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MINISO Group Holding Ltd Q1 2026 earnings breakdown - conversational walkthrough with a price-aware verdict and Wall Street consensus comparison. CURRENCY NOTE: MINISO reports in Chinese yuan (RMB). Revenue and EPS figures below are RMB; the stock price and price targets are USD (the ADR trades in USD). USD equivalents at ~7.2 CNY/USD. THE CALL: HOLD (3/5 conviction, MODERATE) - CURRENT @ $13.11 -> HOLD - ACCUMULATE below $10.00 with $8.00 reassess level - TRIM above $18.00 TRIGGER: Two consecutive quarters of operating margin stabilization at or above fourteen percent AND overseas store economics showing positive unit payback WINDOW: 12-18 months — margin-recovery proof as new store cohorts mature WALL STREET CONSENSUS - Ratings: 4 Strong Buy / 6 Buy / 5 Hold / 1 Sell / 0 Strong Sell -> BUY - Median 12-month PT: $22.35 (range $13 - $27) THESIS MINISO is a global lifestyle retail concept with twenty-eight percent revenue growth driven by aggressive store expansion past seventy six hundred locations, with overseas growing forty two percent year over year. Bull lever: The store expansion playbook works globally — North America up sixty-eight percent in FY2025 — and there are still thousands of cities without a MINISO; at ten dollars the margin-recovery optionality is cheap. Key risk: Operating margin has compressed from twenty percent to twelve percent over four quarters as the investment cycle outpaces revenue leverage; the one-time Yonghui fair-value gain makes GAAP earnings misleading. KEY METRICS - Q1 2026 - Revenue: RMB 5.65B (~$785M USD, +27.7% YoY) - 7,600+ global stores; overseas revenue +42% YoY (North America the fastest-growing market) - Operating margin: 12.2% vs 15.6% a year ago (-340 bps; heavy store-investment cycle) - IMPORTANT: The headline RMB 4.08/ADS EPS is inflated by a ONE-TIME non-cash fair-value gain on MINISO's Yonghui Superstores stake, NOT operating earnings. Adjusted EPS is ~RMB 1.30. - FY2026 guide: 900-1,100 net new store openings; overseas revenue +35%+; medium-term op-margin target 13-15% DISCLAIMER This is for informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Charged Alpha does not have a position in MNSO. #MNSO #MINISO #earnings #investing #stocks #ChargedAlpha #retail #ChinaStocks