TD Holdings, Inc. Reports Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results

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TD Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLG) reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2022. Total revenue was $156.84 million, declining 22% from $201.13 million in 2021. Despite this, the company achieved a net income of $4.25 million, compared to a net loss of $0.94 million the previous year. Earnings per share were $0.08 for basic and $0.07 diluted. Cost of revenue fell 21% to $155.80 million. Interest income surged 69% to $17.04 million, driven by increased loans to vendors. The company had cash and equivalents of $0.89 million at year-end, down from $4.31 million in 2021.

Positive

• Net income increased to $4.25 million from a loss of $0.94 million in 2021.
• Earnings per share improved to $0.08 (basic) and $0.07 (diluted).
• Interest income rose by 69% to $17.04 million, indicating strong lending activity.

Negative

• Total revenue declined 22% from the previous year.
• Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $0.89 million from $4.31 million.
• Net cash provided by operating activities fell to $4.34 million from $8.03 million.

SHENZHEN, China, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLG) (the "Company"), a commodities trading service provider in China, today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Ms. Renmei Ouyang, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, stated, "The challenging market environment and uncertain macro-economic conditions have significant impact on our business. We continue to deliver high quality services to our customers and our efforts have been greatly recognized by our customers and industry. Our online to offline e-commerce commodities trading platform, tongdow.com, was awarded Top 100 China Industrial Internet Enterprise of 2022. Our subsidiary Shenzhen Qianhai Baiyu Supply Chain Co., Ltd. was awarded the 2022 China (Industry) Leading Enterprise. These awards once again demonstrate the competitiveness of the Company in the industry. Looking ahead to 2023, we expect to take multiple necessary initiatives to strengthen our business resilience and enhance our market position. Leveraging our experience and expertise, we remain focused on improving our services, enhancing our brand awareness and executing the strategic plan to capture the opportunities ahead of us as the market recovers."

Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Highlights

• Total revenue was $156.84 million, consisting of $155.44 million from sales of commodity products, and $1.39 million from supply chain management services for the year ended December 31, 2022, a decrease of 22% from $201.13 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
• Net income was $4.25 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with net loss of $0.94 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
• Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.08 and $0.07 respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with basic and diluted loss per share of $0.04 for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results

Revenues

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold non-ferrous metals to 29 third-party customers at fixed prices, and earned revenues when the product ownership was transferred to its customers. The Company earned revenues of $155.44 million from sales of commodity products for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with $197.95 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company earned commodity distribution commission fees of $1.39 million from third-party vendors, compared with $3.18 million from third-party vendors for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Cost of revenue

Cost of revenue primarily includes cost of revenue associated with commodity product sales and cost of revenue associated with management services of supply chain. Total cost of revenue decreased by $42.33 million, or 21% to $155.80 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, from $198.13 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to a decrease of $42.25 million in cost of revenue associated with commodity product sales. The decreased cost of revenue is in line with the decrease in sales.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $0.71 million or 9%, to $8.84 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, from $8.14 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consisted of salary and employee benefits, office rental expenses, amortizations of intangible assets and convertible promissory notes, professional service fees and finance offering related fees. The increase was mainly attributable to (1) amortization of intangible assets of $4.63 million, and (2) amortization of convertible promissory notes of $1.21 million.

Share-based payment for service

On December 16, 2022, the Company issued 300,000 shares of the Company's common stock as compensation to a settlement and mutual release agreement with White Lion Capital, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and recognized $324,000 share-based payment for service to profit and charged back $280,000 share-based payment for service to profit to a PR service provider.

On March 4, 2021, the Company issued 750,000 fully-vested warrants with an exercise price of $0.01, with a five-year life, to an agent who was engaged to complete the warrant waiver and exercise agreements. The Company applied the Black-Scholes model and determined the fair value of the warrants to be $1,695,042. Significant estimates and assumptions used included stock price on March 4, 2021 of $2.27 per share, risk-free interest rate of one year of 0.08%, life of five years, and volatility of 71.57% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

On July 16, 2021, the Company issued 140,000 shares of the Company's common stock as compensation to a PR service provider for increasing the Company's visibility in the financial news community, and recognized 141,400 share-based payment for service to profit.

Interest income

Interest income was primarily generated from loans made to third parties and related parties. Interest income increased by $6.96 million or 69%, to $17.04 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, from $10.08 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase was primarily due to the growth of loans made to third-party vendors for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Amortization of beneficial conversion feature and relative fair value of warrants relating to the issuance of convertible promissory notes  

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the item represented the amortization of beneficial conversion feature of $1.21 million of three convertible promissory notes issued on March 4, 2021, October 4, 2021 and May 6, 2022.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the item represented the amortization of beneficial conversion feature of $1.46 million of three convertible promissory notes issued on January 6, 2021, March 4, 2021 and October 4, 2021.

