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9.7 Billion Parcel Volume Grew 7.4 Points Faster than Industry Average
Adjusted Net Income Increased 5.2% to RMB2.4 Billion

SHANGHAI, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO and SEHK: 2057), a leading and fast-growing express delivery company in China (“ZTO” or the “Company”), today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026[1]. The Company grew parcel volume by 13.2% year over year while maintaining high quality of service and customer satisfaction. Adjusted net income increased 5.2%[2] to RMB2.4 billion. Net cash generated from operating activities was RMB2.8 billion.

First Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights

Revenues were RMB13,282.4 million (US$1,925.5 million), an increase of 22.0% from RMB10,891.5 million in the same period of 2025.Gross profit was RMB3,235.2 million (US$469.0 million), an increase of 20.3% from RMB2,689.2 million in the same period of 2025.Net income was RMB2,156.4 million (US$312.6 million), an increase of 5.7% from RMB2,039.2 million in the same period of 2025.Adjusted EBITDA[3] was RMB3,941.3 million (US$571.4 million), an increase of 6.9% from RMB3,686.7 million in the same period of 2025.Adjusted net income was RMB2,377.1 million (US$344.6 million), an increase of 5.2% from RMB2,259.3 million in the same period of 2025.Basic and diluted net earnings per American depositary share (“ADS”[4]) were RMB2.73 (US$0.40) and RMB2.68 (US$0.39), an increase of 9.2% and 9.8% from RMB2.50 and RMB2.44 in the same period of 2025, respectively.Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per American depositary share attributable to ordinary shareholders[5] were RMB3.01 (US$0.44) and RMB2.95 (US$0.43), an increase of 8.7% and 8.9% from RMB2.77 and RMB2.71 in the same period of 2025 respectively.Net cash provided by operating activities was RMB2,789.0 million (US$404.3 million), compared with RMB2,363.0 million in the same period of 2025.

Operational Highlights for First Quarter 2026

Parcel volume was 9,668 million, increased 13.2% from 8,539 million in the same period of 2025.Number of pickup/delivery outlets was over 31,000 as of March 31, 2026.Number of direct network partners was approximately 6,000 as of March 31, 2026.Number of self-owned line-haul vehicles was over 10,000 as of March 31, 2026.Number of line-haul routes between sorting hubs was approximately 3,800 as of March 31, 2026.Number of sorting hubs was 93 as of March 31, 2026, among which 88 are operated by the Company and 5 by the Company’s network partners.

[1] An investor relations presentation accompanies this earnings release and can be found at http://zto.investorroom.com.

[2] Adjusted net income is a non-GAAP financial measure, which is defined as net income before share-based compensation expense and non-recurring items such as impairment of investments in equity investees, gain/(loss) on disposal of equity investment and subsidiary and corresponding tax impact which management aims to better represent the underlying business operations.

[3] Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure, which is defined as net income before depreciation, amortization, interest expenses and income tax expenses, and further adjusted to exclude the shared-based compensation expense and non-recurring items such as impairment of investments in equity investees, gain/(loss) on disposal of equity investment and subsidiary which management aims to better represent the underlying business operations.

[4] One ADS represents one Class A ordinary share.

[5] Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per American depositary share attributable to ordinary shareholders is a non-GAAP financial measure. It is defined as adjusted net income attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by weighted average number of basic and diluted American depositary shares, respectively.

Mr. Meisong Lai, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ZTO, commented, “During the first quarter of 2026, ZTO maintained focus on quality of services and customer satisfaction, and well executed our key strategies to improve operating cost efficiencies and strengthening network pricing policy fairness and transparency. Our parcel volume reached 9.7 billion, which grew 13.2%, or 7.4 points above industry average, mainly attributable to strong key accounts growth. Our adjusted net income was 2.4 billion, as the daily average retail volume continued to expand at a faster rate than traditional ecommerce volume resulting in improved revenue structure that not only contributed to volume increase as well as positive contribution to overall margin.”

Mr. Lai added, “China’s express delivery industry is benefiting from the lasting effect of the anti-involution policy. It is well demonstrated by this quarter’s industry-wide profit expansion, some faster than its volume growth, that there was an increasing focus on quality growth. ZTO’s Quality-First strategy is consistent with regulatory attention as our operating efficiency continues to lead the industry and our effort to drive fairness and transparency across the entire network has generated positive impact on sustainable long-term growth. Shared-Success is never meant to be a corporate slogan, and our work in being fair and supportive of our partners never ends especially given the depth and width of our network footprint. By relying on digitization and diligent follow-through, we are seeing better alignment of strategy consensus and execution cohesiveness from headquarter to the furthest-reached outlets.”

