NANJING, China, June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Tuniu Corporation (NASDAQ: TOUR) ("Tuniu" or the "Company"), a leading online leisure travel company in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Highlights for the First Quarter of 2024
Net revenues in the first quarter of 2024 increased by 70.9% year-over-year to RMB108.0 million (US$15.0 million[1]). Revenues from package tours in the first quarter of 2024 increased by 106.7% year-over-year to RMB83.0 million (US$11.5 million). Gross profit in the first quarter of 2024 increased by 111.0% year-over-year to RMB82.0 million (US$11.4 million). Income from operations was RMB12.3 million (US$1.7 million) in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a loss from operations of RMB17.0 million in the first quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP[2] income from operations was RMB18.1 million (US$2.5 million) in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a Non-GAAP loss from operations of RMB15.4 million in the first quarter of 2023. Net income was RMB21.9 million (US$3.0 million) in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss of RMB7.5 million in the first quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP net income was RMB27.7 million (US$3.8 million) in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a Non-GAAP net loss of RMB5.9 million in the first quarter of 2023.
"We are pleased to see continued strong growth momentum in the first quarter of 2024," said Mr. Donald Dunde Yu, Tuniu’s founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our net revenues increased by 70.9% year-over-year, while revenues from packaged tours increased by 106.7%. This is the first time since our listing that we have achieved profitability in the first quarter, which demonstrates that Tuniu’s performance is gradually entering a path of healthy development. We will continue to closely monitor industry trends and the evolving customer demands, primarily focusing on product innovation, service quality enhancement, sales channel development, and operational efficiency improvement. We remain committed to strengthen our market position, enhance performance, and create greater value for both customers and shareholders."
[1] The conversion of Renminbi ("RMB") into United States dollars ("US$") is based on the exchange rate of US$1.00=RMB 7.2203 on March 29, 2024 as set forth in H.10 statistical release of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and available at https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/default.htm.
[2] The section below entitled "About Non-GAAP Financial Measures" provides information about the use of Non-GAAP financial measures in this press release, and the table captioned "Reconciliations of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results" set forth at the end of this press release reconciles Non-GAAP financial information with the Company’s financial results under GAAP.
First Quarter 2024 Results
Net revenues were RMB108.0 million (US$15.0 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 70.9% from the corresponding period in 2023. The increase was primarily due to the growth of packaged tours as the travel market recovers.
Revenues from packaged tours were RMB83.0 million (US$11.5 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 106.7% from the corresponding period in 2023. The increase was primarily due to the growth of organized tours. Other revenues were RMB25.0 million (US$3.5 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.5% from the corresponding period in 2023. The increase was primarily due to the increase in the commission fees received from other travel-related products.
Cost of revenues was RMB25.9 million (US$3.6 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.6% from the corresponding period in 2023. As a percentage of net revenues, cost of revenues was 24.0% in the first quarter of 2024, compared to 38.5% in the corresponding period in 2023.
Gross profit was RMB82.0 million (US$11.4 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 111.0% from the corresponding period in 2023.
Operating expenses were RMB69.7 million (US$9.7 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 24.8% from the corresponding period in 2023.
Research and product development expenses were RMB13.0 million (US$1.8 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year decrease of 9.1%. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in research and product development personnel related expenses. Research and product development expenses as a percentage of net revenues were 12.1% in the first quarter of 2024, decreasing from 22.7% as a percentage of net revenues in the corresponding period in 2023. Sales and marketing expenses were RMB36.8 million (US$5.1 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 84.2%. The increase was primarily due to the increase in promotion expenses and sales and marketing personnel related expenses. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenues were 34.1% in the first quarter of 2024, increasing from 31.6% as a percentage of net revenues in the corresponding period in 2023. General and administrative expenses were RMB20.5 million (US$2.8 million) in the first quarter of 2024, representing a year-over-year decrease of 8.2%. The decrease was primarily due to the reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenues were 19.0% in the first quarter of 2024, decreasing from 35.3% as a percentage of net revenues in the corresponding period in 2023.
Income from operations was RMB12.3 million (US$1.7 million) in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a loss from operations of RMB17.0 million in the first quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP income from operations, which excluded share-based compensation expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets, was RMB18.1 million (US$2.5 million) in the first quarter of 2024.
Net income was RMB21.9 million (US$3.0 million) in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss of RMB7.5 million in the first quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP net income, which excluded share-based compensation expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets, was RMB27.7 million (US$3.8 million) in the first quarter of 2024.
Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of Tuniu Corporation was RMB13.9 million (US$1.9 million) in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of RMB7.0 million in the first quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of Tuniu Corporation, which excluded share-based compensation expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets, was RMB19.7 million (US$2.7 million) in the first quarter of 2024.
As of March 31, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments of RMB1.2 billion (US$167.4 million).
