Grab Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results
Grab Holdings Inc. reported a record Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of $4.0 billion for Q3 2021, marking a 32% YoY increase, despite challenges from lockdowns in Vietnam. Deliveries GMV surged 63% YoY, while average spend per user rose 43% YoY. Revenue, however, fell 9% YoY to $157 million due to mobility declines from COVID-19 restrictions. Adjusted EBITDA was $(212) million, with losses increasing to $(988) million. Cash liquidity stood at $5.2 billion. Grab's planned combination with Altimeter Growth Corp. (AGC) remains on track for Q4 2021.
- GMV reached a new record of $4.0 billion, up 32% YoY.
- Deliveries GMV grew by 63% YoY, offsetting mobility declines.
- Average spend per user increased by 43% YoY.
- Cash liquidity increased to $5.2 billion, up $1.5 billion from last year.
- Revenue declined by 9% YoY to $157 million due to mobility declines.
- Loss for the period increased to $(988) million, up $366 million YoY.
- Monthly Transacting Users (MTUs) declined by 8% YoY.
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Gross Merchandise Value (“GMV”) reached a new quarterly record of
, up$4.0 billion 32% year-over-year (“YoY”) in spite of a challenging operating environment -
Deliveries GMV grew
63% YoY; Grab expects a strong recovery in mobility heading into Q4 2021 -
Average spend per user1 on Grab’s platform grew
43% YoY to hit a record high -
Revenue was
, down$157 million 9% YoY, as a result of a decline in mobility due to the severe lockdowns inVietnam
“Despite severe lockdowns in
Third Quarter 2021 Financial and Operational Highlights
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GMV grew
32% YoY to reach , a new record for Grab. Deliveries GMV grew$4.0 billion 63% YoY to reach , which offset a$2.3 billion 30% YoY decline in mobility GMV due to lockdowns and movement restrictions in many of our markets caused by COVID-19 and the Delta variant. -
Gross Billings grew
41% YoY to , also a new all-time high.$616 million -
Revenue was
, down$157 million 9% YoY, as a result of the expected decline in mobility due to the severe lockdowns inVietnam . Grab’s reported revenue is net of consumer, merchant and driver-partner incentives. -
Adjusted EBITDA of
was down by$(212) million YoY and up by$85 million QoQ. Adjusted EBITDA margins at ($2 million 5.3% ) of GMV remained consistent with the previous quarter at (5.5% ). Adjusted EBITDA in Q3 2021 was negatively impacted by a drop in mobility, which has been segment Adjusted EBITDA positive since Q4 2019, as well as an increase in regional corporate costs as Grab continues to invest in product development and technology investments for the future. -
Loss for the period grew by
to$366 million . The YoY increase in losses during the third quarter was driven primarily by non-cash expenses. Grab’s Q3 2021 loss includes$(988) million in non-cash items. This primarily consists of interest accrued on Grab’s convertible redeemable preference shares, stock based compensation and fair value changes on investments. A significant proportion of such non-cash expenses is expected to cease after the business combination.$748 million -
Monthly Transacting Users (“MTUs”) declined by
8% YoY, as a result of total lockdowns acrossVietnam between July andSeptember 2021 which saw both food delivery and ride-hailing services suspended. Normalized forVietnam 4, Grab estimates that MTUs would have grown to 24.8 million. -
Average spend per user, defined as GMV per MTU, increased by
43% YoY. -
As of
September 30, 2021 , Grab had cash liquidity of , an increase of$5.2 billion from$1.5 billion as of$3.7 billion December 31, 2020 .
($ in millions, unless otherwise stated) |
Three Months Ended
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2020-2021 % Change |
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2021 |
2020 |
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(unaudited) |
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Financial Measures: |
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Revenue |
157 |
172 |
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Loss for the period |
(988) |
(621) |
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Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA (Non-IFRS)(i) |
(33) |
10 |
NM |
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Adjusted EBITDA (Non-IFRS)(i) |
(212) |
(128) |
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Operating Metrics(ii): |
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GMV |
4,038 |
3,061 |
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MTUs (millions of users) |
22.1 |
23.9 |
- |
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GMV per MTU ($) |
183 |
128 |
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Gross Billings |
616 |
436 |
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Partner Incentives5 |
187 |
132 |
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Consumer Incentives |
271 |
132 |
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Notes: |
(i) For a reconciliation to the most directly comparable IFRS measure see the section titled "Unaudited Financial Information and Non-IFRS Financial Measures.” |
(ii) See “Operating Metrics” section herein for an explanation of operating metrics used throughout this release. |
Deliveries
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GMV for deliveries grew
63% YoY to hit an all-time high of .$2.3 billion -
Gross Billings for deliveries grew
74% YoY to .$422 million -
Revenue for deliveries grew
58% YoY to .$49 million -
Deliveries Segment Adjusted EBITDA of
improved by$(22) million YoY. Deliveries Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin was at (0.9)% as a percentage of deliveries GMV, an improvement compared to (1.6)% in Q3 2020.$1 million -
GrabMart continues to show strong traction, with GMV growing approximately
380% YoY and78% compared to Q2 2021. -
Grab continues to expand its role as an e-commerce enabler, particularly in deliveries. In November, Grab announced a partnership with Lazada to enable Lazada sellers to provide same-day delivery services for their consumers in
Singapore via GrabExpress. Grab has a similar partnership with Lazada inIndonesia andMalaysia . -
Grab also announced in November the addition of new major retail chains to GrabMart as it continues to scale up grocery delivery across
Southeast Asia . New partners joining GrabMart include convenience store chain Indomaret inIndonesia ; hypermarket chain Big C inThailand ; hypermarket chain Lotus’sMalaysia (formerly known as Tesco Malaysia); S&R supermarket inthe Philippines best known for their attractive members-only discounts; and Mega Market inVietnam , a leading wholesaler and distributor of grocery products.