Net income (loss)

Net income was $4.25 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with net loss of $0.94 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 Cash Flows

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $0.89 million, as compared with $4.31 million as of December 31, 2021.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $4.34 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with $8.03 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Net cash used in investing activities was $125.54 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with $71.52 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $117.39 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with $64.12 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

About TD Holdings, Inc.

TD Holdings, Inc. is a service provider currently engaging in the commodities trading business and supply chain service business in China. Its commodities trading business primarily involves purchasing non-ferrous metal products from upstream metal and mineral suppliers and then selling to downstream customers. Its supply chain service business primarily has served as a one-stop commodity supply chain service and digital intelligence supply chain platform integrating upstream and downstream enterprises, warehouses, logistics, information, and futures trading. For more information, please visit http://ir.tdglg.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of TD Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: there is uncertainty about the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the impact it will have on the Company's operations, the demand for the Company's products and services, global supply chains and economic activity in general. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

For more information, please contact:

Ascent Investor Relations LLC

Ms. Tina Xiao

Email:tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com 

Tel: +1 917 609 0333

 

 

TD HOLDINGS, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS As of December 31, 2022 and 2021
		December 31,				December 31,
		2022				2021
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$	893,057			$	4,311,068
Loans receivable from third parties			143,174,634				115,301,319
Due from related parties			-				11,358,373
Inventories, net			458,157				-
Other current assets			4,040,477				3,288,003
Total current assets			148,566,325				134,258,763
Non-Current Assets
Plant and equipment, net			6,370				2,872
Goodwill			160,213,550				71,028,283
Intangible assets, net			54,114,727				21,257,337
Right-of-use assets, net			196,826				888,978
Total non-current assets			214,531,473				93,177,470
Total Assets		$	363,097,798			$	227,436,233
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable		$	1,269			$	3,337,758
Bank borrowings			1,005,083				1,129,288
Third party loans payable			460,587				476,779
Advances from customers			437,148				5,221,874
Due to related parties			38,767,481				21,174
Income tax payable			11,634,987				8,441,531
Lease liabilities			116,170				310,665
Other current liabilities			5,348,646				4,297,793
Convertible promissory notes			4,208,141				3,562,158
Total current liabilities			61,979,512				26,799,020
Non-Current Liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities			3,059,953				4,178,238
Lease liabilities			84,164				586,620
Total non-current liabilities			3,144,117				4,764,858
Total liabilities			65,123,629				31,563,878
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 16)
Shareholders' Equity
Common stock (par value $0.001 per share, 600,000,000 shares authorized; 106,742,117 and 27,634,830 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively) *			106,742				27,635
Additional paid-in capital			344,295,992				224,900,948
Statutory surplus reserve			2,602,667				1,477,768
Accumulated deficit			(38,800,375)				(42,200,603)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income			(8,984,925)				11,666,607
Total TD Shareholders' Equity			299,220,101				195,872,355
Non-controlling interest			(1,245,932)				-
Total Shareholders' Equity			297,974,169				195,872,355
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity		$	363,097,798			$	227,436,233

 

*	Retrospectively restated due to five for one reverse stock split, see Note 13 - Reverse stock split of common stock.

 

 

TD HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of shares)
		For the Years Ended
		December 31,
		2022				2021
Revenues
Sales of commodity products - third parties		$	155,443,398			$	173,904,016
Sales of commodity products - related parties			-				24,049,999
Supply chain management services - third parties			1,391,903				3,180,227
Total Revenues			156,835,301				201,134,242
Cost of revenues
Commodity product sales - third parties			(155,789,519)				(173,996,000)
Commodity product sales - related parties			-				(24,045,511)
Supply chain management services - third parties			(7,525)				(84,118)
Total operating costs			(155,797,044)				(198,125,629)
Gross profit			1,038,257				3,008,613
Operating expenses
Selling, general, and administrative expenses			(8,844,739)				(8,137,481)
Share-based payment for service			(44,000)				(1,836,442)
Total operating expenses			(8,888,739)				(9,973,923)
Other income (expenses), net
Interest income			17,035,200				10,079,776
Interest expenses			(523,980)				(313,965)
Amortization of beneficial conversion feature relating to issuance of convertible      promissory notes			(1,212,617)				(1,463,883)
Other income (expense), net			59,088				(285,774)
Total other income, net			15,357,691				8,016,154
Net income from continuing operations before income taxes			7,507,209				1,050,844
Income tax expenses			(3,253,672)				(1,991,201)
Net income (loss)			4,253,537				(940,357)
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests			(271,590)				-
Net income(loss) attributable to TD Holdings, Inc.'s Stockholders		$	4,525,127			$	(940,357)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)		$	4,253,537			$	(940,357)
Foreign currency translation adjustment			(20,651,532)				4,781,112
Comprehensive (loss) income			(16,397,995)				3,840,755
Less: Total comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interests			(271,590)				-
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to TD Holdings, Inc.			(16,126,405)				3,840,755
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding-Basic			52,972,727				21,483,527
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding- Diluted			58,590,270				24,219,866
income (loss) per share- basic		$	0.08			$	(0.04)
income (loss) per share- diluted		$	0.07			$	(0.04)