Business Outlook
For the second quarter of 2024, Tuniu expects to generate RMB114.9 million to RMB119.9 million of net revenues, which represents a 15% to 20% increase year-over-year compared with net revenues in the corresponding period in 2023. This forecast reflects Tuniu’s current and preliminary view on the industry and its operations, which is subject to change.
Share Repurchase Update
In March 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to US$10 million worth of its ordinary shares or American depositary shares representing ordinary shares. As of May 31, 2024, the Company had repurchased an aggregate of approximately 3.5 million ADSs for approximately US$2.9 million from the open market under the share repurchase program.
Conference Call Information
Tuniu’s management will hold an earnings conference call at 8:00 am U.S. Eastern Time, on June 4, 2024, (8:00 pm, Beijing/Hong Kong Time, on June 4, 2024) to discuss the first quarter 2024 financial results.
To participate in the conference call, please dial the following numbers:
United States
1-888-346-8982
Hong Kong
852-301-84992
Mainland China
4001-201203
International
1-412-902-4272
Conference ID: Tuniu 1Q 2024 Earnings Conference Call
A telephone replay will be available one hour after the end of the conference call through June 11, 2024. The dial-in details are as follows:
United States
1-877-344-7529
International
1-412-317-0088
Replay Access Code: 4679991
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available on the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.tuniu.com.
About Tuniu
Tuniu (Nasdaq: TOUR) is a leading online leisure travel company in China that offers integrated travel service with a large selection of packaged tours, including organized and self-guided tours, as well as travel-related services for leisure travelers through its website tuniu.com and mobile platform. Tuniu provides one-stop leisure travel solutions and a compelling customer experience through its online platform and offline service network, including a dedicated team of professional customer service representatives, 24/7 call centers, extensive networks of offline retail stores and self-operated local tour operators. For more information, please visit http://ir.tuniu.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Tuniu may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Any statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Tuniu’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements that involve factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, but are not limited to the following: Tuniu’s goals and strategies; the growth of the online leisure travel market in China; the demand for Tuniu’s products and services; its relationships with customers and travel suppliers; Tuniu’s ability to offer competitive travel products and services; Tuniu’s future business development, results of operations and financial condition; competition in the online travel industry in China; government policies and regulations relating to Tuniu’s structure, business and industry; the impact of health epidemics on Tuniu’s business operations, the travel industry and the economy of China and elsewhere generally; and the general economic and business condition in China and elsewhere. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is current as of the date of the press release, and Tuniu does not undertake any obligation to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial results presented in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), the Company has provided non-GAAP information related to income/(loss) from operations, net income/(loss), net income/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of Tuniu Corporation, which excludes share-based compensation expenses, amortization of acquired intangible assets, impairment of goodwill and impairment of property and equipment, net. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial measure is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We believe that the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are useful for understanding and assessing underlying business performance and operating trends, and management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our financial performance and when planning and forecasting future periods.
This non-GAAP financial measure is not defined under U.S. GAAP and is not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measure has limitations as an analytical tool. Further, this non-GAAP measure may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore its comparability may be limited. The Company compensates for these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measure to the nearest U.S. GAAP performance measure, all of which should be considered when evaluating performance. Tuniu encourages investors and others to review its financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.
For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the table captioned "Reconciliations of GAAP and non-GAAP Results" set forth at the end of this press release.
(Financial Tables Follow)
Tuniu Corporation
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(All amounts in thousands, except per share information)
December 31, 2023
March 31, 2024
March 31, 2024
RMB
RMB
US$
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
378,989
486,989
67,447
Restricted cash
65,902
37,316
5,168
Short-term investments
777,890
684,244
94,767
Accounts receivable, net
41,633
57,184
7,920
Amounts due from related parties
9,515
1,055
146
Prepayments and other current assets
234,189
