Weibo Reports Second Quarter 2020 Unaudited Financial Results

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Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ: WB) reported its second quarter financial results for 2020, showing a 10% decline in net revenues at $387.4 million year-over-year. Advertising revenues decreased by 8% to $340.6 million, while value-added service revenues saw a sharper 23% drop to $46.8 million. Despite these declines, net income rose to $198.4 million with a diluted EPS of $0.86. The company forecasts a 5% to 7% revenue decline for Q3 2020, while reporting 523 million MAUs, signaling growth in user engagement.

Positive

• Net income increased to $198.4 million, compared to $103 million last year.
• Diluted EPS rose to $0.86 from $0.46 year-over-year.
• Monthly active users reached 523 million, adding approximately 37 million year-over-year.

Negative

• Net revenues decreased by 10% year-over-year.
• Advertising and marketing revenues dropped by 8% from the previous year.
• Value-added service revenues fell by 23% year-over-year.

BEIJING, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Weibo Corporation ("Weibo" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: WB), a leading social media in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020.

"With the Covid-19 pandemic situation in China largely brought under control, we are glad to see the solid recovery of our brand advertising business in the second quarter, with more brands embracing our differentiated social marketing solutions to connect with broader audience on Weibo," said Gaofei Wang, CEO of Weibo. "For performance ad business, we focused on enhancing ad performance and efficiency through upgrade of advertising system and product optimization, aiming to capture higher wallet share in the performance ad market," said Mr. Wang.     

Second Quarter 2020 Highlights

• Net revenues were $387.4 million, a decrease of 10% year-over-year or 7% year-over-year on a constant currency basis ^[1].
• Advertising and marketing revenues were $340.6 million, a decrease of 8% year-over-year.
• Value-added service ("VAS") revenues were $46.8 million, a decrease of 23% year-over-year.
• Net income attributable to Weibo was $198.4 million and diluted net income per share was $0.86.
• Non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo was $114.5 million and non-GAAP diluted net income per share was $0.50.
• Monthly active users ("MAUs") were 523 million in June 2020, a net addition of approximately 37 million users on year-over-year basis. Mobile MAUs represented approximately 94% of MAUs.
• Average daily active users ("DAUs") were 229 million in June 2020, a net addition of approximately 18 million users on year-over-year basis.

[1] On a constant currency (non-GAAP) basis, we assume that the exchange rate in the second quarter of 2020 had been the same as it was in the second quarter of 2019, or RMB 6.81=US$1.00.

Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

For the second quarter of 2020, Weibo's total net revenues were $387.4 million, a decrease of 10% compared to $431.8 million for the same period last year.

Advertising and marketing revenues for the second quarter of 2020 were $340.6 million, a decrease of 8% compared to $370.7 million for the same period last year. Advertising and marketing revenues from key accounts ("KAs") and small & medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs") were $304.8 million, a decrease of 12% compared to $346.5 million for the same period last year. The decrease was primarily resulted from the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic on advertisers from certain industries, decrease in barter transaction revenues, as well as negative currency translation impact.

VAS revenues for the second quarter of 2020 were $46.8 million, a decrease of 23% year-over-year compared to $61.2 million for the same period last year, primarily due to the decrease of live streaming business, and was partially offset by the increase in membership revenues.

Costs and expenses for the second quarter of 2020 totaled $281.2 million, compared to $280.6 million for the same period last year. The slight change of costs and expenses was a result of modest pickup in marketing expenses, higher bad debt provision, and the decrease of cost of revenues primarily due to the exemption and refund of cultural business construction fee during this year. Non-GAAP costs and expenses were $265.5 million, compared to $265.6 million for the same period last year.

Income from operations for the second quarter of 2020 was $106.2 million, compared to $151.3 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP income from operations was $121.9 million, compared to $166.2 million for the same period last year.

Non-operating income for the second quarter of 2020 was $132.5 million, compared to a loss of $24.0 million for the same period last year. Non-operating income for the second quarter of 2020 mainly included (i) a $121.0 million net gain from fair value change of investments, which is excluded under non-GAAP measures; and (ii) a $15.1 million net interest and other income.

