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Issuer Flash: Dongxing Securities Co., Ltd.

Issuer: Dongxing Securities | Document: Issuer Flash | Date: 2026-09-02 | Event: H1 2026

Report date: 2026-09-02 Event date: 2026-07-31 Event title: H1 2026 Interim Results

1. Flash Conclusion

Dongxing Securities' H1 2026 results are supportive of the existing credit view but do not remove the need for close transition-period monitoring. Consolidated operating revenue rose 11.4% year on year to RMB2.51bn and profit attributable to shareholders of the parent increased 25.1% to RMB1.02bn. Wealth-management and investment-trading revenue both expanded, while total assets grew 16.2% from year-end 2025. The interim financial statements were reviewed by KPMG Huazhen, although the interim report itself is unaudited. These results support the view that the state-linked, mid-tier broker retains earnings capacity and continued execution of disclosed debt and repo funding while the proposed CICC absorption merger progresses.

The quality of the earnings improvement and the movement in liquidity cushions warrant equal attention. H1 investment income was a loss of RMB22mn, compared with income of RMB1.09bn a year earlier, while fair-value gains reached RMB1.25bn versus a small loss in the prior-year period. Parent risk coverage declined to 254.37% from 321.16% at end-2025, and the liquidity coverage ratio declined to 201.35% from 312.06%, although all reported parent risk-control indicators remained compliant with CSRC requirements. In parallel, the balance sheet added repo liabilities and bonds payable. This is not evidence of funding stress, but it means that creditors should assess H2 earnings, risk-capital consumption and funding composition together rather than treating H1 profit growth as a standalone improvement in resilience.

The merger is advancing but remains incomplete. Dongxing should therefore still be analysed as the legal obligor, with China Orient / Central Huijin ownership and prospective CICC integration as support context rather than a current CICC guarantee or debt assumption. The H1 outcome is thus favourable at the reported-profit level, but it is not a sufficient basis to treat standalone creditor protection as structurally stronger.

2. H1 Earnings and Franchise Read-Through

H1 operating revenue was RMB2.51bn, up 11.4% year on year, and net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent was RMB1.02bn, up 25.1%. Costs fell 9.5%, lifting operating profit by 37.4% to RMB1.38bn. The reported improvement was broad enough to be credit-positive at the franchise level: wealth-management revenue increased 19.8% to RMB1.05bn and investment-trading revenue increased 22.7% to RMB1.02bn. Brokerage activity was supported by higher market activity; stock-and-fund agency trading volume rose to RMB2.64tn from RMB1.62tn, while related net revenue increased to RMB483mn from RMB374mn.

Investment trading remains the main qualifier to this positive read-through. The segment reported RMB1.02bn of revenue, RMB83mn of operating expense and RMB942mn of pre-tax segment profit in H1. At group level, earnings benefited from RMB1.25bn of fair-value gains while investment income moved into a RMB22mn loss, compared with RMB1.09bn of investment income and a small fair-value loss in H1 2025. The segment presentation therefore points to a period in which valuation gains, rather than a like-for-like expansion in investment income, were material to the profit outcome. That mix is consistent with a securities-company earnings model exposed to asset prices and valuation movements rather than a stable deposit-and-loan franchise. It supports current profitability but does not establish a more durable through-the-cycle earnings base. Investment-banking revenue fell 56.3% year on year to RMB110mn and asset-management revenue fell 10.9% to RMB119mn, leaving the group reliant on the stronger wealth-management and investment-trading lines during the period.

3. Capital, Liquidity and Funding

Total assets reached RMB132.64bn at end-June, up 16.2% from end-2025, while equity attributable to parent shareholders increased only 0.6% to RMB33.44bn. At the parent company, net capital rose modestly to RMB29.07bn, but aggregate risk-capital reserves increased more quickly to RMB11.43bn. The resulting risk coverage ratio was 254.37%, down from 321.16% at year-end. The capital leverage ratio fell to 26.58% from 29.51%, LCR to 201.35% from 312.06%, and NSFR to 187.89% from 192.11%. These remain compliant reported ratios, but the direction reduces headroom while the balance sheet is expanding.

The funding data reinforces the need to monitor the direction of travel. Parent interest-bearing debt increased to RMB62.68bn from RMB50.79bn at the start of the period. At end-June, repos represented RMB28.48bn of the parent total and bonds payable RMB18.45bn; short-term financing payable was RMB10.08bn. The company reported RMB41.97bn of parent interest-bearing debt due within six months and RMB10.57bn due in six to twelve months. Separately, it disclosed that RMB8.08bn of company credit bonds were due after the 31 July report date and before year-end; this is not the same measure as the end-June six- and twelve-month debt buckets. It also reported positive financing cash flow, driven in part by additional bond issuance and borrowings. These disclosures show continued execution of disclosed funding, but no conclusion on the price, breadth or durability of market access can be drawn without data on effective maturities, repo haircuts, committed facilities or investor demand.

The combination of higher assets, increased funding and lower ratios should be read as a balance-sheet-management issue rather than as a breach signal. At end-June, net capital was still RMB29.07bn and the risk coverage ratio remained above 250%; the company also stated that all parent risk-control indicators complied with CSRC requirements. Conversely, creditors should not rely on the reported LCR or NSFR alone, since the interim report shows that repos, customer-related balances and securities positions are material to the balance sheet and can move with market conditions. The relevant H2 test is whether capital and liquidity cushions stabilise while funding is refinanced in the ordinary course, not whether a single ratio remains above its regulatory minimum.

For senior creditors, the key protection remains the combination of regulatory capital, liquidity management and domestic market access. Perpetual subordinated bonds remain structurally different: the report lists three RMB1.0bn perpetual bonds as equity and reports no extension, rate step-up or interest deferral during H1. Their loss-absorption and payment features should not be extrapolated to senior obligations.

4. Merger and Instrument Context

The interim report records further progress in CICC's proposed share-exchange absorption merger of Dongxing Securities and Cinda Securities, including shareholder approval and the transaction's submission to the Shanghai Stock Exchange and CSRC. However, the report does not establish closing, completion of creditor procedures, or the present assumption of Dongxing's obligations by CICC. Until those steps are confirmed, a delay, revised liability-assumption term or funding deterioration would remain a Dongxing standalone-credit issue rather than an issue already transferred to CICC. The April 2026 Beijing CSRC Bureau warning letter concerning bond-business projects remains a related monitoring item from the prior Q1 disclosure; the H1 report does not provide evidence that remediation has been accepted or that no further conduct issues have arisen.

The report also identifies the USD350mn 5.30% Dongxing Voyage guaranteed notes due 1 August 2027. The notes are an important future monitoring item because they are a documented offshore refinancing point and were described as guaranteed. The H1 disclosure does not provide the offering circular, guarantee deed, refinancing plan, segregated cash information or legal funding-transfer arrangements. It therefore supports monitoring of the maturity but not an assertion about the precise guarantee scope or repayment resources.

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