Belle earnings lower due to drop in City of Dreams Manila profit
Belle Corp., the leisure arm of the SM Group, reported a 14-percent drop in net income to ₱1.32 billion for the first nine months of 2025 from the ₱1.53 billion recorded for the same period in 2024, mainly due to lower earnings from City of Dreams Manila (CODM).
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm said consolidated revenues declined five percent to ₱3.88 billion for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2025, from the ₱4.09 billion in the same period last year.
Aggregate revenues from real estate operations dipped one percent to ₱2.17 billion from ₱2.21 billion for the same period in 2024.
Belle’s revenues from leasing CODM to Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corp. (MRP) contributed ₱1.76 billion in 2025, which was one-percent higher than the ₱1.74 billion recorded in the same period last year.
Sale of real estate and revenue from property management at Tagaytay Highlands complex contributed revenues of ₱409.1 million as of the third quarter of 2025, which was 12-percent lower than its revenues as of the third quarter of 2024 of ₱464.2 million.
The share in gaming revenue at CODM of Belle’s subsidiary, Premium Leisure Corp. (PLC), of ₱1.32 billion as of third quarter of 2025 was 12-percent lower than the ₱1.5 billion in the same period in 2024.
Pacific Online Systems Corp., through PinoyLotto Technologies Corp., a 50-percent-owned joint-venture (JV) operation which leases online lottery equipment to Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), posted revenues of ₱388.4 million in each of the comparable periods of 2025 and 2024, while net income surged to ₱20.28 million from ₱4.5 million.