152,565
21,130
Total current assets
1,508,118
1,419,353
196,578
Non-current assets
Long-term investments
209,819
209,032
28,951
Property and equipment, net
57,479
56,390
7,810
Intangible assets, net
26,091
25,109
3,478
Land use right, net
90,529
90,013
12,467
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net
12,484
11,467
1,588
Other non-current assets
55,960
61,483
8,515
Total non-current assets
452,362
453,494
62,809
Total assets
1,960,480
1,872,847
259,387
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Short-term borrowings
7,277
7,520
1,042
Accounts and notes payable
317,104
347,474
48,125
Amounts due to related parties
6,405
6,783
939
Salary and welfare payable
21,401
18,028
2,497
Taxes payable
4,305
3,124
433
Advances from customers
270,197
140,825
19,504
Operating lease liabilities, current
2,709
3,165
438
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
329,481
320,488
44,387
Total current liabilities
958,879
847,407
117,365
Non-current liabilities
Operating lease liabilities, non-current
5,348
4,475
620
Deferred tax liabilities
6,027
5,825
807
Long-term borrowings
10,395
8,390
1,162
Total non-current liabilities
21,770
18,690
2,589
Total liabilities
980,649
866,097
119,954
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
27,200
27,200
3,767
Equity
Ordinary shares
249
249
34
Less: Treasury stock
(285,983)
(287,782)
(39,857)
Additional paid-in capital
9,138,720
9,143,505
1,266,361
Accumulated other comprehensive income
305,416
307,450
42,581
Accumulated deficit
(8,127,552)
(8,113,641)
(1,123,726)
Total Tuniu Corporation shareholders’ equity
1,030,850
1,049,781
145,393
Noncontrolling interests
(78,219)
(70,231)
(9,727)
Total equity
952,631
979,550
135,666
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity
1,960,480
1,872,847
259,387
Tuniu Corporation
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss/(Income)
(All amounts in thousands, except per share information)
Quarter Ended
Quarter Ended
Quarter Ended
Quarter Ended
March 31, 2023
December 31, 2023
March 31, 2024
March 31, 2024
RMB
RMB
RMB
US$
Revenues
Packaged tours
40,130
73,382
82,951
11,489
Others
23,051
26,564
25,007
3,463
Net revenues
63,181
99,946
107,958
14,952
Cost of revenues
(24,301)
(25,309)
(25,913)
(3,589)
Gross profit
38,880
74,637
82,045
11,363
Operating expenses
Research and product development
(14,328)
(10,426)
(13,024)
(1,804)
Sales and marketing
(19,987)
(33,230)
(36,824)
(5,100)
General and administrative
(22,319)
(42,072)
(20,479)
(2,836)
Impairment of goodwill
–
(114,661)
–
–
Other operating income
762
2,401
582
81
Total operating expenses
(55,872)
(197,988)
(69,745)
(9,659)
(Loss)/income from operations
(16,992)
(123,351)
12,300
1,704
Other income/(expenses)
Interest and investment income/(loss), net
6,321
(15,151)
10,041
1,391
Interest expense
(1,149)
(1,056)
(613)
(85)
Foreign exchange gains/(losses), net
3,514
3,172
(568)
(79)
Other income, net
1,101
2,499
1,279
177
(Loss)/income before income tax expense
(7,205)
(133,887)
22,439
3,108
Income tax benefit
203
103
64
9
Equity in (loss)/income of affiliates
(469)
866
(604)
(84)
Net (loss)/income
(7,471)
(132,918)
21,899
3,033
Net (loss)/income attributable to noncontrolling interests
(454)
(583)
7,988
1,106
Net (loss)/income attributable to ordinary shareholders of TuniuCorporation
(7,017)
(132,335)
13,911
1,927
Net (loss)/income
(7,471)
(132,918)
21,899
3,033
Other comprehensive (loss)/income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil tax
(4,040)
(5,848)
2,034
282
Comprehensive (loss)/income
(11,511)
(138,766)
23,933
3,315
Net (loss)/income per ordinary share attributable to ordinaryshareholders – basic and diluted
(0.02)
(0.36)
0.04
0.01
Net (loss)/income per ADS – basic and diluted*
(0.06)
(1.08)
0.12
0.03
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computingbasic (loss)/income per share
371,394,686
371,526,300
371,516,251
371,516,251
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computingdiluted (loss)/income per share
371,394,686
371,526,300
373,365,967
373,365,967
Share-based compensation expenses included are as follows：
Cost of revenues
18
66
65
9
Research and product development
18
66
65
9
Sales and marketing
(16)
32
31
4
General and administrative
758
4,912
4,830
669
Total
778
5,076
4,991
691
*Each ADS represents three of the Company’s ordinary shares.
Reconciliations of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results
(All amounts in thousands, except per share information)
Quarter Ended March 31, 2024
GAAP Result
Share-based
Amortization of acquired
Impairment
Impairment of
Non-GAAP
Compensation
intangible assets
of goodwill
property and equipment, net
Result
Income from operations
12,300
4,991
828
–
–
18,119
Net income
21,899
4,991
828
–
–
27,718
Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders
13,911
4,991
828
–
–
19,730
Quarter Ended December 31, 2023
GAAP Result
Share-based
Amortization of acquired
Impairment
Impairment of
Non-GAAP
Compensation
intangible assets
of goodwill
property and equipment, net
Result
(Loss)/income from operations
(123,351)
5,076
828
114,661
17,986
15,200
Net (loss)/income
(132,918)
5,076
828
114,661
17,986
5,633
Net (loss)/income attributable to ordinary shareholders
(132,335)
5,076
828
114,661
17,986
6,216
Quarter Ended March 31, 2023
GAAP Result
Share-based
Amortization of acquired
Impairment
Impairment of
Non-GAAP
Compensation
intangible assets
of goodwill
property and equipment, net
Result
Loss from operations
(16,992)
778
828
–
–
(15,386)
Net loss
(7,471)
778
828
–
–
(5,865)
Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders
(7,017)
778
828
–
–
(5,411)
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