Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Results
Net Revenues (including value added taxes (“VAT”) of RMB493.8 million and RMB798.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, respectively). Total net revenues in the fourth quarter of 2021 were RMB1,429.4 million (US$224.3 million), representing an increase of 68.1% from RMB850.4 million in the same period of 2020, primarily attributable to an increase in revenues from freight matching services.
Freight matching services. Revenues from freight matching services in the fourth quarter of 2021 were RMB1,229.0 million (US$192.9 million), representing an increase of 85.7% from RMB661.8 million in the same period of 2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in revenues from freight brokerage service as well as rapid growth in transaction commissions.
| • | | Freight brokerage service. Revenues from freight brokerage service in the fourth quarter of 2021 were RMB760.9 million (US$119.4 million), an increase of 61.1% from RMB472.4 million in the same period of 2020, primarily driven by significant growth in transaction volume, partially offset by a decrease in average fee rate to attract more shippers to our service. |
| • | | Freight listing service. Revenues from freight listing service in the fourth quarter of 2021 were RMB200.5 million (US$31.5 million), an increase of 30.0% from RMB154.3 million in the same period of 2020, primarily attributable to an increase in total paying members amid increased shipper demand for our services as our business continued to expand. |
| • | | Transaction commission. Revenues from transaction commissions amounted to RMB267.5 million (US$42.0 million) in the fourth quarter of 2021, an increase of 6.6 times from RMB35.2 million in the same period of 2020, primarily driven by a rapid ramp-up of commissioned GTV penetration. |
Value-added services. Revenues from value-added services in the fourth quarter of 2021 were RMB200.4 million (US$31.5 million), compared with RMB188.5 million in the same period of 2020, mainly attributable to increased revenues from credit solutions and other value-added services.
Cost of Revenues (including VAT net of refund of VAT of RMB266.3 million and RMB490.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, respectively). Cost of revenues in the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB658.2 million (US$103.3 million), compared with RMB398.4 million in the same period of 2020. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in VAT, related tax surcharges and other tax costs, net of tax refunds from government authorities. These tax-related costs net of refunds totaled RMB555.5 million, representing an increase of 67.4% from RMB331.8 million in the same period of 2020, primarily due to an increase in transaction activities involving our freight brokerage service.
Sales and Marketing Expenses. Sales and marketing expenses in the fourth quarter of 2021 were RMB239.4 million (US$37.6 million), compared with RMB161.3 million in the same period of 2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in salary and benefits expenses driven by an increase in sales and marketing headcount as well as an increase in advertising and marketing expenses related to the promotion of new initiatives, partially offset by a decrease in share-based compensation expenses.
General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses in the fourth quarter of 2021 were RMB1,636.2 million (US$256.7 million), compared with RMB2,977.7 million in the same period of 2020. The decrease was primarily due to lower share-based compensation expenses.
Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses in the fourth quarter of 2021 were RMB233.6 million (US$36.7 million), compared with RMB119.0 million in the same period of 2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in salary and benefits expenses driven by the higher headcount in research and development personnel.
Loss from Operations. Loss from operations in the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB1,351.9 million (US$212.1 million), compared with RMB2,805.2 million in the same period of 2020.
Non-GAAP Adjusted Operating Income5. Non-GAAP adjusted operating income in the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB159.1 million (US$25.0 million), compared with RMB121.0 million in the same period of 2020.
Net Loss. Net loss in the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB1,321.1 million (US$207.3 million), compared with RMB2,775.6 million in the same period of 2020.
Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income. Non-GAAP adjusted net income in the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB242.8 million (US$38.1 million), compared with RMB147.9 million in the same period of 2020.
Basic and Diluted Net Loss per ADS6 and Non-GAAP Adjusted Basic and Diluted Net Income per ADS7. Basic and diluted net loss per ADS were RMB1.23 (US$0.19) in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared with RMB16.97 in the same period of 2020. Non-GAAP adjusted basic and diluted net income per ADS were RMB0.23 (US$0.04) in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared with non-GAAP adjusted basic net income per ADS of RMB0.16 and non-GAAP adjusted diluted net income per ADS of RMB0.03 in the same period of 2020.