Ms. Huiping Yan, Chief Financial Officer of ZTO, commented, “For the first quarter, ZTO’s core express ASP increased 8.2%, driven by a favorable mix-shift towards key accounts, which included fast-growing reverse logistics volume, and its positive impact more than offset the per unit increase in volume incentives. Combined unit sorting and transportation costs decreased 6 cents, driven largely by volume-leveraged productivity gain. SG&A excluding SBC as a percentage of revenue improved to approximately 4.5% compared to 4.7% in the same period last year. Cash flow from operating activities was 2.8 billion, and capital spending was 1.8 billion.”

Ms. Yan added, “The sustainable growth strategy we focused on throughout the years is equally effective during economic stabilization and recovery. Our unique partner-franchise model requires fine tuning from time to time to maintain equitable sharing of the cost and profit. Our volume growth against industry deceleration came from the consistency of anti-involution policy as well as our initiatives to drive reasonable profit allocation for everyone under the ZTO brand. We aim to strengthen our volume leadership, and we are maintaining our annual parcel growth guidance at 10-13% over last year.”

First Quarter 2026 Unaudited Financial Results

Three Months Ended March 31,

2025

2026

RMB

%

RMB

US$

%

(in thousands, except percentages)

Express delivery services

10,122,290

92.9

12,523,779

1,815,567

94.3

Freight forwarding services

179,219

1.7

155,910

22,602

1.2

Sale of accessories

560,297

5.1

577,675

83,745

4.3

Others

29,659

0.3

25,000

3,624

0.2

Total revenues

10,891,465

100.0

13,282,364

1,925,538

100.0

Total Revenues were RMB13,282.4 million (US$1,925.5 million), increased 22.0% from RMB10,891.5 million in the same period of 2025. Revenue from the core express delivery business increased by 22.5% compared to the same period of 2025 as a result of a 13.2% growth in parcel volume and an 8.2% increase in parcel unit price. Key account revenue, generated by direct sales organizations, increased by 92.2% mainly driven by increase in e-commerce return parcels. Revenue from freight forwarding services decreased by 13.0% compared to the same period of 2025. Revenue from sales of accessories, largely consisted of sales of thermal paper for digital waybills, increased by 3.1%. Other revenues were mainly derived from financing services.

Three Months Ended March 31,

2025

2026

RMB

%

RMB

US$

%

(in thousands, except percentages)

Line-haul transportation cost

3,483,065

32.0

3,530,168

511,767

26.6

Sorting hub operating cost

2,314,595

21.3

2,454,271

355,795

18.5

Freight forwarding cost

172,792

1.6

154,265

22,364

1.2

Cost of accessories sold

133,259

1.2

127,589

18,497

1.0

Other costs

2,098,534

19.2

3,780,850

548,107

28.3

Total cost of revenues

8,202,245

75.3

10,047,143

1,456,530

75.6

Total cost of revenues was RMB10,047.1 million (US$1,456.5 million), an increase of 22.5% from RMB8,202.2 million in the same period last year.

Line-haul transportation cost was RMB3,530.2 million (US$511.8 million), increased 1.4% from RMB3,483.1 million in the same period last year. The unit transportation cost decreased 9.8% or 4 cents mainly attributable to better economies of scale and improved load rate through more effective route planning.

Sorting hub operating cost was RMB2,454.3 million (US$355.8 million), increased 6.0% from RMB2,314.6 million in the same period last year. The increase primarily consisted of (i) RMB74.3 million (US$10.8 million) increase in labor-associated costs partially offset by automation-driven efficiency improvements, and (ii) RMB43.1 million (US$6.3 million) increase in depreciation and amortization costs associated with automation facilities and equipment upgrades. As of March 31, 2026, there were 780 sets of automated sorting equipment in service, compared to 631 sets as of March 31, 2025.

Cost of accessories sold was RMB127.6 million (US$18.5 million), decreased by 4.3% compared with RMB133.3 million in the same period last year.

Other costs were RMB3,780.9 million (US$548.1 million), increased 80.2% from RMB2,098.5 million in the same period last year, which was mainly attributable to an increase of RMB1,711.3 million (US$248.1 million) for pickup and dispatching costs paid to network partners associated with serving key account customers.

