MANILA, Philippines — Defying global economic uncertainties through strict operating discipline and a strong recovery across its real estate and tourism portfolios, one of the country’s largest premium conglomerates has started the fiscal year on solid footing. Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) grew its normalized first-quarter net income by 6 percent to ₱7.8 billion.
The holding firm of tycoon Andrew L. Tan achieved the steady expansion despite navigating a demanding domestic inflationary environment and soft high-end consumer pockets.
To provide an accurate year-on-year perspective, AGI noted that its current earnings matrix was measured against normalized 2025 data. This adjustment reflects a major structural reorganization within the conglomerate’s asset mix over the past year:
[ RECALIBRATING THE AGI REVENUE BASELINE ]
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[ THE DECONSOLIDATION ] [ ONE-TIME EXCLUSIONS ]
• Accounted for the formal corporate separation of • Completely excluded ₱3.4 billion in non-recurring,
**Golden Arches Development Corp. (McDonald's)** one-time accounting gains booked during
completed back in March 2025. the same period last year.
Following this calibration, consolidated revenues ticked up by 1 percent to ₱42.2 billion (from the adjusted ₱42 billion baseline), while net income attributable to the parent company’s owners rose by 5 percent to ₱5.2 billion.
Property giant Megaworld Corp. continued to carry the heaviest load for the parent conglomerate, generating over half of AGI’s total quarterly performance. The developer’s attributable net income increased by 4 percent to ₱5.3 billion, backed by a 3 percent rise in consolidated revenues to ₱21.6 billion:
[ MEGAWORLD PERFORMANCE INDEX ]
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[ TOWNSHIP MALLS ] [ TOURISM & HOTELS ] [ PREMIUM OFFICES ]
• Revenues climbed **9%** • Revenue grew **8%** to • Office rental income rose
to ₱1.8 billion on strong ₱1.5 billion, pushed by **4%**, anchored by new
tenant sales and a 95% renewed corporate conventions multinational leases and
commercial occupancy rate. and regional MICE events. steady contract renewals.
Real estate sales also experienced an accelerated boost, rising 15 percent quarter-on-quarter to ₱13.3 billion as project construction timelines accelerated across major township projects in Metro Manila.
Beyond real estate, AGI’s secondary business segments relied heavily on tight structural cost management to preserve their margins against changing consumer spending habits:
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[ EMPERADOR RECOVERY ] [ GAMING ARM BALANCE ] [ THE SAVINGS BLOCK ]
Liquor unit **Emperador Inc.** **Travellers International** (Newport Across all entities, AGI CEO
logged a 4% profit increase to World Resorts) net revenue fell 9% Kevin Tan credited ongoing cost
₱1.9 billion as brandy and whisky to ₱7 billion due to soft VIP discipline for creating operating
sales improved 6% globally. demand; mass gaming held steady. leverage in a tight economy.
By aggressively adjusting promotional expenses down by 23 percent at its integrated casino complexes and optimizing global supply chains at its distilleries, the conglomerate successfully stabilized its bottom line. Moving forward, the group plans to sustain this cautious financial stance, leaning on capital expenditure pruning and localized commercial hospitality projects to keep its growth goals intact through the rest of the year.
