprietary systems. In 2025, we implemented a human-machine collaboration strategy for unmanned operations in smart universities, and achieved application results at the level of cleaning, patrol, distribution and aerial work robots, improving problem resolution, response rate and work efficiency. At the same time, through the AI inspection technology, combined with camera photography and picture recognition, to achieve rapid dispatch processing, effectively reduce the cost and improve the management efficiency.
Q:How many of the newly signed contracts are converted into 25 years' income, and how long is the subsequent conversion period? What is the gross profit margin of the company's outgrowth projects? Is it up to the company's profit expectation?
A:25 years of new signing 0.73 billion, of which the high gross margin business signed the 0.23 billion, the year-on-year growth nearly doubled. 95% of the contracts are concentrated in deep-cultivated cities, ensuring the efficiency of external expansion. 25-year current conversion income 84.52 million, with an average contract period of three years. Gross margins on outsized projects continued to rise, with an average outsized gross margin of 10.8 per cent over 25 years, up from 9.5 per cent over 24 years. For projects that do not meet expectations, the company will resolutely withdraw. The unilateral revenue and profit of the project outside the pipe have increased year by year, exceeding the industry average.
Q:The company's earnings are very solid, but the net profit for the year has declined, what are the specific reasons, whether there are non-recurring gains and losses, the loss of high gross profit business, and whether the overall net profit will continue to decline in the future?
A:There are two main reasons for the decline in net profit in 25 years: first, changes in business structure, non-owner value-added services and commercial operations gross profit is high but has been withdrawn or reduced, resulting in a decline in the proportion of high gross margin business. Another important factor is the impact of non-recurring gains and losses, with exchange losses of more than 10 million due to the downward exchange rate of the United States dollar, as well as an increase in credit impairment losses and an increase in the size of accounts receivable leading to an increase in bad debt losses. The company attaches great importance to improving the level of profitability in order to maintain the high premium capacity of the service.
Q:From the absolute value of the absolute size of net profit, what is the current level of profitability of the company? What measures will be taken in the future in terms of cost control and high-quality development?
A:In terms of the absolute value of the absolute size net profit, Hundred 14 believes that the company still has a very good level of profitability. Management resilience is still in place. In the future, we will continue to adhere to cost-side control, such as deep ploughing strategy and replication of excellent service mode (ping efficiency strategy). At the same time, we will use science and technology to reduce management costs and improve cost management capability, so as to achieve quality and price matching, high quality and excellent service, and encourage owners to be willing to pay property management fees through high satisfaction and good cash. Therefore, we are confident in easing the downward pressure on net profit and achieving sustainable development.
Q:How many years can the company's cash flow estimate cover? Or what level of operating cash flow needs to be reached in the next three years to cover a higher dividend payout ratio?
A:In the past five years, the company has continued to maintain a good dividend ratio, with a total dividend amount of about 0.56 billion, mainly from operating cash flow. Operating cash flow in 2023 increased 31% from the previous year to 0.21 billion, covering a full dividend multiple of approximately 1.5 times for the year and a remaining unpaid dividend multiple of approximately 3.6 times. The company currently has a 0.96 billion of cash and cash equivalents, which is sufficient to cover business inputs, mergers and acquisitions and other expenses, proving that the company's dividend security cushion is thick.
Q:What is the company's market expansion in the first quarter of 2026? What is the full-year target and selection preference?
A:In the first quarter, the company's market expansion results were brilliant, with a contract amount of 0.275 billion, and 40% of the target 0.7 billion for the whole year has been completed. The company insists on quality growth, access standards are higher than the market average, based on the "property + business + life services" one plus N integrated service solution differentiation strategy, there is a specific choice of customer preferences. The annual target is still set at 0.7 billion. It will focus on customers with high income potential, large-scale management and market influence. It will deeply cultivate Chengdu, Kunming in Southwest China, Suzhou, Wenzhou in East China and other cities, and tend to obtain medium and high-end residential projects. At the same time, it will strengthen the resource tilt of property plus comprehensive service projects and the attention of commercial operation and life service business.
Q:How does the company view the ceiling of the future development of life services? What are the differentiation advantages of the company? Can the future revenue and profit contribution continue to improve?
A:While the industry is under pressure to improve profits from living services revenue, the company believes the ceiling is far from being touched. The company continues to optimize its life service capacity and proportion, and still achieves growth in a pressurized environment. The company takes advantage of the offline provision of just-needed services, will be fine business specialization, through the combination of offline and online, focusing on the property plus model, coverage and depth there is still a lot of room for development. In addition, the stable customer base, the stickiness brought about by high satisfaction, and the gradually increasing repurchase rate and customer unit price are all important factors driving the continued growth of life services. Therefore, we are optimistic about the further improvement of the company's life service revenue and profit.
Q:What is the progress of the company's layout in non-residential areas such as commercial industrial parks and urban services? What is the proportion of related revenue?
A:The company attaches great importance to the development of non-residential industry, the current property services revenue non-residential industry contribution of nearly 45%. In recent years, the company through the acquisition of Mingyu business management, with the state-owned platform company to establish a joint venture company and market-oriented expansion and other ways to continue to expand the non-residential business, adhere to the "property + business + life services" one plus N differentiated service program, this program by the non-residential business customers of all ages.
Q:Does the company have a layout of AI application scenarios? Can you share the company's plans in the field of digital technology and its impact on the company in the next 2-3 years?
A:The company did lay out AI application scenarios and made many application attempts in 2025. In terms of management costs, AI and software robots have helped solve many problems. Through AI quality inspection, smart training, and AI sparring and question answering on the internal management link, not only the professional capabilities of management and employees have been improved, but also the personnel organization The structure reduces management costs and realizes the efficient operation of the entire management link. At the same time, in the service scenario, the company has a number of projects using human-machine collaboration model, machines instead of labor, successfully reducing the cost of property costs and improving gross profit. Next, the company will continue to promote these technologies and models, which are expected to bring greater cost savings and business development opportunities.
Q:The company's business revenue and profit contribution have declined compared to last year. How does the management view the business opportunities? What are the differentiated competitiveness of the company in the business area?
A:Although the revenue and profit of the commercial business segment decreased in 2025, mainly due to the disposal of two assets held by New Hope, the company also signed contracts to 0.23 billion commercial third-party businesses, showing good market expansion momentum. In the future, the company remains optimistic about the development of the commercial sector, especially in the inventory of assets under pressure cycle, with high-quality operating capacity of the company can obtain rental income premium. The company will take the operating capabilities of office buildings, community commerce, and professional markets as its advantages, combined with the territorial resources of the city, and form differentiated competitiveness through the pattern of commercial properties, commercial life services, and commercial industry supporting facilities to obtain more commercial operations Service opportunities. Especially in high-energy cities, such as Chengdu, despite the pressure on the consumption environment, consumption vitality still exists. The company hopes to achieve higher unilateral returns and overall growth by strengthening its business service capabilities and expanding its business business to achieve a combination of high-efficiency business operation logic and comprehensive thinking of property services and life services.

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