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<ul><li>Tencent announced 4Q24 financial results: total revenue grew by 11% YoY to RMB172.4bn, 3/2% ahead of our/Bloomberg consensus estimates, mainly due to better-than-expected growth of games &amp; marketing revenue.</li><li>During the period, non-IFRS net income was up by 30% YoY to RMB55.3bn, in line with our estimate; but net margin is slightly below our estimate, due to the increased R&amp;D expenses including staff costs and depreciation expenses related to AI investment.</li><li>Tencent plans to further step up AI investment in FY25 (RMB80- 100bn capex with more R&amp;D and marketing support to AI), which may drag the pace of margin expansion but unlock long-term growth opportunities of AI cloud, marketing and games businesses in our view. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Tencent announced 4Q24 financial results: total revenue grew by 11% YoY to RMB172.4bn, 3/2% ahead of our/Bloomberg consensus estimates, mainly due to better-than-expected growth of games &amp; marketing revenue.During the period, non-IFRS net income was up by 30% YoY to RMB55.3bn, in line with our estimate; but net margin is slightly below our estimate, due to the increased R&amp;D expenses including staff costs and depreciation expenses related to AI investment.Tencent plans to further step up AI investment in FY25 (RMB80- 100bn capex with more R&amp;D and marketing support to AI), which may drag the pace of margin expansion but unlock long-term growth opportunities of AI cloud, marketing and games businesses in our view. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Tencent (700 HK) - Stepping up AI Investment to Unleash Growth Opportunities