Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd<000858>, which specializes in liquor and related products, today announced that its net profit was RMB 695 million in September, up 136.64% year on year, sources reported.

Last month, the Shenzhen-listed company, which is based in Yibin, Sichuan Province, reaped RMB 2.69 billion in operating revenue, 35.7% more than last September.

In the first nine months of this year, the liquor producer's net profit swelled 44.67% year on year, hitting RMB 2.3 billion, and earnings per share grew 44.63% year on year, reaching RMB 0.606.

As of Sep. 30, Wuliangye Yibin's total assets were RMB 18.91 billion, up 40.14% compared with its total assets earlier this year because of a series of acquisitions that included RMB 1.19 billion worth of stock in trade and RMB 2.39 billion worth of fixed assets.

As of the end of September, the enterprise had 918,060 shares in China Merchants Bank<600036><3968>. The stake, which constitutes 61.24% of the company's stock investment, brought a return of RMB 8.32 million in the third quarter of this year.