Earnings Sentiment

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Earnings Call Transcript Word Cloud

     

Bullish Statements during Earnings call

Statement
Additionally, we are very glad to see the quality of our newly acquired customers further improved in the fourth quarter
Benefiting from the higher interest rate environment, fourth quarter total revenue reached US $70 million, a 9.6% increase compared to the same period of last year
Our local business is gradually expanding, and the user quality also improved from time-to-time
We have made significant improvement in various aspects, including product offering, industry know-how, user base, and profitability
This valuable experience will help us to have sustainable growth in the future
We are proud of our international reach and will continue to serve our clients with dedication and innovation
Additionally, the average net asset inflow from newly acquired clients in the fourth quarter exceeded $5,000 USD, indicating a good user quality in the Hong Kong market and a big growth opportunity for us to explore in the future
So given the foreign exchange rate was relatively stable in the first quarter, we expect the profitability in the first quarter will be much better than the fourth quarter
We believe that the markets we have already entered have tremendous potential
Additionally, we saw significant improvement in our bottom line in 2023, primarily due to our brand strength and R&D capabilities, which enabled us to save costs and deploy resources more efficiently
[Foreign Language] Our 2B business continues to perform well
And in terms of run rate, so we have seen an increase in trading activities during the first two months of this year, and we also saw very strong client-led asset inflow
We have seen an increase in organic traffic and month-to-month referrals and led to high number of new funded accounts in the fourth quarter
Total client assets jumped 62.1% quarter-over-quarter and more than doubled year-over-year, to US $30.6 billion at the end of 2023
In the fourth quarter, by leveraging our strong presence in the Singapore, we were working with partners to explore customer acquisition initiatives in the Southeast Asian region, which resulted in a rise in quarterly new funded accounts while reducing average CAC to a historical low of below US $150
In terms of total client assets, the trend of asset inflow remains strong
[Foreign Language] In 2023, we continue to advance our internationalization strategy, further solidifying our leading position in Singapore and officially enter Hong Kong
In markets like Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, we have even more room to improve and expand
We saw a record US $8.2 billion net asset inflow this quarter, in addition to US $3.5 billion from market-to-market gain
Total revenue was $70 million this quarter, remain last quarter-over-quarter, and increased 9.6% year-over-year
Full year net profit reached US $32.6 million, non-GAAP net profit reached US $42.7 million, a record high since our company founding and representing a jump of 14.8 times and 3.4 times of the same figure in 2022
[Foreign Language] We continuance to add new products on our platform, to enhance user experience, which we believe is the key to our long-term success
In the fourth quarter these efforts gain more trust and recommendation from global investors, who transferred their provision to our platform
In the first quarter of this year, we uplifted the Type 1 License with SFC, allowing professional investors to -- sorry, allowing PI users to trade crypto on the Tiger Hong Kong platform
Our full year total revenue amounted to US $273 million, representing a 21% increase from 2022
For the year of 2023, total GAAP profit was $32.6 million and non-GAAP net income was $42.7 million, a historical high in our company history
The average net asset inflow of newly acquired clients in Singapore was above US $16,000 in the fourth quarter, setting a historic high since our launch into the Singapore retail market
This positions us as one of the first mainstream online brokerage firms in Hong Kong to receive approval for such a license upgrade
So in 2024, our focus will remain on the markets they've already entered by optimizing the efficiency of our R&D resources, introducing more product features, including virtual assets trading to enhance our ARPU and profitability
Also, we have been optimizing our product offering over the past year, and we are quite satisfied with the level of improvement in our current product features
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

Statement
First one is, the net profit has increased significantly in 2023, but profitability in Q4 was dropped sequentially, mainly because of the FX loss
The sequential drop in bottom line was primarily due to a non cash foreign exchange losses resulted from the depreciation of the U.S
dollar against other currency, we recorded a US $7 million non-cash foreign exchange loss versus a US $2 million foreign exchange gain in the third quarter, resulting our non-GAAP net income decline quarter-by-quarter to US $1.1 million
So the total net revenue decreased $4 million quarter-over-quarter
Wu Tianhua [Foreign Language] So the non-GAAP bottom line decreased in the first quarter versus the third quarter
We have also navigated through market turbulence, geopolitical and regulatory uncertainties
The third reason is foreign exchange losses
GAAP net loss was $1.8 million
Marketing expense were $5.8 million this quarter, decreased 22% year-over-year as we remember (16:16) them as marketing campaigns
As a result, the contribution of the increased current asset from this kind of institutional investors to our commission revenue was fairly limited in the fourth quarter so far
A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement
We saw the customer AUM has increased significantly in the fourth quarter, but the commission turnover did not improve that much
Execution and clearing expense were $2.2 million, decreased to 44% from the same quarter of last year, primarily due to more efficiency in self-clearing for U.S
So, combine those two factors, so it leads to a non cash decrease of about $9 million on a sequential basis
   

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