 

 

TD HOLDINGS, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (Expressed in U.S. dollar)
		For the Years Ended
		December 31,
		2022				2021
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)		$	4,253,537			$	(940,357)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation of plant and equipment			2,885				622
Amortization of right-of-use lease assets			306,546				45,309
(Gain) loss on disposal of right-of-use lease assets			(20,092)				-
Amortization of intangible assets			4,630,169				3,927,961
Amortization of beneficial conversion feature of convertible promissory notes			1,212,617				489,000
Interest expense for convertible promissory notes			465,201				417,784
Amortization of discount on convertible promissory notes			434,333				-
Share-based payment for service			44,000				1,836,442
Standstill fee relating to convertible promissory notes			-				356,934
Monitoring fee relating to convertible promissory notes			263,982				-
Amortization of beneficial conversion feature relating to issuance of convertible      promissory notes			-				1,463,883
Inventories impairment			17,540				-
Deferred tax liabilities			(792,114)				(825,945)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, (net of assets and liabilities acquired and    disposed):
Other current assets			1,830,247				5,558,942
Inventories			(491,943)				-
Prepayments			(456,052)				-
Due from related parties			(15,986)				(496,242)
Advances from customers			(4,497,189)				(4,170,261)
Due from third parties			(192,670)				(2,619,091)
Income tax payable			4,046,672				2,808,268
Due to related parties			(20,071)				(5,516,085)
Accounts payable			(3,162,561)				3,299,002
Other current liabilities			(3,507,517)				1,039,735
Lease liabilities			(41,152)				886,866
Due to third party loans payable			24,977				471,243
Net cash provided by operating activities			4,335,359				8,034,010
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchases of intangible assets			-				(5,115,803)
Purchases of plant and equipment			(6,700)				(3,469)
Purchases of operating lease assets			(250,171)				(923,964)
Investment in subsidiary, net of cash acquired			(96,638,468)				(15,579,946)
Payment made on loans to third parties			(109,106,926)				(108,800,053)
Collection of loans from third parties			70,150,111				13,504,542
Collection of loans from related parties			10,448,662				45,397,738
Investments in other investing activities			(134,254)				-
Net cash used in investing activities			(125,537,746)				(71,520,955)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Repayments made on loans to third parties			(29,735)				(558,088)
Repayment made on loans to related parties			-				(1,901,724)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under ATM transaction			-				2,192,989
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under private placement transactions			114,420,000				57,877,941
Proceeds from issuance of convertible promissory notes			3,000,000				6,500,000
Proceeds from exercise of warrants			-				7,500
Net cash provided by financing activities			117,390,265				64,118,618
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash			394,111				979,382
Net (Decrease)/Increase in Cash			(3,418,011)				1,611,055
Cash, Beginning of Year			4,311,068				2,700,013
Cash from continuing operations		$	893,057			$	4,311,068
Cash paid for interest expense		$	83,496			$	92,062
Cash paid for income taxes		$	1,681			$	75,416
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations		$	250,171			$	-
Issuance of common stocks in connection with conversion of convertible promissory    notes		$	4,730,150			$	-
Issuance of common stocks in exchange of investments in one equity investee		$	-			$	1,439,826

 

 

 

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FAQ

What were TD Holdings' total revenues for 2022?

TD Holdings reported total revenues of $156.84 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.

How did TD Holdings' net income change in 2022?

TD Holdings posted a net income of $4.25 million in 2022, compared to a net loss of $0.94 million in 2021.

What was the earnings per share for TD Holdings in 2022?

The basic earnings per share for TD Holdings in 2022 was $0.08, with a diluted earnings per share of $0.07.

How much did TD Holdings' revenue decline in 2022?

TD Holdings' revenue declined by 22% from $201.13 million in 2021 to $156.84 million in 2022.

What was the interest income for TD Holdings in 2022?

Interest income for TD Holdings increased by 69% to $17.04 million in 2022.