Gross Profit was RMB3,235.2 million (US$469.0 million), increased by 20.3% from RMB2,689.2 million in the same period last year. Gross margin rate was 24.4% compared to 24.7% in the same period last year.

Total Operating Expenses were RMB690.0 million (US$100.0 million), compared to RMB283.8 million in the same period last year.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were RMB815.7 million (US$118.2 million), increased by 10.6% from RMB737.5 million in the same period last year, mainly due to (i) RMB64.0 million (US$9.3 million) increase in compensation and benefit expenses, and (ii) RMB11.4 million (US$1.6 million) increase in depreciation and amortization costs associated with administrative facilities and equipment.

Other operating income, net was RMB125.7 million (US$18.2 million), compared to RMB453.7 million in the same period last year. Other operating income mainly consisted of (i) RMB80.9 million (US$11.7 million) of government subsidies and tax rebates, and (ii) RMB51.4 million (US$7.5 million) of rental income.

Income from operations was RMB2,545.3 million (US$369.0 million), increased 5.8% from RMB2,405.4 million for the same period last year. The operating margin rate was 19.2% compared to 22.1% in the same period last year.

Interest income was RMB165.9 million (US$24.1 million), compared with RMB198.4 million in the same period last year.

Interest expenses was RMB50.3 million (US$7.3 million), compared with RMB68.9 million in the same period last year.

Gain from fair value changes of financial instruments was RMB54.9 million (US$8.0 million), compared with a gain of RMB36.6 million in the same period last year. Such gain or loss from fair value changes of the financial instruments is quoted by commercial banks according to market-based estimation of future redemption prices.

Income tax expenses were RMB552.2 million (US$80.0 million) compared to RMB531.6 million in the same period last year. Overall income tax rate was 20.5%, decreased by 0.2 percentage points year over year.

Net income was RMB2,156.4 million (US$312.6 million), which increased by 5.7% increase from RMB2,039.2 million in the same period last year.

Basic and diluted earnings per ADS attributable to ordinary shareholders were RMB2.73 (US$0.40) and RMB2.68 (US$0.39), compared to basic and diluted earnings per ADS of RMB2.50 and RMB2.44 in the same period last year, respectively.

Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per ADS attributable to ordinary shareholders were RMB3.01 (US$0.44) and RMB2.95 (US$0.43), compared with RMB2.77 and RMB2.71 in the same period last year, respectively.

Adjusted net income was RMB2,377.1 million (US$344.6 million), compared with RMB2,259.3 million during the same period last year.

EBITDA[1] was RMB3,720.7 million (US$539.4 million), compared with RMB3,466.6 million in the same period last year.

Adjusted EBITDA was RMB3,941.3 million (US$571.4 million), compared to RMB3,686.7 million in the same period last year.

Net cash provided by operating activities was RMB2,789.0 million (US$404.3 million), compared with RMB2,363.0 million in the same period last year.

[1] EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure, which is defined as net income before depreciation, amortization, interest expenses and income tax expenses which management aims to better represent the underlying business operations.

Resignation of Non-Executive Director and Termination of Investor Rights Agreement

The Board announces that Ms. Di XU has tendered her resignation as a non-executive director of the Company, with effect from May 20, 2026 given the recent termination of the investor rights agreement entered by and among the Company, the Company’s founders and subsidiaries of Alibaba Group Holdings Limited in June 2018. Ms. Xu has confirmed that (i) she has no disagreement with the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) and (ii) there is no matter in respect of her resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company or The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The Board would like to take this opportunity to express its gratitude to Ms. Xu for her valuable contribution to the Company during her tenure.

Company Share Repurchase Program

The Board has approved a new share repurchase program in March 2026, authorizing the repurchase of up to US$1.5 billion of its shares over the next 24 months, effective from March 20, 2026, through March 20, 2028. The Company expects to fund these repurchases utilizing its existing cash balance.

Business Outlook

Based on current market and operating conditions, the Company reiterates that its parcel volume for 2026 is expected to increase by 10% to 13% year over year, representing a parcel volume range of 42.37 billion to 43.52 billion. Such estimates represent management’s current and preliminary view, which are subject to change.

Exchange Rate

This announcement contains translation of certain Renminbi amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for the convenience of readers. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from Renminbi to U.S. dollars were made at the exchange rate of RMB6.898 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate on March 31, 2026 as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company uses EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, adjusted net income attributable to ordinary shareholders, and adjusted basic and diluted earnings per American depositary share attributable to ordinary shareholders, each a non-GAAP financial measure, in evaluating ZTO’s operating results and for financial and operational decision-making purposes.