Income tax expenses were $40.7 million, compared to $26.1 million for the same period last year. The increase was mainly attributable to a deferred tax charges recognized from a fair value change of investment in the second quarter this year.

Net income attributable to Weibo for the second quarter of 2020 was $198.4 million, compared to $103.0 million for the same period last year. Diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo for the second quarter of 2020 was $0.86, compared to $0.46 for the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo for the second quarter of 2020 was $114.5 million, compared to $156.4 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo for the second quarter of 2020 was $0.50, compared to $0.68 for the same period last year.

As of June 30, 2020, Weibo's cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $2.33 billion. For the second quarter of 2020, cash provided by operating activities was $121.7 million, capital expenditures totaled $8.4 million, and depreciation and amortization expenses amounted to $6.9 million.

Other Development

On July 8, 2020, the Company completed the offering of US$750 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2030 (the "Notes"). The Notes bear annual interest at a rate of 3.375% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on January 8 and July 8 of each year, beginning on January 8, 2021. The Notes will mature on July 8, 2030, unless previously repurchased or redeemed in accordance with their terms prior to maturity.

Business Outlook

For the third quarter of 2020, Weibo estimates its net revenues to decrease by 5% to 7% year-over-year on a constant currency basis. This forecast reflects Weibo's current and preliminary view, which is subject to change.

Conference Call

Weibo's management team will host a conference call from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Eastern Time on September 28, 2020 (or 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Beijing Time on September 28, 2020) to present an overview of the Company's financial performance and business operations.

Please register in advance of the conference call using the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with dial-in numbers, passcode and unique registrant ID by email. To join the conference, please use the conference access information provided in the email received at the point of registering.

PRE-REGISTER LINK: http://apac.directeventreg.com/registration/event/5867669

Additionally, a live webcast of the call will be available through the Company's corporate website at http://ir.weibo.com.

A telephone replay will be available from 22:01 PM China Standard Time on September 28, 2020 to 20:59 PM China Standard Time on October 6, 2020. To access the recording, please use the following dial-in information listed below:

United States:	+1 855 452 5696
Hong Kong:	800 963 117
Mainland China:	400 602 2065
International:	+61 2 8199 0299
Replay PIN:	5867669

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP costs and expenses, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo, non-GAAP diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo and adjusted EBITDA. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, measures of the Company's financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The Company's non-GAAP financial measures exclude stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, net results of impairment on, gain/loss on sale of and fair value change of investments, non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items on the share of equity method investments, non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items for the income/loss attributable to non-controlling interests, provision for income tax related to the amortization of intangible assets and fair value change of investments (other non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items have no tax effect), and amortization of convertible debt and senior notes issuance cost. Adjusted EBITDA represents non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo, excluding interest income, net, income tax expenses, and depreciation expenses.

The Company's management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in their financial and operating decision-making, because management believes these measures reflect the Company's ongoing operating performance in a manner that allows more meaningful period-to-period comparisons. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in the following ways: (i) in comparing the Company's current financial results with the Company's past financial results in a consistent manner, and (ii) in understanding and evaluating the Company's current operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management does, if they so choose. The Company also believes that the non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain expenses, gains (losses) and other items (i) that are not expected to result in future cash payments or (ii) that are non-recurring in nature or may not be indicative of the Company's core operating results and business outlook.

Use of non-GAAP financial measures has limitations. The Company's non-GAAP financial measures do not include all income and expense items that affect the Company's operations. They may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Accordingly, care should be exercised in understanding how the Company defines its non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations of the Company's non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures are set forth in the section below titled "Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP to GAAP Results."

About Weibo

Weibo is a leading social media for people to create, share and discover content online. Weibo combines the means of public self-expression in real time with a powerful platform for social interaction, content aggregation and content distribution. Any user can create and post a feed and attach multi-media and long-form content. User relationships on Weibo may be asymmetric; any user can follow any other user and add comments to a feed while reposting. This simple, asymmetric and distributed nature of Weibo allows an original feed to become a live viral conversation stream.

