Society Pass Inc’s (Nasdaq: SOPA) 9 Mths 2023 Financials : Revenues Increased 117% yoy; Gross Profit Margin Improved to 28.1%; Cash Operating Expenses Declined 32.6% yoy

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Society Pass Incorporated (Nasdaq: SOPA) announces unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2023 and filing of its 3Q 2023 Form 10-Q with the SEC. The company reported cash on hand of $8.2 million, 9 months 2023 revenues grew 117.0% year on year, and gross profit margin improved to 28.1% in 9 months 2023. SoPa operates in digital advertising, travel, lifestyle, fintech/loyalty, and telecoms in five SEA countries, employing approximately 200 people. The CEO forecasts profitability for its main subsidiaries in 2023 and expects significant revenue generation through the SoPa Loyalty App and spinning out its main subsidiaries.

Positive

• 9 months 2023 revenues grew 117.0% year on year
• Gross profit margin improved to 28.1% in 9 months 2023
• CEO forecasts profitability for main subsidiaries in 2023
• Expect significant revenue generation through the SoPa Loyalty App

Negative

• 3Q 2023 gross profit declined 2.5% quarter on quarter
• 3Q 2023 cash operating expenses increased 15.1% quarter on quarter

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Society Pass Incorporated (Nasdaq: SOPA) (“SoPa”), Southeast Asia (SEA)’s next generation, data-driven, loyalty, fintech and e-commerce ecosystem, today announces unaudited financial results for third quarter ended 30 September 2023 and a filing of its 3Q 2023 Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Click Here (on SEC website) to view 3Q 2023 Form 10-Q filing.

Summary Points:

• With cash on hand of $8.2 million (approximately $0.26 per share) and book value of $9.9 million (approximately $0.32 per share) as of 30 September 2023, SoPa is well capitalised for continuing acquisitions of SEA companies in its digital advertising, travel, lifestyle, telecommunications, and loyalty/fintech verticals for the rest of 2023 and 2024.

• 9 months 2023 revenues grew 117.0% year on year (from $2,994,416 in 9 months 2022 to $6,498,878 in 9 months 2023).

• 3Q 2023 revenues grew 10.7% year on year (from $2,050,264 in 3Q 2022 to $2,269,066 in 3Q 2023).

• 3Q 2023 revenues grew 3.7% quarter on quarter (from $2,187,232 in 2Q 2023 to $2,269,066 in 3Q 2023).

• 9 months 2023 gross profit grew 523.2% year on year (from $293,004 in 9 months 2022 to $1,825,960 in 9 months 2023).

• 3Q 2023 gross profit grew 82.7% year on year (from $307,935 in 3Q 2022 to $562,564 in 3Q 2023).

• 3Q 2023 gross profit declined 2.5% quarter on quarter (from $577,159 in 2Q 2023 to $562,564 in 3Q 2023).

• 9 months 2023 gross profit margin grew to 28.1% in 9 months 2023 from 9.8% in 9 months 2022.

• 3Q 2023 gross profit margin grew to 24.8% in 3Q 2023 from 15.0% in 3Q 2022.

• 3Q 2023 gross profit margin declined to 24.8% in 3Q 2023 from 26.4% in 2Q 2023.

• While 9 months 2023 revenues grew 117.0% year on year, 9-month 2023 cash operating expenses declined 32.6% year on year (from $15,275,821 in 9 months 2022 to $10,295,103 in 9 months 2023).

• While 3Q 2023 revenues grew 10.7% year on year, 3Q 2023 cash operating expenses declined 54.6% year on year (from $7,426,684 in 3Q 2022 to $3,368,443 in 3Q 2023).

• While 3Q 2023 revenues grew 3.7% quarter on quarter, 3Q 2023 cash operating expenses increased 15.1% quarter on quarter (from $2,927,505 in 2Q 2023 to $3,368,443 in 3Q 2023).

• 9 months 2023 digital advertising revenues represent 70.5% of total revenues and grew 278.0% year on year from ($1,211,428 in 9 months 2022 to $4,579,429 in 9 months 2023).

• 3Q 2023 digital advertising revenues represent 78.7% of total revenues and grew 47.3% year on year from ($1,211,428 in 3Q 2022 to $1,784,695 in 3Q 2023).

• 3Q 2023 digital advertising revenues represent 78.7% of total revenues and grew 18.1% quarter on quarter from ($1,510,960 in 2Q 2023 to $1,784,695 in 3Q 2023).

• 9 months 2023 travel revenues represent 22.1% of total revenues and grew 704.2% year on year from ($178,206 in 9 months 2022 to $1,433,133 in 9 months 2023).

• 3Q 2023 travel revenues represent 17.2% of total revenues and grew 119.1% year on year from ($178,206 in 3Q 2022 to $390,384 in 3Q 2023).

• 3Q 2023 travel revenues represent 17.2% of total revenues and declined 29.8% quarter on quarter from ($556,042 in 2Q 2023 to $390,384 in 3Q 2023).

• Since inception, SoPa has onboarded approximately 3.7 million registered consumers, approximately 650,000 registered merchants/brands and approximately 10,000 influencers onto its ever-expanding next generation digital ecosystem and loyalty platform in SEA.

• SoPa operates five verticals in SEA: digital advertising, travel, lifestyle, fintech/loyalty, and telecoms.

• SoPa operates in five SEA countries: Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.

• SoPa employs approximately +200 people throughout SEA.

