Tencent Music Entertainment Group · TME · FY2024 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2024

Tencent Music: SVIP growth and margins remain central to the thesis

The analysis supports a constructive but conditional view: subscriber growth, SVIP adoption, premium audio, and improved margins provide evidence of operating momentum, while sustainability of ARPU gains, retention, competition, and expense growth remain unresolved.

Reported Before market openNYSECommunication Services $12.49B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $0.02
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $137.2M
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -5.5% Event window
SPY move -0.3% Same window
Abnormal move -5.1% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.5× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +7.9% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis shows SVIP membership above 10 million, online music revenue growth of 20%, adjusted net profit growth of 35%, and gross margin of 42.6%. It also places greater emphasis on AI-enabled content and expanded premium audio initiatives, while guidance sentiment remained maintained.

Guidance delta

Management guidance sentiment was maintained; no numeric guidance change was supplied.

Key takeaways

  • Online music revenue grew 20% year over year to RMB 5.5 billion, according to the transcript analysis.
  • SVIP membership passed 10 million and was identified as a driver of higher ARPU.
  • Adjusted net profit increased 35% year over year to RMB 1.7 billion.
  • Gross margin rose to 42.6%, with royalty-cost management and self-commissioned content cited as contributors.
  • The analysis did not supply actual EPS or revenue surprise figures.

Management priorities

  • Grow the SVIP base and develop family membership packages
  • Invest in AI for content production and recommendation
  • Expand high-definition audio across mobile, in-car, and IoT devices
  • Build original long-form audio and audiobook libraries
  • Continue share repurchases and dividend initiatives

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
TME EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $0.13 Q4 '23 actual $0.14, match Q1 '24 estimate $0.14 Q1 '24 actual $0.15, match Q2 '24 estimate $0.17 Q2 '24 actual $0.16, match Q2 '25 estimate $0.20 Q2 '25 actual $0.23, beat Q3 '25 estimate $0.21 Q3 '25 actual $0.22, match Q4 '25 estimate $0.23 Q4 '25 actual $0.17, miss Q1 '26 estimate $0.21 Q1 '26 actual $0.21, match Q2 '26 estimate $0.24 Q2 '26 actual $0.25, match Q3 '26 estimate $0.22 Q4 '26 estimate $1.51 Q1 '27 estimate $1.52 Q2 '27 estimate $1.73
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold22 ratings
Bullish1045.5%
Neutral1150.0%
Bearish14.5%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$8.63Current
$8Low
$15.32Average
$27.5High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 18, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Mizuho Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 12, 2026
China Renaissance Hold BuyDowngradeAug 12, 2026
JP Morgan Neutral NeutralMaintainMay 14, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainMar 19, 2026
UBS Neutral BuyDowngradeMar 18, 2026
Benchmark Hold BuyDowngradeMar 18, 2026
Macquarie Neutral OutperformDowngradeMar 5, 2026
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainDec 22, 2025
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainAug 12, 2025
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainAug 14, 2024
HSBC Hold HoldMaintainMar 20, 2024
Goldman Sachs Buy NeutralUpgradeMar 20, 2024
Loop Capital Hold BuyDowngradeSep 13, 2021
Needham Buy BuyMaintainAug 19, 2021
Deutsche Bank Hold BuyDowngradeAug 19, 2021
Oppenheimer Perform OutperformDowngradeFeb 19, 2020
Keybanc Sector Weight OverweightDowngradeFeb 18, 2020
CCB International Neutral OutperformDowngradeFeb 18, 2020
BOCOM International Sell NeutralDowngradeFeb 18, 2020
New Street Buy BuyMaintainOct 18, 2019
Bank of America Buy BuyMaintainAug 13, 2019
Jefferies Buy BuyMaintainAug 5, 2019
Credit Suisse Neutral OutperformDowngradeMar 20, 2019
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $8.63. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
NomuraRachel Guo$10$8.46 +15.9%Aug 13, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$15$8.72 +73.8%Aug 12, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$9.5$8.72 +10.1%Aug 12, 2026
UBSWei Xiong$13$10.16 +50.6%Mar 18, 2026
MacquarieEllie Jiang$10.7$11.37 +24.0%Mar 17, 2026
JefferiesThomas Chong$23$11.46 +166.5%Mar 17, 2026
86ResearchCharlie Chai$17.4$13.56 +101.6%Mar 6, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$25$17.79 +189.7%Dec 22, 2025
BernsteinBoris Van$27.5$25.39 +218.7%Aug 13, 2025
MacquarieEllie Jiang$29.8$25.39 +245.3%Aug 12, 2025
MacquarieEllie Jiang$26.2$18.2 +203.6%Jun 17, 2025
BarclaysJiong Shao$16$11.74 +85.4%Nov 6, 2024
BernsteinBoris Van$14$11.26 +62.2%Nov 4, 2024
Morgan StanleyYang Liu$13$11.27 +50.6%Sep 25, 2024
Bank of America SecuritiesLei Zhang$15$11.12 +73.8%Aug 14, 2024
86ResearchCharlie Chai$12$11.13 +39.0%Aug 14, 2024
DaiwaCandis Chan$12$11.14 +39.0%Aug 13, 2024
CFRAAhmad Halim$17$14.62 +97.0%May 14, 2024
Mizuho SecuritiesWei Fang$17$14.8 +97.0%May 14, 2024
Mizuho SecuritiesWei Fang$15$13.38 +73.8%May 10, 2024
Goldman SachsLincoln Kong$14$11.53 +62.2%Mar 20, 2024
CitigroupAlicia Yap$12.3$11.52 +42.5%Mar 20, 2024
HSBCCharlene Liu$10.4$11.69 +20.5%Mar 20, 2024
Mizuho SecuritiesWei Fang$13$11.04 +50.6%Mar 19, 2024
UBSKenneth Fong$10.5$8.94 +21.7%Jan 24, 2024
MacquarieEllie Jiang$11$9.04 +27.5%Jan 10, 2024
Mizuho SecuritiesWei Fang$11$8.34 +27.5%May 17, 2023
Goldman SachsRonald Keung$8$8.74 -7.3%Jan 9, 2023
Goldman SachsLincoln Kong$4.4$3.97 -49.0%Nov 6, 2022
Deutsche BankLeo Chiang$9$7.8 +4.3%Aug 18, 2021
HSBCBinnie Wong$8$7.82 -7.3%Aug 17, 2021
JefferiesThomas Chong$16$7.82 +85.4%Aug 17, 2021
MacquarieEllie Jiang$5.1$7.82 -40.9%Aug 17, 2021
US Tiger SecuritiesBo Pei CFA$24$10.46 +178.1%Jul 26, 2021
Credit SuisseIvy Ji$17$15.21 +97.0%May 20, 2021
BOCOM International Holdings CompanyConnie Gu$23$14.85 +166.5%May 18, 2021
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) is a premier operator of online music entertainment platforms across the People's Republic of China, offering a range of services including music streaming, digital karaoke, and live interactive broadcasting. Its offerings encompass popular streaming platforms like QQ Music, Kugou Music, and Kuwo Music, which facilitate personalized music discovery and listening for users. The company also developed WeSing, an engaging application that allows users to sing, socialize with friends, share their performances, and explore songs sung by others.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2024-11-10T18:39:04.055137+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-18T03:30:39.471320+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-18T03:30:39.468450+00:00

Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-18. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.