Reconciliations of the Company’s non-GAAP financial measures to its U.S. GAAP financial measures are shown in tables at the end of this earnings release, which provide more details about the non-GAAP financial measures.

The Company believes that such non-GAAP measures help identify underlying trends in the Company’s business that could otherwise be distorted by the effect of the related expenses and gains that the Company includes in income from operations and net income, and provide useful information about its operating results, enhance the overall understanding of its past performance and future prospects and allow for greater visibility with respect to key metrics used by the Company’s management in its financial and operational decision-making.

EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, adjusted net income attributable to ordinary shareholders and adjusted basic and diluted earnings per American depositary share attributable to ordinary shareholders should not be considered in isolation or construed as an alternative to net income or any other measure of performance or as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance. Investors are encouraged to compare the historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, adjusted net income attributable to ordinary shareholders and adjusted basic and diluted earnings per American depositary share attributable to ordinary shareholders presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to ZTO’s data. ZTO encourages investors and others to review the Company’s financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

Conference Call Information

ZTO’s management team will host an earnings conference call at 8:30 PM U.S. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 (8:30 AM Beijing Time on Wednesday, May 20, 2026).

Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:

United States:

1-888-317-6003

Hong Kong:

800-963-976

Mainland China:

4001-206-115

International:

1-412-317-6061

Passcode:

2836360

Please dial in 15 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call.

A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following numbers until May 25, 2026:

United States:

1-855-669-9658

International:

1-412-317-0088

Passcode:

1895291

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://zto.investorroom.com

About ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO and SEHK:2057) (“ZTO” or the “Company”) is a leading and fast-growing express delivery company in China. ZTO provides express delivery service as well as other value-added logistics services through its extensive and reliable nationwide network coverage in China.

ZTO operates a highly scalable network partner model, which the Company believes is best suited to support the significant growth of e-commerce in China. The Company leverages its network partners to provide pickup and last-mile delivery services, while controlling the mission-critical line-haul transportation and sorting network within the express delivery service value chain.

For more information, please visit http://zto.investorroom.com

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains statements that may constitute “forward-looking” statements pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “aims,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “likely to,” and other similar expressions. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement contain forward-looking statements. ZTO may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HKEX”), in its interim and annual reports to shareholders, in announcements, circulars or other publications made on the website of the HKEX, in press releases and other written materials, and in oral statements made by its officers, directors, or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about ZTO’s beliefs, plans, and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to  differ  materially  from  those  contained  in  any  forward-looking  statement,  including  but  not  limited  to  the  following:  risks  relating  to  the development of the e-commerce and express delivery industries in China; its significant reliance on certain third-party e-commerce platforms; risks associated with its network partners and their employees and personnel; intense competition which could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations and market share; any service disruption of the Company’s sorting hubs or the outlets operated by its network partners or its technology system; ZTO’s ability to build its brand and withstand negative publicity, or other favorable government policies. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in ZTO’s filings with the SEC and the HKEX. All information provided in this announcement is as of the date of this announcement, and ZTO does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

Summary of Unaudited Consolidated Comprehensive Income Data:

Three Months Ended March 31,

2025

2026

RMB

RMB

US$

(in thousands, except for share and per share data)

Revenues

10,891,465

13,282,364

1,925,538

Cost of revenues

(8,202,245)

(10,047,143)

(1,456,530)

Gross profit

2,689,220

3,235,221

469,008

Operating (expenses)/income:

Selling, general and administrative

(737,511)

(815,664)

(118,246)

Other operating income, net

453,669

125,711

18,224

Total operating expenses

(283,842)

(689,953)

(100,022)

Income from operations

2,405,378

2,545,268

368,986

Other income/(expenses):

Interest income

198,392

165,945

24,057

Interest expense

(68,876)

(50,272)

(7,288)

Gain from fair value changes of financial instruments

36,613

54,944

7,965

Gain on disposal of equity investees, subsidiary and others

147

478

69

Foreign currency exchange loss before tax

(4,044)

(28,834)

(4,180)

Income before income tax, and share of income in equity method investments

2,567,610

2,687,529

389,609

Income tax expense

(531,574)

(552,180)

(80,049)

Share of income in equity method investments

3,145

21,007

3,045

Net income

2,039,181

2,156,356

312,605

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

(45,934)

(38,023)

(5,512)

Net income attributable to ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.