Mobility
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GMV for mobility declined
30% YoY to , primarily due to increased movement restrictions across the region as a result of COVID-19.$529 million -
Gross Billings for mobility declined
22% YoY to .$126 million -
Mobility Revenue was
, down$88 million 26% YoY. -
Mobility Segment Adjusted EBITDA was
, a$64 million 26% decrease compared to Q3 2020. Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin for mobility reached12.0% of GMV, up from11.4% in Q3 2020. -
With vaccination rates improving and countries shifting to a new long-term strategy to treat COVID-19 as endemic, Grab is seeing rapid recovery in ride-hailing demand in early Q4. Mobility GMV for the first four weeks of the fourth quarter6, compared to the first four weeks of the third quarter7, was
26% higher at the group level,109% higher inIndonesia , and106% higher inMalaysia . -
When
Vietnam started to ease restrictions, Grab was the first platform to resume offering mobility services within government restrictions inHo Chi Minh City andHanoi .
Financial Services
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Grab’s financial services segment achieved another record quarter for Total Payments Volume (Pre-InterCo)8 of
, a$3.1 billion 44% increase from Q3 2020. -
Gross Billings for financial services grew
17% YoY to .$28 million -
Financial services Revenue grew by
11% YoY to .$14 million -
Financial services Segment Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 2021 was
, compared to$(76) million in Q3 2020. Financial services Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin was at (2.4)% of TPV, an improvement from (2.7)% in Q3 2020.$(58) million -
Compared to the year prior, the percentage of mobility and deliveries GMV that were transacted via
Grab Financial Group products such as GrabPay increased from58.5% to69.9% . -
Grab has increased its ownership stake in OVO9. OVO is a leading digital wallet in
Indonesia 10 and the most used for both online and offline payments11. It operates on an open ecosystem platform, with a wide range of acceptance points. Grab believes closer collaboration with OVO will create a stronger financial services platform with an open ecosystem, allowing both companies to expand the suite of financial services they can offer to ecosystem partners as well as increase speed to market.
Enterprise and New Initiatives
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GMV for enterprise and new initiatives grew
351% YoY to .$41 million -
Gross Billings for enterprise and new initiatives grew
414% YoY to .$39 million -
Revenue for the segment declined by
37% YoY to .$7 million -
Enterprise and new initiatives Segment Adjusted EBITDA was
, down$1 million year on year due to continued reinvestments into growing the merchant base.$4 million -
Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin for enterprise and new initiatives was
2.1% of GMV, down from60.3% in Q3 2020.
As of
Public listing process update
Grab’s planned business combination with
Grab filed an initial registration statement on Form F-4 with the
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About Grab
Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp based on GMV in 2020 in each of food deliveries, mobility and the e-wallets segment of financial services, according to Euromonitor. Grab operates across the deliveries, mobility and digital financial services sectors in over 400 cities in eight countries in the
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This document and the announced investor webcast may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed transaction between
These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, there may be additional risks that neither AGC nor Grab presently know, or that AGC or Grab currently believe are immaterial, that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect AGC’s and Grab’s expectations, plans, projections or forecasts of future events and views. If any of the risks materialize or AGC’s or Grab’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements.
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Unaudited Financial Information and Non-IFRS Financial Measures
Grab’s unaudited selected financial data for the three months ended
This document and the investor webcast also include references to non-IFRS financial measures, which include: Adjusted EBITDA, Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Adjusted EBITDA. However, the presentation of these non-IFRS financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation from, or as an alternative to, financial measures determined in accordance with IFRS. In addition, these non-IFRS financial measures may differ from non-IFRS financial measures with comparable names used by other companies.
