Hudson Capital and Fr8App Increased Preliminary Q1 2022 Revenue 11% over Q1 2021

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Hudson Capital (NASDAQ: HUSN) reported preliminary revenue for Q1 2022 of $5.3 million, a growth of 11% from $4.8 million in Q1 2021. Management reaffirmed its 2022 revenue guidance at approximately $40 million, anticipating over 86% year-over-year growth. The company cites record monthly sales in April and increasing load carries as vital contributors. However, challenges such as driver shortages and high fuel prices negatively impacted margins. CEO Javier Selgas expressed confidence that stabilizing gas prices would enhance margins as the year progresses.

Positive

• Q1 2022 revenue increased to $5.3 million, up 11% year-over-year.
• Management reaffirmed 2022 revenue guidance of approximately $40 million, indicating over 86% anticipated growth.
• Record monthly sales were achieved in April, boosting confidence in future performance.

Negative

• Driver shortages and high fuel prices have negatively impacted profit margins.

Reaffirms 2022 Revenue Guidance of Approximately $40 Million

HOUSTON, May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hudson Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HUSN) and its wholly owned subsidiary Freight App. Inc. (Fr8App) reported preliminary revenue for the first quarter of 2022 for the period ended March 31, 2022.

Fr8App reported preliminary revenue of $5.3 million for Q1 2022, up from $4.8 million for Q1 2021. With the Q1 year-over-year revenue growth, record monthly sales for April, and positive loads carried trend, management reiterated its 2022 revenue guidance of approximately $40 million.

Javier Selgas, CEO of Hudson Capital and Fr8App, said, “We are proud to grow preliminary revenue 11% year-over-year during a period of macro-economic challenge. Our sales team has successfully broadened our customer base and greater diversity of revenue contribution. Nonetheless, driver shortages and high fuel prices negatively impacted margins during 2022. As gas prices stabilize throughout the year, we expect to improve margins. Also, in 2022, we have been finding more capacity and have been increasingly more selective with loads. We are pleased with our loads carried ramp in April, which gives us confidence in reiterating our 2022 revenue guidance of more than 86% year-over-year growth.”

About Hudson Capital, Inc. and Freight App, Inc.
Freight App, Inc. (Fr8App), a North American transportation logistics technology platform company focused on US-Mexico cross-border shipping, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hudson Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HUSN) headquartered in Houston, Texas. Fr8App, focusing on truckload freight for domestic and cross-border markets in Mexico, the US and Canada, makes shipping simple, transparent, and efficient. Fr8App uses its proprietary technology platform to connect carriers and shippers and significantly improve matching and operation efficiency via innovative technologies such as live pricing and real-time tracking, digital freight marketplace, broker, transportation management, fleet management, and committed capacity solutions.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Hudson Capital’s and Fr8App’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Hudson Capital’s and Fr8App’s expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the acquisition.

These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside Hudson Capital’s and Fr8App’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Fr8App’s business; (2) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of Hudson Capital’s ordinary shares on Nasdaq; (3) the risk that the acquisition disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the merger; (4) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the merger, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of Fr8App to grow and manage growth profitably, and retain its key employees; (5) costs related to the merger; (6) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (7) the possibility that Hudson Capital or Fr8App may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (8) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to Fr8App; (9) risks related to the organic and inorganic growth of Fr8App’s business and the timing of expected business milestones; and (10) other risks and uncertainties identified, including those under “Risk Factors”, to be filed by in Hudson Capital’s other filings with the SEC. Hudson Capital cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Hudson Capital and Fr8App caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Hudson Capital and Fr8App do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Fr8App Contact:
Kirsten Chapman, LHA Investor Relations, fr8app@lhai.com, 415.433.3777

FAQ

What is Hudson Capital's revenue for Q1 2022?

Hudson Capital reported preliminary revenue of $5.3 million for Q1 2022.

What is the revenue guidance for Hudson Capital in 2022?

Hudson Capital reaffirmed its 2022 revenue guidance at approximately $40 million.

How much did Hudson Capital's revenue grow year-over-year in Q1 2022?

Hudson Capital's revenue grew by 11% year-over-year in Q1 2022.

What factors negatively impacted Hudson Capital's profit margins in 2022?

Driver shortages and high fuel prices negatively impacted Hudson Capital's profit margins.