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Tencent Holdings Limited (TCEHY)
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Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) Earnings Dates, Call Summary & Reports

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Earnings Data

Report Date
Aug 19, 2026
TBA (Confirmed)
Period Ending
2026 (Q2)
Consensus EPS Forecast
1.09
Last Year’s EPS
0.95
Same Quarter Last Year
Moderate Buy
Based on 2 Analysts Ratings

Earnings Call Summary

Q1 2026
Earnings Call Date:May 13, 2026|
% Change Since:
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call portrayed balanced strength across core businesses (revenue, gross profit, free cash flow, games and advertising momentum, cloud international growth) alongside decisive, front‑loaded investments into AI (Hunyuan 3, agent products, infrastructure). AI product progress and early commercial traction are notable positives, but they are currently weighing on near‑term profitability and driving higher CapEx, S&M and R&D. The timing impact from a later Spring Festival also suppressed some Q1 reported metrics. Overall, operational performance and cash generation remain strong while management is deliberately prioritizing AI buildout and ecosystem integration, accepting short‑term cost/headwind implications to secure longer‑term platform and monetization opportunities.
Company Guidance
The key guidance from the call was that Tencent will materially step up AI-related investment this year — management said expect a substantial increase in CapEx (Q1 operating CapEx was RMB 31.2 billion, up 18% YoY and 84% QoQ) with a particular acceleration in the second half as China‑designed ASIC/GPU supply ramps; this follows strong Q1 cash generation (free cash flow RMB 56.7 billion, up 20% YoY) and a healthy net cash position (RMB 146.9 billion, up ~37% QoQ) that management plans to use alongside proceeds from liquidating parts of the investment portfolio to both fund AI infrastructure and continue opportunistic share buybacks (RMB 7.9 billion repurchased in Q1). Management clarified they will prioritize internal AI use cases initially (supporting Hunyuan, WorkBuddy, CodeBuddy and ad/game enhancements) while progressively making more capacity available to Tencent Cloud as supply permits; KPIs will therefore vary by business (revenue and profit for ads/games, capability and token usage for foundation models — Hunyuan 3 Preview has been #1 by token usage on open router since April 28 and shows ≥10x token usage vs Hunyuan 2 — and revenue/market share for Cloud). They reiterated a portfolio approach to ROI (shorter‑cycle ROI in ads/cloud vs longer‑cycle franchise value for foundation models), noting Q1 financial context (total revenue ~RMB 196–196.5 billion, up 9% YoY or ~11% like‑for‑like; gross profit ~RMB 111–111.3 billion, up 11%; non‑IFRS operating profit ~RMB 76 billion and non‑IFRS net profit attributable ~RMB 68 billion) as the backdrop for these investments.
Solid Top-Line and Adjusted Growth
Total revenue RMB 196.5 billion, up 9% year‑on‑year (would be +11% YoY on a like‑for‑like basis after adjusting for later Spring Festival timing).
Gross Profit and Profitability
Gross profit RMB 111.3 billion, up 11% YoY; overall gross margin 57%, +1 percentage point YoY. Non‑IFRS operating profit RMB 75.6 billion, up 9% YoY; non‑IFRS net profit attributable RMB ~68 billion, up 11% YoY. Diluted EPS RMB 7.364, up 12% YoY.
Strong Free Cash Flow and Net Cash Position
Free cash flow RMB 56.7 billion, up 20% YoY (Q‑on‑Q +67%). Net cash position approx. RMB 146.9 billion, up ~37% Q‑on‑Q (~RMB 40 billion), despite ongoing CapEx and buybacks.
Robust Games Performance and Product Wins
Domestic game gross receipts grew in the teens YoY; reported domestic game revenue growth 6% YoY (impacted by Spring Festival timing). Honor of Kings and Peacekeeper Elite achieved lifetime/record highs (Peacekeeper Elite gross receipts +30% YoY; peak DAU 90 million). New release Roco Kingdom World reached >13 million average DAUs in first month and high retention.
Marketing & Ad Recovery
Marketing services revenue RMB 38 billion, up 20% YoY. Video accounts time spent increased >20% YoY and Weixin search queries rose >25% YoY; advertising product advances (transformer-based recommendation, instant play ads) and AI Marketing Plus powered ~30% of advertiser spend.
Cloud & Business Services Momentum
FinTech & Business Services revenue RMB 60 billion, up 9% YoY; Business Services (cloud & tech) grew ~20% YoY. Tencent Cloud international revenue grew >40% YoY. AI demand contributed to GPU/CPU/storage revenue gains and early token monetization for AI agent solutions.
Major AI Product Progress — Hunyuan 3 Preview
Launched Hunyuan 3 Preview: positioned as a cost‑efficient, multi‑capability foundation model. Ranked #1 on open router by token usage since April 28 and continued leadership after free period ended May 8. Deployed across 131 internal products; internal token usage at least 10x versus Hunyuan 2. Early adoption of agent products (CodeBuddy, WorkBuddy) with strong organic growth and healthy retention.
Operational Investments to Support AI
Operating CapEx RMB 31.2 billion (+18% YoY, +84% QoQ) as company accelerates server infrastructure and compute investments; R&D expenses RMB 22.6 billion, up 19% YoY to support AI roadmap.
Ecosystem & Merchant Wins
Mini Shops branded merchants GMV more than tripled YoY, with new incentives and product features; improvements for creators and merchants (coupon sharing, matchmaking) and upgraded Mini Program developer tooling (AI plugins like CodeBuddy).

Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) Earnings, Revenues Date & History

The upcoming earnings date is based on a company’s previous reporting, and may be updated when the actual date is announced

TCEHY Earnings History

Report Date
Fiscal Quarter
Forecast / EPS
Last Year's EPS
EPS YoY Change
Press Release
Slides
Play Transcript
Aug 19, 2026
2026 (Q2)
1.09 / -
0.947
May 13, 2026
2026 (Q1)
1.06 / 1.08
0.91318.84% (+0.17)
Mar 18, 2026
2025 (Q4)
0.99 / 1.01
0.83321.13% (+0.18)
Nov 13, 2025
2025 (Q3)
0.98 / 1.07
0.87621.80% (+0.19)
Aug 13, 2025
2025 (Q2)
0.90 / 0.95
0.8412.74% (+0.11)
May 14, 2025
2025 (Q1)
0.88 / 0.91
0.72925.24% (+0.18)
Mar 19, 2025
2024 (Q4)
0.78 / 0.83
0.61735.01% (+0.22)
Nov 13, 2024
2024 (Q3)
0.80 / 0.88
0.64236.45% (+0.23)
Aug 14, 2024
2024 (Q2)
0.70 / 0.84
0.5358.49% (+0.31)
May 14, 2024
2024 (Q1)
0.62 / 0.73
0.47752.83% (+0.25)
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Beat
Missed

TCEHY Earnings-Related Price Changes

Report Date
Price 1 Day Before
Price 1 Day After
Percentage Change
May 13, 2026
$58.40$59.08+1.15%
Mar 18, 2026
$70.18$70.25+0.10%
Nov 13, 2025
$84.55$84.42-0.15%
Aug 13, 2025
$71.27$74.65+4.74%
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