On June 25, China Merchants Securities (06099.HK) rose 3.24% in regular trading, trading at 16.94 HKD/share, with turnover of 28.42 million HKD.

On the news front, since June, the brokerage sector has seen a rare wave of bond rating upgrades, with multiple firms including CICC Wealth Management, Northeast Securities, Great Wall Securities, Huaan Securities, and Zheshang Securities having their subordinated debt credit ratings upgraded from AA+ to AAA, reflecting the overall strengthening of capital positions across the sector. China Merchants Securities reported Q1 net profit attributable to shareholders grew 42% year-over-year, with proprietary trading business showing marked improvement.

Institutional analysts note that after two consecutive years of valuation mismatch in the brokerage sector, the current mean-reversion process is still in its early stages, with PE ratios offering 15%-46% room for further recovery. Notably, within the Investment Banking and Brokerage sector, the stock diverged from peers today, with GF Securities down 2.99%, CICC down 1.95%, and CITIC Securities down 1.38%.

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