1,993,247

2,118,333

307,093

Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders

1,993,247

2,118,333

307,093

Net earnings per share attributed to ordinary shareholders

Basic

2.50

2.73

0.40

Diluted

2.44

2.68

0.39

Weighted average shares used in calculating net earnings per ordinary share/ADS

Basic

798,486,427

776,158,342

776,158,342

Diluted

832,052,527

798,341,566

798,341,566

Net income

2,039,181

2,156,356

312,605

Other comprehensive income/(expense) ,net of tax of nil:

Foreign currency translation adjustment

8,701

(9,922)

(1,438)

Comprehensive income

2,047,882

2,146,434

311,167

Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

(45,934)

(38,023)

(5,512)

Comprehensive income attributable to ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.

2,001,948

2,108,411

305,655

Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets Data:

As of

December 31,

March 31,

2025

2026

RMB

RMB

US$

(in thousands, except for share data)

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

10,011,533

11,406,935

1,653,658

Restricted cash

29,129

29,129

4,223

Accounts receivable, net

1,287,475

1,264,820

183,360

Financing receivables

674,880

532,466

77,191

Short-term investment

15,620,892

19,079,372

2,765,928

Inventories

40,648

39,042

5,660

Advances to suppliers

719,277

743,940

107,849

Prepayments and other current assets

5,102,997

5,250,750

761,199

Amounts due from related parties

477,865

506,822

73,474

Total current assets

33,964,696

38,853,276

5,632,542

Investments in equity investees

1,951,910

2,164,047

313,721

Property and equipment, net

35,433,509

36,233,881

5,252,810

Land use rights, net

6,762,240

6,875,348

996,716

Intangible assets, net

52,758

45,466

6,591

Operating lease right-of-use assets

398,082

331,050

47,992

Goodwill

4,157,111

4,157,111

602,655

Deferred tax assets

1,103,655

1,191,798

172,774

Long-term investment

5,221,110

6,292,110

912,164

Long-term financing receivables

1,039,946

989,488

143,446

Other non-current assets

938,980

645,036

93,511

TOTAL ASSETS

91,023,997

97,778,611

14,174,922

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Current liabilities

Short-term bank borrowing

10,934,419

11,089,280

1,607,608

Accounts payable

2,577,229

2,420,258

350,864

Advances from customers

1,833,131

1,717,342

248,962

Income tax payable

279,541

287,950

41,744

Amounts due to related parties

796,660

92,221

13,369

Operating lease liabilities

139,787

120,382

17,452

Dividends payable

19,659

2,085,103

302,276

Other current liabilities

6,288,714

5,876,810

851,958

Total current liabilities

22,869,140

23,689,346

3,434,233

Long-term bank borrowing

18,000

17,000

2,464

Non-current operating lease liabilities

261,257

218,721

31,708

Deferred tax liabilities

615,073

628,469

91,109

Convertible senior bond

124,114

10,347,781

1,500,113

TOTAL LIABILITIES

23,887,584

34,901,317

5,059,627

Shareholders’ equity

    Ordinary shares (US$0.0001 par value; 10,000,000,000 shares authorized;
    795,528,169 shares issued and 790,812,316 shares outstanding as of December
    31, 2025; 769,900,693 shares issued and 766,482,022 shares outstanding
    as of March 31, 2026)

513

495

72

Additional paid-in capital

24,000,698

22,795,854

3,304,705

Treasury shares, at cost

(254,480)

(245,970)

(35,658)

Retained earnings

42,918,864

39,859,455

5,778,408

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(281,266)

(291,188)

(42,213)

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. shareholders’ equity

66,384,329

62,118,646

9,005,314

Non-controlling interests

752,084

758,648

109,981

Total Equity

67,136,413

62,877,294

9,115,295

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

91,023,997

97,778,611

14,174,922

Summary of Unaudited Consolidated Cash Flow Data:

Three Months Ended March 31,

2025

2026

RMB

RMB

US$

(in thousands)

Net cash provided by operating activities

2,362,976

2,789,045

404,327

Net cash used in investing activities

(3,158,465)

(7,174,549)

(1,040,091)

Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities

(261,091)

5,831,073

845,328

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(12,560)

(50,167)

(7,273)

Net (decrease)/increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(1,069,140)

1,395,402

202,291

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

13,530,947

10,046,717

1,456,468

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

12,461,807

11,442,119

1,658,759

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:

