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https://i-invdn-com.investing.com/trkd-images/LYNXMPEJ1M0DO_L.jpgThe company has weathered a weak economy in China, which only last December lifted its zero-Covid policy after three years.
Revenue rose 2% to 247.76 billion yuan ($35.92 billion) for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with a Refinitiv consensus estimate of 245.18 billion yuan drawn from 23 analysts.
China’s total retail sales contracted 1.8% in December, while its economy grew 3% in the full year 2022, one of its worst growth rates in nearly half a century.
Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders was 46.82 billion yuan, up from 27.69 billion yuan in the same quarter one year ago.
($1 = 6.8985 Chinese yuan renminbi)