Strong Client Acquisition in 2025
Added more than 950,000 net new funded accounts in 2025 (surpassing full-year guidance by 19%), bringing total funded accounts to ~3.4 million, up 40% year-over-year; guidance for 2026 is to acquire 800,000 net new funded accounts.
Record Trading Volume
Total trading volume reached a record HKD 3.98 trillion in Q4, up 38% year-over-year and 2% quarter-over-quarter; U.S. stock trading turnover was HKD 3.0 trillion in Q4, up 17% sequentially.
Material Revenue and Profit Growth
Q4 total revenues were HKD 6.4 billion, up 45% year-over-year; full-year revenue increased HKD 22.8 billion (+68% YoY). Q4 gross profit was HKD 5.7 billion (+56% YoY) with gross margin improving to 88.7% (from 82.5%).
Significant Margin and Net Income Expansion
Income from operations rose 87% year-over-year to HKD 4.1 billion (operating margin 64.4% vs 50.0% prior year); net income increased 80% year-over-year to HKD 3.4 billion with net income margin expanding to 52.3% (from 42.2%).
Client Assets and Leverage Growth
Total client assets were HKD 1.23 trillion at quarter end, up 66% year-over-year (flat QoQ). Margin financing and securities lending balance expanded 7% sequentially to HKD 67.7 billion; daily average margin balance saw double-digit sequential rise driven by IPO activity.
Geographic Expansion and Market Leadership
Broad-based funded-account growth led by Hong Kong and Malaysia; Japan cumulative app downloads surpassed 2 million and moomoo was the most downloaded trading app in Australia in 2025; overseas brand moomoo accounts represent ~55% of group funded accounts.
Wealth Management and IPO Franchise Strength
Managed client assets reached HKD 179.6 billion, up 62% year-over-year; at quarter end the platform had 600 IPO distributions (+24% YoY), provided investment banking services to over half of newly listed Hong Kong Board companies, and platform subscription amount represented 49% of total public offering subscription amount.
Product & Tech Investments — AI and Crypto
Increased R&D and AI initiatives (R&D expense Q4 HKD 507 million, +27% YoY) with new AI features: automated market reports, earnings/news summaries, AI chatbot and natural-language quantitative strategy generation; crypto product expansion across Singapore and U.S., with client crypto penetration rising to high single-digit/low-teen levels.
Operational Improvements at Airstar Bank
Streamlined account opening, launched mutual funds and insurance in-app, released desktop version, and strengthened AML and AI-powered fraud detection — positioning Airstar Bank to scale wealth-management fee income over time.