Weibo enables its advertising and marketing customers to promote their brands, products and services to users. Weibo offers a wide range of advertising and marketing solutions to companies of all sizes. The Company generates a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of advertising and marketing services, including the sale of social display advertisement and promoted marketing offerings. Designed with a "mobile first" philosophy, Weibo displays content in a simple information feed format and offers native advertisement that conform to the information feed on our platform. To support the mobile format, we have developed and continuously refining our social interest graph recommendation engine, which enables our customers to perform people marketing and target audiences based on user demographics, social relationships, interests and behaviors, to achieve greater relevance, engagement and marketing effectiveness.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to, among other things, Weibo's expected financial performance and strategic and operational plans (as described, without limitation, in the "Business Outlook" section and in quotations from management in this press release. Weibo may also make forward-looking statements in the Company's periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology, such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "confidence," "estimates" and similar statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, Weibo's limited operating history in certain new businesses; failure to grow active user base and the level of user engagement; the uncertain regulatory landscape in China; fluctuations in the Company's quarterly operating results; the Company's reliance on advertising and marketing sales for a majority of its revenues; failure to successfully develop, introduce, drive adoption of or monetize new features and products; failure to compete effectively for advertising and marketing spending; failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses; risks associated with the Company's investments, including equity pick-up and impairment; failure to compete successfully against new entrants and established industry competitors; changes in the macro-economic environment, including the depreciation of the Renminbi; and adverse changes in economic and political policies of the PRC government and its impact on the Chinese economy. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Weibo's annual report on Form 20-Fs and other filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is current as of the date hereof, and Weibo assumes no obligation to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

Contact:

Investor Relations
Weibo Corporation
Phone: +86 10 5898-3336
Email: ir@staff.weibo.com

 

WEIBO CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
			Three months ended						Six months ended
			June 30,				March 31,		June 30,
			2020		2019		2020		2020		2019
Net revenues:
Advertising and marketing			$         340,584		$         370,660		$         275,422		$         616,006		$         711,801
Value-added service			46,809		61,176		47,967		94,776		119,212
	Net revenues		387,393		431,836		323,389		710,782		831,013
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues (1)			63,584		81,972		74,110		137,694		164,789
Sales and marketing (1)			112,118		106,405		99,102		211,220		212,556
Product development(1)			75,961		70,368		74,409		150,370		140,221
General and administrative(1)			29,545		21,825		17,753		47,298		39,112
	Total costs and expenses		281,208		280,570		265,374		546,582		556,678
Income from operations			106,185		151,266		58,015		164,200		274,335
Non-operating income (loss):
Impairment on, gain/loss on sale of and         fair value change of investments, net			117,379		(41,954)		(2,938)		114,441		(4,157)
Interest and other income, net			15,085		17,999		12,905		27,990		28,780
			132,464		(23,955)		9,967		142,431		24,623
Income before income tax expenses			238,649		127,311		67,982		306,631		298,958
Income tax expenses			(40,744)		(26,073)		(15,883)		(56,627)		(47,146)
Net income			197,905		101,238		52,099		250,004		251,812
Less: Net loss attributable to     non-controlling interests			(511)		(1,758)		(9)		(520)		(1,626)
Net income attributable to Weibo			$         198,416		$         102,996		$            52,108		$         250,524		$         253,438
Basic net income per share attributable to Weibo			$                0.88		$                0.46		$                0.23		$                1.11		$                1.13
Diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo			$                0.86		$                0.46		$                0.23		$                1.10		$                1.12
Shares used in computing basic
net income per share attributable to Weibo			226,678		225,262		226,392		226,535		225,094
Shares used in computing diluted
net income per share attributable to Weibo			233,983		226,277		227,029		227,129		226,210
(1) Stock-based compensation in each category:
	Cost of revenues		$              1,155		$              1,118		$              1,347		$              2,502		$              2,230
	Sales and marketing		2,047		2,129		2,216		4,263		4,168
	Product development		7,543		6,618		6,909		14,452		12,676
	General and administrative		4,149		4,269		4,822		8,971		7,955

