CCB (00939.HK) -0.030 (-0.373%) Short selling $597.42M; Ratio 31.061% 's 1-3Q25 net profit increased by 0.6% YoY to RMB257.4 billion, reversing the 1.4% YoY decline in 1H25, consistent with the recovery trend at peer state-owned banks, BofA Securities issued a research report saying. Due to equity dilution, EPS still slightly dropped YoY. Core earnings growth slowed from 3.6% YoY in 1H25 to 1% in 1-3Q25, achieving 82% of the broker's 2025 forecast for CCB. CCB's 1-3Q25 annualized ROE fell by 0.8 ppts YoY to 10.3%. Its CET1 ratio remained high at 14.4%.Related NewsCCB 3Q NP Leaps 4%+ YoY to RMB95.284BBofA Securities maintained its earnings forecast for CCB unchanged. Therefore, the broker downgraded CCB's H-shares from Buy to Neutral, and kept its target price at $8.17. BofA Securities also kept rating at Buy for CCB's A-shares (601939.SH) -0.070 (-0.733%) , with a target price of RMB9.77, due to its relatively higher dividend yield among A-share peers.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-11-05 16:25.) (A Shares quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.)