{"id":777008836,"date":"2023-08-31T06:38:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T09:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008836"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:31:21","slug":"success-universe-posts-gross-profit-of-us960000-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/success-universe-posts-gross-profit-of-us960000-in-h1","title":{"rendered":"Success Universe posts gross profit of US$960,000 in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The casino operator has reported revenue of HK$68.4m (US$8.7m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Success Universe Group, the investment entity behind Macau&#8217;s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/success-universe-to-refinance-ponte-16-loans\" target=\"_blank\">Ponte 16<\/a>, has unveiled its financial results for the first half of the year. Gross profit grew 41 per cent\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/success-universe-posts-us36-57m-loss-for-2022\" target=\"_blank\">on year-on-year terms<\/a>\u00a0from HK$1m to HK$7.5m (US$960,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revenue was up 26 per cent to HK$68.4m (US$8.7m). Shared profit associated with Ponte 16 reached HK$71.6m (US$9.1m), compared to a loss of HK$9.6m (US$1.2m) last year. Net profit attributable to owners reached HK$153.8m (US$19.6m), with earnings per share of 3.12 HK cents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shift from loss to profit was primarily attributed to the acknowledgement of a substantial fair value gain on the Group&#8217;s overseas-listed equity securities totalling HK$105.5m (US$13.4m), coupled with the group&#8217;s share of profit from Ponte 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average occupancy rate of Sofitel Macau At Ponte 16 reached 85 per cent, compared to 46 per cent in the same period of the prior year. Ponte 16 operates under SJM&#8217;s gaming licence with 109 gaming tables \u2013 103 mass tables and six high-limit tables.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casino operator has reported revenue of HK$68.4m (US$8.7m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Success Universe Group reported a significant H1 turnaround, achieving a net profit of HK$153.8m, primarily driven by a substantial fair value gain on overseas equity securities and improved operational performance at Ponte 16. Revenue increased by 26% to HK$68.4m, with the integrated resort's hotel occupancy rising to 85%.","focusai_entities":"Success Universe Group, Ponte 16, SJM, Sofitel Macau At Ponte 16","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Investment Gain Impact","query":"What is the long-term strategy for Success Universe Group to sustain profitability without significant reliance on fair value gains from overseas-listed equity securities?"},{"label":"Macau Market Recovery","query":"How do Ponte 16's mass market table performance and hotel occupancy rates compare to broader Macau market recovery trends and competitor benchmarks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23790,23789],"class_list":["post-777008836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-ponte-16","tag-success-universe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777008836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008858,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008836\/revisions\/777008858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}