 

WEIBO CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
					June 30,		December 31,
					2020		2019
	Assets
	Current assets:
			Cash and cash equivalents		$               1,472,251		$               1,452,985
			Short-term investments		857,677		951,235
			Accounts receivable, net		387,046		422,225
			Prepaid expenses and other current assets		523,077		424,905
			Amount due from SINA(1)		410,762		384,828
			Current assets subtotal		3,650,813		3,636,178
	Property and equipment, net				54,011		46,729
	Goodwill and intangible assets, net				44,202		46,513
	Long-term investments				1,235,475		1,027,459
	Other assets				32,184		47,307
	Total assets				$               5,016,685		$               4,804,186
	Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
	Liabilities:
		Current liabilities:
			Accounts payable		$                  107,394		$                  126,247
			Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		409,100		465,580
			Deferred revenues		157,637		108,783
			Income tax payable		76,161		100,245
			Current liabilities subtotal		750,292		800,855
		Long-term liabilities:
			Convertible debt		890,337		888,266
			Senior notes		794,653		793,985
			Other long-term liabilities		49,165		39,261
			Total liabilities		2,484,447		2,522,367
	Shareholders' equity:
		Weibo shareholders' equity			2,533,236		2,283,267
		Non-controlling interests			(998)		(1,448)
			Total shareholders' equity		2,532,238		2,281,819
	Total liabilities and shareholders' equity				$               5,016,685		$               4,804,186
	(1) Included short-term loans to and interest receivable from SINA of $268.4 million as of  June 30, 2020 and $236.6 million as of December 31, 2019.

 

