Financial Highlights
| For the year ended 31 December | 2023 RMB'000 |
2022 RMB'000 |
Change |
| Turnover | 82,313,331 | 79,375,036 | 3.7% |
| Gross profit | 10,728,653 | 10,568,263 | 1.5% |
| Profit for the year | 6,401,291 | 7,107,058 | -9.9% |
| Profit attributable to shareholders of the Company | 5,498,290 | 6,512,480 | -15.6% |
| Basic EPS (in RMB) | 4.36 | 5.16 | -15.5% |
| Total dividend per share (in HK dollars) | 1.60 | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| EBIT | 9,911,505 | 9,829,091 | 0.8% |
| EBITDA | 14,018,473 | 13,871,697 | 1.1% |
| Total assets | 204,454,706 | 194,542,803 | 5.1% |
| Bank balance and cash | 28,858,361 | 27,585,590 | 4.6% |
| Shareholders' equity | 80,997,724 | 79,129,569 | 2.4% |
Key financial indicators
| For the year ended 31 December | 2023 | 2022 |
| Average finance costs | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| Current ratio (times) | 0.74 | 0.89 |
| Gross profit margin | 13.0% | 13.3% |
| Net gearing ratio | 50.9% | 44.7% |
| Net profit margin | 7.8% | 9.0% |
| Payout ratio (%) | 33.0% | 26.7% |
| Return on average equity | 6.9% | 8.3% |