As of

December 31,

March 31,

2025

2026

RMB

RMB

US$

(in thousands)

Cash and cash equivalents

10,011,533

11,406,935

1,653,658

Restricted cash, current

29,129

29,129

4,223

Restricted cash, non-current

6,055

6,055

878

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

10,046,717

11,442,119

1,658,759

Reconciliations of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results

Three Months Ended March 31,

2025

2026

RMB

RMB

US$

(in thousands, except for share and per share data)

Net income

2,039,181

2,156,356

312,605

Add:

Share-based compensation expense (1)

220,269

221,119

32,056

Gain on disposal of equity investees and subsidiary, net of income taxes

(121)

(395)

(57)

Adjusted net income

2,259,329

2,377,080

344,604

Net income

2,039,181

2,156,356

312,605

Add:

Depreciation

789,108

912,649

132,306

Amortization

37,819

49,211

7,134

Interest expenses

68,876

50,272

7,288

Income tax expenses

531,574

552,180

80,049

EBITDA

3,466,558

3,720,668

539,382

Add:

Share-based compensation expense

220,269

221,119

32,056

Gain on disposal of equity investees and subsidiary

(147)

(478)

(69)

Adjusted EBITDA

3,686,680

3,941,309

571,369

(1) Net of income taxes of nil

Reconciliations of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results

Three Months Ended  March  31,

2025

2026

RMB

RMB

US$

(in thousands, except for share and per share data)

Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders

1,993,247

2,118,333

307,093

Add:

Share-based compensation expense (1)

220,269

221,119

32,056

Loss/(gain) on disposal of equity investees

and subsidiary, net of income taxes

(121)

(395)

(57)

Adjusted Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders

2,213,395

2,339,057

339,092

Weighted average shares used in calculating net earnings per ordinary share/ADS

Basic

798,486,427

776,158,342

776,158,342

Diluted

832,052,527

798,341,566

798,341,566

Net earnings per share/ADS attributable to

ordinary shareholders

Basic

2.50

2.73

0.40

Diluted

2.44

2.68

0.39

Adjusted net earnings per share/ADS

attributable to ordinary shareholders

Basic

2.77

3.01

0.44

Diluted

2.71

2.95

0.43

(1) Net of income taxes of nil

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NinjaTrader to Offer CME Group Single Stock Futures, Giving Active Traders Direct Access to Top U.S. Brands Including Nvidia, Tesla and Apple

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New futures contracts on leading U.S. companies offer active traders a more capital-efficient and flexible way to trade individual stocks

CHICAGO, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NinjaTrader Group, a global leader in retail futures trading, today announced that CME Group Single Stock futures are live and immediately available for eligible users on the NinjaTrader platform. A major launch for the industry, these new CME Group contracts give active traders a way to trade individual stocks like Nvidia, Tesla, Apple and Amazon with the flexibility of futures.

This launch expands NinjaTrader’s equity index complex with the addition of CME Group Single Stock futures, giving traders the ability to express directional views on specific companies and well-known brands alongside the index products they already trade. CME Group’s initial launch will be a phased rollout across more than 50 top U.S. companies from the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Russell 1000.

“Retail traders today are more active, informed, and focused on high-conviction opportunities than ever before and this launch of Single Stock futures from CME Group represents the next evolution of retail trading,” said Martin Franchi, CEO, NinjaTrader Group. “Creating direct access to market-moving companies like Nvidia, Tesla, Google and Apple with the speed, flexibility and capital efficiency of futures without the complexity of options, is a major advancement for the industry. We believe Single Stock futures will fundamentally reshape how individual investors trade and engage with volatility, earnings and real-time market events.”

“We are pleased to work with firms like NinjaTrader in expanding access to CME Group Single Stock futures,” said Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME Group. “Broader access to these centrally cleared, financially settled contracts brings the capital efficiencies and near 24/7 access of the futures market to leading U.S. stocks, providing investors with a highly transparent, regulated tool to manage their equity exposure.”

Single Stock futures give traders a new, streamlined way to gain tactical exposure to individual companies with less upfront capital than traditional stock purchases. Unlike options, Single Stock futures eliminate the need to manage Greeks, time decay and complex multi-leg chains, making it easier to express bullish or bearish views without stock borrowing requirements. Additionally, they offer the flexibility to respond to earnings reports, geopolitical developments, and overnight market events in real time, as they trade nearly 24 hours a day during the trading week. Designed for active futures, options and equity traders seeking simpler directional exposure, Single Stock futures reflect a broader industry shift toward products tied to real-time market movement and high-profile brands.

