TMTPost -- The American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) of PDD Holdings Inc. rose s much as 7.6% and settled 1.1% higher to US$147.09 on Wednesday, after the Chinese discount e-commerce giant beat Wall Street on both top and bottom line for the fifth consecutive quarter.
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PDD said total revenue in the quarter ended March 31, 2024 surged year-over-year (YoY) 131% to RMB86.81 billion (US$12.02 billion) , a more than 100% growth for two quarters in a row. Revenue grew much stronger growth compared with Wall Street projection of RMB76.86 billion, and even accelerated from the previous quarter that saw a 123% increase, the first triple-digit growth since the first quarter of 2021.
The Temu parent beat big on earnings in the first quarter. On non-GAAP adjusted basis, net income that period tripled from a year ago to RMB30.6 billion, trouncing the analysts estimated RMB15.53 billion. Adjusted diluted earnings per American depositary share (ADS) RBM20.72. That was nearly double the expectation of RMB10.49. The company logged operating profit of RMB25.97 billion with a 275% YoY growth and adjusted operating profit of RMB28.55 billion with a growth of237%, whereas analysts projected RMB14.4 billion and RMB16.0 billion, respectively.
With a massive beat in the starting quarter of this year, PDD outpaced domestic competitors Alibaba Group and JD.com, both released their quarterly results last week. Taobao and Tmall Group, Alibaba's top business segment that includes two major online marketplaces, brought RMB93.22 billion with a 4% YoY rise, accelerating from a 2% increase in the previous quarter. Adjusted EBITA, excluding share-based compensation expense, impairment of intangible assets and goodwill and certain other items, in the March quarter shed 1% YoY to RMB38.5 billion. Revenue from JD Retails gained 6.8% YoY to RMB226.84 billion, whereas opearting income of the core business dropped 5.2% YoY to RMB9.33 billion.
Transaction services maintained sales driver of PDD with an over 300% YoY growth for the third straight quarter. Revenue from transaction services, the charges the company collected from merchants for transactions on its platform, jumped 327% YoY to RMB44.36 billion, versus Wall Street expected RMB38.1 billion with a 266% growth. Moreover, PDD's transaction services for the first time topping online marketing by revenue. The latter generated RMB42.46 billion with a 56% increase, well above analysts' forecast of RMB37.7 billion, up 38% YoY.
PDD's stellar performance benefited from the shift towards price sensitivity. Chinese consumers focus more on less expensive shopping platforms amid challenging economic recovery, while overseas consumers, especially those in U.S., became more discriminated with every dollar the spend in face of elevated prices. PDD's Chinese e-commerce peers have ramped up their price competition to keep up with the trend.
PDD Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Lei Chen noted his company saw increasing competition in the past quarter at an earnings call. "Our industry peers have significantly stepped up their efforts," Chen said. "We welcome healthy competition. We also realise that consumer demand is constantly changing and we must do our best to keep up."
PDD management highlighted focus on value in the long run. "In the first quarter, we continued our investment in key areas critical to our high-quality development strategy," Jun Liu, the company's vice president of finance, said in the release of quarterly results. "Rather than focusing on short-term results, we prioritize long-term value creation and remain committed to further deepening our investments in the future." Priorities for PDD include "improving the overall consumer experience, strengthening our supply chain capabilities and fostering a healthy platform ecosystem," Co-Chief Executive Jiazhen Zhao added.
TMTPost——週三,PDD Holdings Inc.的美國存託憑證(ADR)上漲了7.6%,收盤上漲了1.1%,至147.09美元,此前這家中國折扣電子商務巨頭連續第五個季度在收入和利潤上均擊敗華爾街。
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PDD表示,截至2024年3月31日的季度總收入同比增長131%,至人民幣868.1億元(合120.2億美元),連續兩個季度增長超過100%。與華爾街預測的人民幣768.6億元相比,收入增長要強勁得多,甚至比上一季度增長123%(自2021年第一季度以來的首次三位數增長)有所加速。
Temu母公司在第一季度的收益大幅上漲。按非公認會計准則調整後,該期間的淨收入比去年同期增長了兩倍,達到306億元人民幣,超過了分析師估計的人民幣155.3億元。調整後的每股美國存托股攤薄收益(ADS)人民幣20.72元。這幾乎是預期的10.49元人民幣的兩倍。該公司的營業利潤爲人民幣259.7億元,同比增長275%,調整後的營業利潤爲人民幣285.5億元,增長237%,而分析師預計分別爲人民幣144億元和160億元人民幣。
PDD在今年初季度大幅上漲,超過了國內競爭對手阿里巴巴集團和京東,兩者均在上週公佈了季度業績。淘寶和天貓集團是阿里巴巴最大的業務板塊,包括兩個主要的在線市場,帶來了932.2億元人民幣,同比增長4%,高於上一季度的2%。3月季度調整後的息稅折舊攤銷前利潤(不包括基於股份的薪酬支出、無形資產和商譽減值以及某些其他項目)同比下降1%,至人民幣385億元。京東零售的收入同比增長6.8%,至人民幣2268.4億元,而核心業務的營業收入同比下降5.2%,至人民幣93.3億元。
交易服務保持了PDD的銷售驅動力,連續第三個季度同比增長超過300%。交易服務收入(該公司向商家收取的平台交易費用)同比增長327%,至人民幣443.6億元,而華爾街的預期爲381億元人民幣,增長266%。此外,按收入計算,PDD的交易服務首次超過在線營銷。後者創造了424.6億元人民幣,增長了56%,遠高於分析師預測的人民幣377億元,同比增長38%。
PDD的出色表現得益於向價格敏感度的轉變。在充滿挑戰的經濟復甦中,中國消費者更多地關注更便宜的購物平台,而面對價格上漲,海外消費者,尤其是美國消費者,每花一美元,就會受到更多的歧視。爲了跟上潮流,PDD的中國電子商務同行加大了價格競爭。
PDD聯席首席執行官兼董事長陳雷在業績電話會議上指出,他的公司在過去一個季度的競爭日益激烈。陳說:“我們的行業同行已大大加大了努力。”“我們歡迎良性競爭。我們還意識到消費者需求在不斷變化,我們必須盡最大努力跟上步伐。”
從長遠來看,PDD管理層強調了對價值的關注。該公司財務副總裁劉軍在發佈的季度業績中表示:“在第一季度,我們繼續投資於對我們的高質量發展戰略至關重要的關鍵領域。”“我們不專注於短期業績,而是優先考慮長期價值創造,並繼續致力於進一步深化未來的投資。”聯席首席執行官趙家振補充說,PDD的優先事項包括 “改善整體消費者體驗,加強我們的供應鏈能力和培育健康的平台生態系統”。