How did Unitree Robotics perform in its August 19, 2026 Shanghai Star Market debut, including its IPO price and shares offered, opening and closing prices, percentage gains, resulting market capitalisations, trading volume, founder Wang Xingxing’s paper wealth, Meituan’s stake an

Liquidity: It recorded about ¥23.16 billion in trading value and an 85.28% turnover rate; reported volume was 256,600 lots (about 25.66 million shares).

Founder: Wang Xingxing, Unitree’s founder, chairman, CEO and CTO, controlled about 31.29% after the offering, putting his closing-price paper wealth at just over ¥100 billion—roughly ¥107 billion by applying that stake to the closing market value.

Meituan: Meituan-related entities held roughly an 8.7% stake, worth about ¥29.7 billion at the close (or more than ¥20 billion under reports aggregating only specified entities). This was a very large unrealised gain on its earlier private investment; however, the available high-quality reporting does not establish a single definitive cash-on-cash return multiple, so any precise “X-times” return should be treated cautiously.

Market context: The debut stood out against weak broader mainland trading; contemporaneous reporting described the Shanghai Composite as down about 2%, underscoring that Unitree’s move was company- and sector-specific rather than a broad-market rally.

Timing: The listing coincided with Beijing’s World Robot Conference, which ran Wednesday through Sunday and was expected to host more than 300 companies, over 2,000 exhibits and more than 150 product launches. The overlap amplified attention on China’s push to commercialise humanoid robotics.