RISE Education Cayman Ltd (REDU) Q2 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

RISE Education Cayman Ltd (REDU) Q2 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

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RISE Education Cayman Ltd (NASDAQ: REDU)
Q2 2019 Earnings Call
Aug. 15, 2019, 9:00 p.m. ET

Contents:

  • Prepared Remarks

  • Questions and Answers

  • Call Participants

Prepared Remarks:

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the RISE Education Second Quarter 2019 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I must advise you that this conference is being recorded today, Friday, 16th of August 2019.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Ms. Mei Li. Thank you. Please go ahead.

Mei Li -- Director of Investor Relations

Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone, and welcome to RISE Education's Second Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. Today, you will hear from Mr. Sun Yiding CEO, who will give you an overview of the company's strategy and recent developments, followed by Ms. Lu Jiandong, COO and CFO, who will go over our financial results in more detail.

Before we proceed, I would like to remind you that this discussion may contain certain forward-looking statements made under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations. To understand the factors that could cause results to materially differ from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to our Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 19, 2019. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable law.

At this point, I'd like to turn the call over to Mr. Sun Yiding. Please go ahead.

Yiding Sun -- Chief Executive Officer and Director

[Foreign Speech] Thank you. I will read through Mr. Sun's prepared remarks, I'm pleased with our performance during the quarter and the adaptability of our team as they continue to enhance our operations in a rapidly changing environment. Revenues came in at RMB367.1 million, an increase of 22.3% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA margin came in higher than our expectations at 24.2% during the quarter, this result demonstrates the effectiveness of our continued efforts to drive strong revenue growth while generating healthy margins. The student enrollment will be caused [Phonetic] are composed of registration of new students and the retention of existing ones. Total student enrollments during the quarter were 10,106, but this number is indirectly comparable to the same period of last year. This is primarily because on a city by city basis, we are not allowed to charge our students to pay tuition fees for the next level of course until they complete the existing one. We have quickly adjusted our sales strategy to accommodate to the new tuition fee collection schedule, which breaks down our standard quarter into three or four installments throughout the period. The new collection schedules began being implemented in December 2018 in Beijing and Wuxi.