Citi expects third-quarter RevPAR in China at Atour and H World to be flat to slightly higher year over year, with openings accelerating. Atour’s retail business continues to grow faster than its hotel business, while H World benefits from asset-light initiatives.
Revenue and margins exceeded company guidance, and orders continued to expand; however, some revenue delayed from the second quarter shifted into the third quarter, while capacity expansion and new-product ramp-ups remain underway.
BofA initiated coverage of ChangXin Technology with a Buy rating and a price target of 65 yuan. The bank expects capacity expansion to drive shipment growth, but the company’s consumer-market focus could mean a steeper decline in its average DRAM selling price than the industry’s from 2028.
Goldman Sachs expects one more rate hike in this cycle, fewer than the roughly three priced in by markets. Historically, stocks have often stumbled briefly after the first hike, but improving inflation, growth concerns and prolonged tightening produce different asset performances.
Goldman Sachs' China Current Activity Indicator rose to a month-on-month annualized 5.4% in September, with manufacturing the main driver. Meanwhile, import-implied domestic demand growth slowed, investment and inventory indicators weakened in the third quarter, and fiscal and financial conditions tightened somewhat.
Third-quarter revenue rose 16.9% year on year, but Goldman Sachs said a delay in recognizing business development and licensing revenue weighed on results. Overseas sales and two innovative drug candidates made progress, while potentially higher R&D spending prompted Goldman Sachs to lower its earnings forecasts for the next two years.
In the first three quarters of 2026, new orders for WuXi AppTec’s continuing operations rose more than 60% year over year at constant exchange rates. Citi raised its earnings forecasts and target prices while factoring in the potential erosion of chemistry gross margins from new capacity.
Third-quarter revenue fell 38% year over year, while operating cash flow for the first three quarters dropped to 47 million yuan from 28.247 billion yuan a year earlier. Citi maintained its sell rating, citing operational uncertainty from 2026 to 2027.
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China’s thermal power generation fell 0.9% year on year in the first three quarters of 2026, while hydropower grew 3%. Citi believes the 18% year-on-year decline in hydropower in September may signal relatively weak hydropower for some time ahead, supporting thermal power and coal demand.
China online and Asia sales were weaker than Citi expected, and group revenue fell 45%–50% year over year in the third quarter. Citi expects a quarter-on-quarter improvement in the fourth quarter, but a lower share of overseas revenue, price cuts in some markets and store-opening costs will continue to weigh on margins.
JCET’s third-quarter gross margin rose to 17.5%, offsetting the impact of lower-than-expected revenue. The company raised its 2026 fixed-asset investment plan from 10 billion yuan to 17.3 billion yuan, betting that advanced packaging capacity will remain tight.
China’s retail sales growth picked up in September, but HSBC expects retail to remain under pressure in the fourth quarter. Expert interviews show that location and operating capabilities are widening the performance gap between malls; commercial REITs have improved asset liquidity, but issuance valuations remain a constraint.
The residential markets in Shanghai and Hangzhou have improved since HSBC’s first-quarter visit, but new-home sales have slowed from their spring peak. High-quality, differentiated projects continue to sell relatively quickly, while concentrated supply has slowed sales of luxury homes; Greentown says the reform had a smaller-than-expected impact on sales from September to October.
HSBC compares disclosures from the two companies: Z.AI’s return on compute improved faster quarter over quarter, but its revenue scale, margins and cash flow still lag Anthropic’s; the way cloud-platform revenue is recognized also affects direct comparisons.
Third-quarter revenue rose 43% year on year, but slower deliveries left growth slightly below expectations. HSBC Qianhai is optimistic about a ramp-up in SuperPOD switches from 2027, while cutting its earnings forecasts and target price.
HSBC expects Intel’s third-quarter revenue to reach 17 billion dollars, above the top end of company guidance. Shifting capacity toward servers is expected to support data center growth, but also depress client revenue. Advanced packaging customer discussions are increasing, while projects face delays and yield challenges.
JPMorgan says Baosteel and Steel Authority of India face cost pressures, while Nucor and Gerdau benefit from prices and sales volumes. Both miners maintained their full-year guidance, but each had shortcomings in its quarterly performance.
Industrial automation order growth has slowed markedly since August; new energy vehicle revenue recovered, but its gross margin fell. JPMorgan maintains a Neutral rating and is watching growth quality.
The factory automation business posted a positive gross margin in the third quarter, and a robotics project entered mass production. Group gross margin improved quarter by quarter but remained below the prior-year level for the first nine months.
