By Clarence Leong


Tencent Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday that its second-quarter net profit fell 56% as weakness in its gaming and advertising segments weighed on revenue.

The Chinese social-media and videogame giant posted a 18.62 billion yuan ($2.74 billion) net profit for the quarter ended June compared with CNY42.59 billion a year earlier, it said in a filing. That represents Tencent's worst quarterly profit drop since listing in Hong Kong in 2004, surpassing the first quarter's 51% net-profit decline.

Revenue came in at CNY134.03 billion, down 3% from a year earlier. Contribution from its videogaming business in China slipped 1% to CNY31.8 billion, which it attributed to "transitional issues, including relatively fewer big game releases, lower user spending" and minor-protection measures.

Its online-advertising segment revenue fell 18%, which Tencent said reflected "notable weakness in the Internet services, education and finance sectors, especially in April and May."

Its fintech-and-business services segment eked out a 1% revenue gain to CNY42.2 billion, as the Covid-19 resurgence weighed on commercial-payment activities in April and May, Tencent said.

The company said it will focus on enhancing the efficiency of its businesses and on new revenue initiatives.


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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

08-17-22 0517ET