“Single Stock futures will open the door to an entirely new generation of active traders by bringing stock and options traders into the futures ecosystem through well-known, market-moving companies that are familiar, accessible and mainstream,” adds Franchi. “As retail traders become more sophisticated and event-driven, Single Stock futures have the potential to dramatically expand and reshape investor participation in futures trading.”

To start trading or learn more, visit ninjatrader.com.

About NinjaTrader Group
NinjaTrader Group is a global leader in retail futures and trading technology. Since 2003, NinjaTrader has been empowering a community of almost 3.9 million users with cutting-edge technology, ultra-low commissions and world-class support. Our modern, cloud-based platform, available on desktop, web and mobile, gives traders the freedom to seize market opportunities anytime, anywhere. NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC provides direct access to the futures markets, while NT Technologies delivers new tools, seamless NinjaTrader platform integration, and institutional-grade technology to support both individual prop traders and prop trading firms. For institutions, NinjaTrader Connect delivers a comprehensive suite of B2B solutions, providing advanced technology and financial infrastructure for technology providers. For more information, visit www.ninjatrader.com.

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From Wrong Answers to Wrong Actions: The New Risk of Agentic AI in Life Sciences

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As AI agents move deeper into regulated scientific workflows, AINGENS argues that autonomy must be bound by evidence, traceability, and human oversight before it can be trusted.

COLUMBIA, Md., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — OpenAI’s disclosure that its AI models broke out of a controlled security test, and compromised systems has turned a theoretical warning into a real-world governance failure. The models exploited a previously unknown vulnerability, gained internet access, and chained actions across multiple systems while pursuing a narrow testing goal. The incident illustrates the risk facing regulated scientific workflows as AI begins to act, not just write. Systems can now search literature, summarize evidence, draft claims, revise materials, and move content through multistep processes. Once that happens, the danger is no longer limited to an inaccurate answer. An agent can select the wrong source, take unintended action, or advance scientific content without sufficient human review.

“Uncontrolled, unmonitored, and unverified agent use is becoming a serious risk in life sciences,” said Ome Ogbru, PharmD, founder and CEO of AINGENS, a life sciences AI company focused on governed scientific workflows. “An agent can assist with the work, but it cannot decide if the work is good enough, and it cannot own the human accountability behind it.”

AI Risk Is Moving from Wrong Answers to Wrong Actions

Adoption is moving faster than governance across many life science organizations. Recent NVIDIA survey of healthcare and life sciences organizations illustrates how quickly adoption is accelerating:

70% of respondents were actively using AI models.69% were using generative AI and large language models.47% were already using or assessing AI agents.

In pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations, the leading reported agentic AI use cases were in literature review and data analysis.

McKinsey’s 2026 AI Trust Maturity Survey warned that organizations must account for systems taking unintended actions, misusing tools, or operating beyond proper guardrails. Only about 30% of surveyed organizations had reached higher maturity levels in strategy, governance and agentic AI controls, while nearly two-thirds cited security and risk concerns as the leading obstacle to scaling agentic AI.

“The word ‘agent’ can create the expectation that the system will deliver something ready to use,” Dr. Ogbru said. “But someone still has to define the task, select the evidence, validate the result, correct what is wrong, and approve what moves forward.”

Governance Must Be Built into the Scientific Workflow

Broad AI policies can establish organizational principles, but they cannot govern every scientific task in the same way. The controls required for literature retrieval may differ from those needed to draft a medical claim, create a presentation, or move approved content into another system.

Oversight should become stronger as the scientific, regulatory, clinical outcomes, and business consequences of a task increase. A formatting error can usually be corrected without affecting the substance of the work. A system that relies on outdated research, omits contradictory evidence, or applies the wrong data to a medical claim can create a far more serious problem, particularly if the material advances into external use before the mistake is identified.

Evidence-bound AI is one way to manage that risk. It requires users to define the knowledge the system should use rather than assuming it understands the scientific question, product, or organization. The system should remain within those sources, show what happened at each step, and indicate when the necessary data wasn’t provided. “If the evidence is not available, the system should be able to say, ‘I don’t have it,’ rather than reaching somewhere else for an answer,” Dr. Ogbru said.

Scientific AI Is More Than a Writing Tool

AINGENS developed the Medical Affairs Content Generator (MACg) to support regulated scientific and medical content workflows. The platform connects real-time PubMed search, literature summarization, evidence gathering, drafting, automatic citations, reference management, editing, collaboration, and presentation development inside one environment. MACg supports traceability and auditability of all outputs.

