/PRNewswire/ — Hikvision released its financial results for the full year 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, demonstrating stable growth and improved quality of operations.
Hikvision releases 2025 full-year and 2026 first-quarter financial results
For fiscal year 2025, the company reported total revenue of 92.51 billion yuan ($12.95 billion[1]), which represents a year-on-year increase of 0.01%. Net profit was 14.20 billion yuan ($1.99 billion), up 18.52% year-on-year. The company underlined its strong cash flow by announcing an expected total cash dividend of 10.54 billion yuan ($1.48 billion) for 2025. That’s a payout ratio of 74.25%.
The company maintained strong momentum even at the beginning of 2026. In the first quarter, total sales reached 20.72 billion yuan ($2.90 billion), up 11.78% year-on-year, while net profit rose 36.42% year-on-year to 2.78 billion yuan ($0.39 billion). It is worth noting that the gross profit margin in the 1st quarter improved by 4.16 percentage points and reached 49.09%.
Strategy AIoT pohání globalní růst
Based on two decades of industry leadership, Hikvision has solidified its position in AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things). This strategic evolution brings tangible results, as evidenced by its stable growth in 2025 and a strong start to 2026.
Over the past year, the company’s main sales from overseas markets rose to 27.22 billion yuan ($3.81 billion), accounting for 29.42% of total sales. Emerging markets in particular have seen sustained and robust growth.
In addition to the video product offering, Hikvision’s other categories also experienced rapid growth, including access control systems, alarm systems and commercial displays, which became a strong driver of sales. In addition, the innovative business maintained high competitiveness and generated sales of 25.45 billion yuan (US$3.56 billion), contributing 27.51% to total sales.
Development of large-scale artificial intelligence models
Hikvision is actively developing AIoT technologies. Its high-capacity Guanlan AI models integrate image processing, language and multi-modal capabilities into products, greatly increasing accuracy and efficiency in complex environments. For example, the use of large-scale audio models in device quality control increases the detection rate of defective components by 70%.
Based on its core capabilities, Hikvision has successfully deployed industry-specific models in various sectors, including intelligent manufacturing, logistics and environmental protection.
Trvalý závazek k výzkumu, vývojci a inovácim
Technological innovation remains the driving force behind Hikvision’s development. In 2025, the company will invest 11.75 billion yuan ($1.65 billion) in research and development, accounting for 12.70% of its total sales. Over the past six years, cumulative R&D investment has exceeded $8 billion, with the company consistently devoting more than 10% of its annual sales to R&D.
These ongoing investments have strengthened the company’s intellectual property portfolio. By the end of 2025, Hikvision had accumulated 12,981 globally approved patents, of which 57% were invention patents.
Outlook for the future
Hikvision celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and continues to follow its original commitment to doing the right thing and staying on the right path. In the future, Hikvision will focus on quality growth, continuous innovation and operational efficiency to bring lasting value to its customers, partners and shareholders around the world.
Hikvision’s 2025 Annual Report can be found here.
[1] Amounts in USD are converted according to the average exchange rate in 2025, i.e. 1 USD = 7.1429 Yuan (CFETS)
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