COSCO Shipping Energy (SHA:600026, HKG:1138) posted third-quarter attributable net profit of 853.4 million yuan, up 4.4% from 817.7 million yuan the previous year.
Earnings per share rose to 0.1788 yuan from 0.1714 yuan, according to a Friday filing with the Shenzhen bourse.
Operating revenue went down 2.6% year over year to 4.47 billion yuan from 5.61 billion yuan.
Shares of the shipping company fell 1% in recent trade on the Shenzhen bourse and 2% on the Hong Kong bourse.