Cathay Group Flags Surge in 2025 Profit on Education Growth and Cleaner Receivables

Cathay Media and Education Group Inc. ( (HK:1981) ) just unveiled an announcement.

Cathay Group Holdings has issued a profit alert, indicating that unaudited consolidated profit for the year ended 31 December 2025 is expected to exceed RMB300 million, more than doubling from RMB116.9 million a year earlier. The sharp earnings improvement is mainly driven by higher tuition fees and increased enrolment in its media and arts higher education business, as well as the absence of new impairment charges on major trade receivables and other receivables.

Management said the group is actively developing new businesses including pay-for-knowledge services, vertical e-commerce, AI professors and AI arts courses to deepen integration between industry and education, potentially creating fresh growth engines. The company is still finalising its audited results, and investors are urged to treat the figures as preliminary and exercise caution when trading the shares ahead of the formal annual results release expected at the end of March 2026.

The most recent analyst rating on (HK:1981) stock is a Buy with a HK$1.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Cathay Media and Education Group Inc. stock, see the HK:1981 Stock Forecast page.

More about Cathay Media and Education Group Inc.

Cathay Group Holdings Inc., incorporated in the Cayman Islands and listed in Hong Kong, operates a higher education business focused on media and arts, alongside TV and film production activities. The group is also exploring adjacent digital ventures such as pay-for-knowledge, vertical e-commerce, and AI-enabled teaching and arts courses to build an integrated industry-education ecosystem.

Average Trading Volume: 629,651

Technical Sentiment Signal: Sell

Current Market Cap: HK$1.39B

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