Meituan Announces Financial Results for the three months ended March 31, 2023
- Meituan's Q1 2023 results show strong revenue growth of 26.7% to RMB58.6 billion, indicating a positive performance for the company. The operating profit for the Core local commerce segment increased by an impressive 100.7% to RMB9.4 billion, highlighting the success of Meituan's retail business. The company also achieved a profit for the period of RMB3.4 billion, turning from a loss into profit on a year-over-year basis. Additionally, Meituan's adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net profit reached the highest level in its history, demonstrating the company's financial strength and growth potential. With cash and cash equivalents of RMB26.9 billion and short-term treasury investments of RMB84.5 billion, Meituan has a strong financial position to support its future endeavors.
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Company Financial Highlights
During the first quarter of 2023, our revenues increased by
"During the quarter, Meituan captured consumers' diverse demand for goods and services during the consumption recovery with various businesses posting healthy growth," said Meituan Founder and CEO Xing Wang. "Meituan has witnessed the resilience of the domestic economy and the gigantic potential of consumption, and we firmly believe that we will continue to benefit from new advancements and growth opportunities in retail. As a company that integrates retail and technology, we will increase our investments in technology and innovations and actively explore the implementation of cutting-edge solutions that connects people to products and services," added Mr. Wang.
Meituan CFO Shaohui Chen said, "Meituan delivered strong growth during the quarter, boosted by strong local consumption recovery post reopening and our effective marketing measures. We will continue to incentivize consumption recovery and increase demand by optimizing our products, content offerings and fulfillment network. We are firmly committed to creating more value for all the participants in our ecosystem."
Company Business Highlights
Core local commerce
For the first quarter of 2023, segment revenue increased by
Since the beginning of this year, the food delivery industry has continued to recover. We assisted new merchants in starting their businesses, and helped improve online operations of all merchants. Leveraging deeper consumer insights, we dynamically iterated our operational strategies and provided consumers with better products and services, which led to healthy growth in order volume. For instance, we swiftly adjusted our marketing strategies and user incentive schemes to capture the growing consumption demand. As a result, the number of Active Merchants and Transacting Users of the food delivery business experienced steady growth in the first quarter. Particularly, we expanded the high-quality merchant base on our platform, and the number of newly on-boarded KA and CKA merchants increased on a year-over-year basis. In addition, we piloted new marketing and promotional formats. In March, we launched a brand-new marketing event "Shen Qiang Shou" for merchants in
Meituan Instashopping continued its high growth trajectory. For the first quarter of 2023, order volume increased by around
As offline consumption gradually recovered in the first quarter of 2023, GTV and revenue growths of our in-store business accelerated month by month. We captured the rising demand for group gatherings and holiday meals, and launched preset in-store menus, packaged deals, and more. We continued to expand our merchant selections across service categories, and enriched our marketing and content formats. In addition, we iterated our product operating strategy and optimised the service capability of our business development team. We also enhanced synergies across business lines, and provided merchants with more promotional channels. To further stimulate consumption during Labor Day, we launched a comprehensive Meituan platform live streaming program that provides consumers with deep-discounted high-quality products, and incentivized participation from high-quality merchants. We also supported small and medium-sized merchants with online operations and helped them standardize service qualities. On the consumer side, we continued to strengthen our content capabilities and iterate short-form video formats. We introduced Special Deals to offer high-quality services at deep discounts for consumers, while allowing merchants to create and promote mega-hit products. Through these marketing events and campaigns, our consumer mindshare of finding the best deals on Meituan was further strengthened. In the future, we will continue to iterate our operations and diversify our product and service offerings, by leveraging our advantages in organizational capability, consumer mindshare, and merchant service, which ultimately will help accelerate online penetration for the in-store industry.
For the hotel and travel business, as consumption demand recovered, our room nights and GTV grew robustly in the first quarter of 2023. Specifically, room nights during the Chinese New Year holiday increased by over
New Initiatives
For the first quarter of 2023, revenues from the New initiatives segment increased by
Meituan Select maintained an industry-leading position and continuously improved operational efficiency. During the first quarter of 2023, we optimised our pricing and product management capabilities. We provided consumers with wider selections of value-for-money products and more convenience, through our nationwide next-day logistics and self-pickup network. The accumulative number of Transacting Users had reached 450 million by March-end. We actively promoted the circulation of agricultural products and helped farmers increase income. As a result, sales contribution from agricultural products surpassed
For Meituan Grocery, GTV increased by over
As the consumption market gradually recovered since the beginning of 2023, demand for local services also increased robustly. On the consumer side, we coped with consumer's growing demand across goods and service categories, by leveraging our advantages in on-demand retail and local services. On the merchant front, we continued to enhance our operating solutions and marketing tools to help merchants seize the post-pandemic recovery opportunities, grow their business and improve operating efficiency. Going forward, we will continue to optimise our marketing strategies and formats to better satisfy merchants' needs for promotions and help them increase revenue and profit. In addition, we will continue to implement the "Retail + Technology" corporate strategy, leverage technology to bring new advancements and growth opportunities, fulfill our mission that "We help people eat better, live better", and create more value for all the participants in our ecosystem.
For the full announcement of Meituan for the three months ended March 31, 2023, please visit:
http://media-meituan.todayir.com/202305251729431742504632_en.pdf
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