Raynauld Liang, Society Pass Inc Chief Executive Officer, explains, “Our compelling revenue growth and dramatic profit margin expansion, as evidenced in the Company’s 9 months 2023 financial performance, substantiate our acquisitions-focused business plan to build the next generation digital ecosystem and fintech loyalty platform here in SEA. Despite 9 months 2023 revenues growing 117% year-on-year in the five largest economies of SEA, our 9 months 2023 cash operating expenses DECLINED by 32.6%. Just as importantly, our profit margins are materially improving on a year-to-year basis. We realized 28.1% gross profit margin in 9 months 2023, markedly improving from 9.8% in 9 months 2022.”

Mr. Liang further elaborates, “I confidently forecast profitability for our two main subsidiaries, Thoughtful Media and NusaTrip, in financial year 2023. Both subsidiaries now contribute more than 90% of SoPa’s revenues. With the Singapore launch of our SoPa Loyalty App Launch in June 2023, we are now allowing our customers to earn loyalty points through fintech/loyalty platform and our subsidiaries will translate into significant revenue generation going forward. In addition, our business plan of spinning out our main subsidiaries will generate outsized returns for our shareholders.”

About Society Pass Inc.
Founded in 2018 as a data-driven loyalty, fintech and e-commerce ecosystem in the fast-growing markets of Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, which account for more than 80% of the SEA population, and with offices located in Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila, and Singapore, Society Pass Incorporated (Nasdaq: SOPA) is an acquisition-focused holding company operating 5 interconnected verticals (loyalty, digital media, travel, telecoms, and lifestyle), which seamlessly connects millions of registered consumers and hundreds of thousands of registered merchants/brands across multiple product and service categories throughout SEA.

Society Pass completed an initial public offering and began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker SOPA in November 2021.

SoPa acquires fast growing e-commerce companies and expands its user base across a robust product and service ecosystem. SoPa integrates these complementary businesses through its signature Society Pass fintech platform and circulation of its universal loyalty points or Society Points, which has entered beta testing and is expected to launch broadly at the beginning of 2023. Society Pass loyalty program members earn and redeem Society Points and receive personalised promotions based on SoPa’s data capabilities and understanding of consumer shopping behaviour. SoPa has amassed more than 3.7 million registered consumers and over 650,000 registered merchants and brands. It has invested 2+ years building proprietary IT architecture to effectively scale and support its consumers, merchants, and acquisitions.

Society Pass leverages technology to tailor a more personalised experience for customers in the purchase journey and to transform the entire retail value chain in SEA. SoPa operates Thoughtful Media Group, a Thailand-based, a social commerce-focused, premium digital video multi-platform network; NusaTrip, a leading Indonesia-based Online Travel Agency; VLeisure, Vietnam’s leading provider of hotel management and payment solutions; Gorilla Global, a Singapore-based, mobile network operator; Leflair.com, Vietnam’s leading lifestyle e-commerce platform.

For more information on Society Pass, please visit:

Website at https://www.thesocietypass.com or

LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/societypass or

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thesocietypass or

Twitter at https://twitter.com/society_pass or

Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/societypass/.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, this document also contains certain non-GAAP financial measures based on management’s view of performance including cash operating expenses. Management uses such measures internally for planning and forecasting purposes and to measure the performance of the Company. We believe these adjusted financial measures provide useful and meaningful information to us and investors because they enhance investors’ understanding of the continuing operating performance of our business and facilitate the comparison of performance between past and future periods. These adjusted financial measures are non-GAAP measures and should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. When preparing these supplemental non-GAAP financial measures, we typically exclude certain GAAP items that management does not consider to be normal, recurring non-cash operating expenses.

Period y-o-y ended September 30, US$		9m2023				9m2022
Total operating expenses	$	(14,834,510	)		$	(24,609,216	)
Loss on impairment of goodwill		-				779,000
Amortization and depreciation		1,103,200				2,449,338
Stock based compensation for services		3,436,207				6,105,057
Cash operating expenses	$	(10,295,103	)		$	(15,275,821	)
Quarter y-o-y ended September 30, US$		3Q2023				3Q2022
Total operating expenses	$	(4,705,069	)		$	(10,408,311	)
Loss on impairment of goodwill		-				250,417
Amortization and depreciation		167,669				834,721
Stock based compensation for services		1,168,957				1,896,489
Cash operating expenses	$	(3,368,443	)		$	(7,426,684	)
Quarter q-o-q ended September 30, US$		3Q2023				2Q2023
Total operating expenses	$	(4,705,069	)		$	(3,992,972	)
Amortization and depreciation		167,669				71,614
Stock based compensation for services		1,168,957				993,854
Cash operating expenses	$	(3,368,443	)		$	(2,927,505	)

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Media Contact:
Rokas Sidlauskas
Chief Marketing Officer
rokas@thesocietypass.com

FAQ

What are Society Pass Incorporated's 9 months 2023 revenues?

9 months 2023 revenues grew 117.0% year on year, from $2,994,416 in 9 months 2022 to $6,498,878 in 9 months 2023.

In which countries does SoPa operate?

SoPa operates in five SEA countries: Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand.

How many people does SoPa employ?

SoPa employs approximately 200 people throughout SEA.

What is the CEO's forecast for profitability of SoPa's main subsidiaries in 2023?

The CEO forecasts profitability for its main subsidiaries in 2023.

What is the main revenue generation source for SoPa going forward?

The SoPa Loyalty App and spinning out its main subsidiaries are expected to generate significant revenue.