WEIBO CORPORATION
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP TO GAAP RESULTS
(In thousands, except per share data)
				Three months ended
				June 30, 2020						June 30, 2019						March 31, 2020
								Non-GAAP						Non-GAAP						Non-GAAP
				Actual		Adjustments		Results		Actual		Adjustments		Results		Actual		Adjustments		Results
Advertising and marketing				$      340,584				$      340,584		$    370,660				$    370,660		$    275,422				$    275,422
Value-added service				46,809				46,809		61,176				61,176		47,967				47,967
	Net revenues			$      387,393				$      387,393		$    431,836				$    431,836		$    323,389				$    323,389
						(14,894)	(a)					(14,134)	(a)					(15,294)	(a)
						(816)	(b)					(849)	(b)					(828)	(b)
Total costs and expenses				$      281,208		$    (15,710)		$      265,498		$    280,570		$    (14,983)		$    265,587		$    265,374		$    (16,122)		$    249,252
						14,894	(a)					14,134	(a)					15,294	(a)
						816	(b)					849	(b)					828	(b)
Income from operations				$      106,185		$      15,710		$      121,895		$    151,266		$      14,983		$    166,249		$      58,015		$      16,122		$      74,137
						14,894	(a)					14,134	(a)					15,294	(a)
						816	(b)					849	(b)					828	(b)
						(117,379)	(c)					41,954	(c)					2,938	(c)
						3,389	(d)					(2,820)	(d)					(5,285)	(d)
						112	(e)					(1,588)	(e)					3	(e)
						12,882	(f)					(127)	(f)					172	(f)
						1,369	(g)					1,037	(g)					1,369	(g)
Net income attributable to Weibo				$      198,416		$    (83,917)		$      114,499		$    102,996		$      53,439		$    156,435		$      52,108		$      15,319		$      67,427
Diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo				$             0.86	*			$             0.50	*	$           0.46				$           0.68	*	$           0.23				$           0.30
Shares used in computing  diluted
net income per share attributable to Weibo				233,983				233,983		226,277		6,754	(h)	233,031		227,029				227,029
Adjusted EBITDA:
	Non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo							$      114,499						$    156,435						$      67,427
		Interest income,net						(12,635)						(15,648)						(13,349)
		Income tax expenses						27,862						26,200						15,711
		Depreciation expenses						6,074						5,891						5,974
	Adjusted EBITDA							$      135,800						$    172,878						$      75,763
WEIBO CORPORATION
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP TO GAAP RESULTS
(In thousands, except per share data)
				Six months ended
				June 30, 2020						June 30, 2019
								Non-GAAP						Non-GAAP
				Actual		Adjustments		Results		Actual		Adjustments		Results
Advertising and marketing				$      616,006				$      616,006		$    711,801				$    711,801
Value-added service				94,776				94,776		119,212				119,212
	Net revenues			$      710,782				$      710,782		$    831,013				$    831,013
						(30,188)	(a)					(27,029)	(a)
						(1,644)	(b)					(1,709)	(b)
Total costs and expenses				$      546,582		$    (31,832)		$      514,750		$    556,678		$    (28,738)		$    527,940
						30,188	(a)					27,029	(a)
						1,644	(b)					1,709	(b)
Income from operations				$      164,200		$      31,832		$      196,032		$    274,335		$      28,738		$    303,073
						30,188	(a)					27,029	(a)
						1,644	(b)					1,709	(b)
						(114,441)	(c)					4,157	(c)
						(1,896)	(d)					(1,571)	(d)
						115	(e)					(1,633)	(e)
						13,054	(f)					(253)	(f)
						2,738	(g)					2,072	(g)
Net income attributable to Weibo				$      250,524		$    (68,598)		$      181,926		$    253,438		$      31,510		$    284,948
Diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo				$             1.10				$             0.80		$           1.12				$           1.25	*
Shares used in computing  diluted
net income per share attributable to Weibo				227,129				227,129		226,210		6,753	(h)	232,963
Adjusted EBITDA:
	Non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo							$      181,926						$    284,948
		Interest income, net						(25,984)						(29,856)
		Income tax expenses						43,573						47,399
		Depreciation expenses						12,048						11,196
	Adjusted EBITDA							$      211,563						$    313,687
(a)  To exclude stock-based compensation.
(b)  To exclude amortization of intangible assets.
(c)  To exclude net results of impairment on, gain/loss on sale of and fair value change of investments.
(d)  To exclude the non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items on the share of equity method investments.
(e)  To exclude non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items for the income/loss attributable to non-controlling interests.
(f)  To exclude the provision for income tax related to item (b) and (c). Other non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items have no income tax effect.
The Company considered the tax implication arising from the reconciliation items and part of these items recorded in entities in tax free jurisdictions were without relevant tax implications.
For impairment on investments, valuation allowances were made for those differences the Company does not expect they can be realized in the foreseeable future.
(g)  To exclude the amortization of convertible debt and senior notes issuance cost.
(h)  To adjust the number of shares for dilution resulted from convertible debt which were anti-dilutive under GAAP measures.
*  Net income attributable to Weibo is adjusted for interest expense of convertible debt for calculating diluted EPS.

 

WEIBO CORPORATION
UNAUDITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(In thousands)
		Three months ended						Six months ended
		June 30,				March 31,		June 30,
		2020		2019		2020		2020		2019
Net revenues
	Advertising and marketing
	Key accounts and small & medium-sized enterprises	$         304,838		$         346,541		$         247,855		$         552,693		$         671,047
	Alibaba	35,746		24,119		27,567		63,313		40,754
	Subtotal	340,584		370,660		275,422		616,006		711,801
	Value-added service	46,809		61,176		47,967		94,776		119,212
		$         387,393		$         431,836		$         323,389		$         710,782		$         831,013

 

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What were Weibo's net revenues for Q2 2020?

Weibo's net revenues for Q2 2020 were $387.4 million, a 10% decrease year-over-year.

What is Weibo's guidance for Q3 2020 revenues?

Weibo estimates its Q3 2020 revenues to decrease by 5% to 7% year-over-year.

How much did Weibo's net income change in Q2 2020?

Net income for Q2 2020 was $198.4 million, up from $103 million in Q2 2019.

What is the diluted earnings per share for Weibo in Q2 2020?

Weibo reported a diluted EPS of $0.86 for Q2 2020.

How many monthly active users did Weibo have in June 2020?

Weibo had 523 million monthly active users in June 2020.