MACg includes agents that complete defined tasks based on user instructions, but it is not designed to operate as an autonomous decision-maker. Whether the work is ready to advance remains a decision for human experts, who must review the evidence trail and confirm that the required standards have been met. The platform supports the review and editing of generated content. The structure is intended to reduce manual work while preserving expert oversight over evidence choice, content generated, and final approval.

Scientific materials already require expert review, whether the first draft is produced manually or with AI assistance. The efficiency comes from reducing repetitive and laborious work at multiple steps in the workflow.

Mystery AI Is not an Option for Life Sciences Buyers

As scientific AI products multiply, life sciences organizations cannot evaluate them on model speed performance alone. They also need to know the source of the system’s evidence, whether it has been tested in the intended workflow, and whether its actions can be reconstructed when a claim, citation, or output is challenged. Just as important is how the system responds when evidence is incomplete, inappropriate, or outside its approved scope.

If a vendor does not reveal the AI models in their solution or cannot explain what is behind the product or show how an output was produced, the organization is being asked to accept risk it cannot measure. “‘Mystery AI’ should be a red flag for life sciences buyers,” Dr. Ogbru said. “In regulated scientific work, experts must be able to intervene, correct the record, and remain accountable for the outcomes. Evidence-bound AI is the right path forward.”

About AINGENS

AINGENS is a life sciences software company transforming how scientific and medical content is created in regulated healthcare environments. Founded by Ome Ogbru, PharmD, with more than 20 years of experience in pharma and biotech, the company combines deep life sciences expertise with advanced technologies to build integrated AI‑powered platforms that streamline some of the most time‑consuming steps in scientific, clinical, and medical workflows.

Its flagship platform, MACg (Medical Affairs Content Generator), is an end-to-end, evidence-based workspace that integrates real-time PubMed search, document-grounded reasoning, automated citation generation, drafting, slide generation and collaboration in a private, secure environment. By embedding traceability and source alignment directly into the workflow, AINGENS helps medical affairs and medical writing teams transform scientific evidence to publication and conference-ready content without compromising scientific rigor or regulatory integrity. Learn more at https://macg.ai.

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Pilot Games Receives Notice of Allowance for Second U.S. Patent Protecting Electronic Pull-Tab Innovation

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Patent reflects Pilot’s continued investment in innovating charitable gaming

RENO, Nev., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pilot Gaming Systems, Inc. (“Pilot” or “Pilot Games”) today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for Pilot’s patent application covering its Standard Animated Roll-up for Electronic Pull-Tab Games. Once issued, the patent will become Pilot’s second recently issued U.S. patent protecting innovations in its electronic pull-tab gaming platform.

The newly-allowed patent builds upon Pilot’s ongoing commitment to developing original technology that enhances the player experience while supporting charitable organizations through engaging, state-of-the-art electronic gaming products.

“At Pilot, innovation has always been central to who we are,” said Jon Weaver, Founder and CEO of Pilot Games. “Since 2014, we’ve focused on developing original technology that helps our charitable partners succeed, while delivering exciting experiences for players. Receiving another Notice of Allowance from the USPTO is further recognition of the innovation our team continues to bring to the market.” “Protecting innovation is an important part of advancing charitable gaming,” Weaver added. “Our focus remains on creating new technologies, introducing new games, and helping charities maximize their fundraising opportunities.”

The company’s significant investment into creative research and development has resulted in one of the industry’s largest electronic pull-tab game libraries and a growing catalogue of proprietary technologies.

Earlier, Pilot was awarded U.S. Patent No. 12,367,737 relating to its innovative watermark technology for electronic pull-tab games.

Since entering the charitable gaming market in 2014, Pilot Games has become an industry leader through continuous and imaginative product creation, frequent game releases, and a commitment to serving charities with industry-leading performance.

About Pilot Games

Founded in 2014, Pilot Games develops innovative electronic pull-tab games and gaming technology for US Charitable Gaming and International State Lotteries. With a growing portfolio of patented technologies, one of the industry’s largest electronic pull-tab game libraries, and a commitment to continuous innovation, Pilot Games helps charities and lotteries increase engagement and fundraising through best-in-class electronic gaming experiences.

CONTACT: Will Reeves, Pilot Gaming Systems, Inc, wreeves@pilotgames.com

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