Grab uses these non-IFRS financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons, and Grab’s management believes that these non-IFRS financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its recurring core business operating results. For example, Grab’s management uses: Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA as a useful indicator of the economics of Grab’s business segments, as it does not include regional corporate costs.
There are a number of limitations related to the use of non-IFRS financial measures. In light of these limitations, we provide specific information regarding the IFRS amounts excluded from these non-IFRS financial measures and evaluate these non-IFRS financial measures together with their relevant financial measures in accordance with IFRS.
This document and the investor webcast also includes “Pre-InterCo” data that does not reflect elimination of intragroup transactions, which means such data includes earnings and other amounts from transactions between entities within the Grab group that are eliminated upon consolidation. Such data differs materially from the corresponding figures post-elimination of intra-group transactions.
Explanation of non-IFRS financial measures:
- Segment Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure, representing the Adjusted EBITDA of each of our four business segments, excluding, in each case, regional corporate costs.
- Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure calculated as net loss adjusted to exclude: (i) interest income (expenses), (ii) other income (expenses), (iii) income tax expenses, (iv) depreciation and amortization, (v) stock-based compensation expenses, (vi) costs related to mergers and acquisitions, (vii) unrealized foreign exchange gain (loss), (viii) impairment losses on goodwill and non-financial assets, (ix) fair value changes on investments, (x) restructuring costs and (xi) legal, tax and regulatory settlement provisions.
Reconciliation of non-IFRS financial measures:
The following table presents reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure for each of the periods indicated.
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Q3 20 |
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Loss for the period |
(1.0) |
(0.6) |
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Reconciling items: |
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Interest expense from CRPS |
0.4 |
0.4 |
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Depreciation and amortization expense |
0.1 |
0.1 |
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Others |
0.3 |
0.0 |
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Adjusted EBITDA |
(0.2) |
(0.1) |
Operating Metrics
Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) is an operating metric representing the sum of the total dollar value of transactions from Grab’s services, including any applicable taxes, tips, tolls and fees, over the period of measurement. GMV is a metric by which Grab understands, evaluates and manages its business, and Grab’s management believes is necessary for investors to understand and evaluate its business. GMV provides useful information to investors as it represents the amount of a consumer’s spend that is being directed through Grab’s platform. This metric enables Grab and investors to understand, evaluate and compare the total amount of customer spending that is being directed through its platform over a period of time. Grab presents GMV as a metric to understand and compare, and to enable investors to understand and compare, Grab’s aggregate operating results, which captures significant trends in its business over time.
Monthly Transacting User (MTU) is defined as the monthly transacting users, which is an operating metric defined as the monthly number of unique users who transact via Grab’s products, where transact means to have successfully paid for any of Grab’s products. MTU is a metric by which Grab understands, evaluates and manages its business, and Grab’s management believes is necessary for investors to understand and evaluate its business.
Gross Billings is an operating metric, representing the total dollar value paid to Grab in the form of commissions and fees from each transaction, without any adjustments for incentives paid to driver- and merchant-partners or promotions to end-users, over the period of measurement. Gross Billings is a metric by which Grab evaluates and manages its business, and Grab’s management believes is necessary for investors to understand and evaluate its business. This metric enables Grab and investors to understand, evaluate and compare the total dollar value of commissions and fees charged by Grab over a period of time. Grab presents Gross Billings as a metric to understand and compare, and to enable investors to understand and compare, its aggregate operating results, which captures significant trends in its business over time.
Partner incentives is an operating metric representing the dollar value of incentives granted to driver- and merchant-partners. The incentives granted to driver- and merchant-partners include base incentives and excess incentives, with base incentives being the amount of incentives paid to driver- and merchant-partners up to the amount of commissions and fees earned by Grab from those driver- and merchant-partners, and excess incentives being the amount of payments made to driver- and merchant-partners that exceed the amount of commissions and fees earned by Grab from those driver- and merchant-partners. Consumer incentives is an operating metric representing the dollar value of discounts and promotions offered to consumers. Partner incentives and consumer incentives are metrics by which we understand, evaluate and manage our business, and we believe are necessary for investors to understand and evaluate our business. We believe these metrics capture significant trends in our business over time.
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1Defined as GMV per Monthly Transacting Users (MTU) | |
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4Monthly transacting users (MTUs) over a quarterly or annual period are calculated based on the average of the MTUs for each month in the relevant period. Normalized MTUs are based on Group MTUs and on the assumption that Vietnam MTUs remained constant since Q3 2020. | |
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8Total Payments Volume (TPV) is defined as the value of payments, net of payment reversals, successfully completed through the Grab platform for the financial services segment. Pre-InterCo means this segment data includes earnings and other amounts from transactions between entities within the Grab group that are eliminated upon consolidation. | |
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10Souce: Euromonitor. Based on share of TPV in 2020 for digital wallet payments in |
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