Swvl 3Q21 Earnings Prepared Remarks
Abdelrahman Sukar
Good morning and welcome to Swvl
Inc.s third quarter 2021 earnings call. A copy of our Q3 earnings press release issued on October 12th is available in the Investor Relations tab of our website at www.Swvl.com.
Joining me on the call are Mostafa Kandil, our Cofounder and CEO, and Youssef Salem, our CFO, who will provide some additional color on the quarter as well as several of the recent announcements that we have made.
Before we begin, we would like to remind everyone that comments made by management today will contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements include plans, expectations, estimates and projects that involve significant risks and uncertainties. These risks are discussed in the registration statement on Form F-4 filed by Pivotal Holdings Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, in connection with the Companys proposed business combination with Queens Gambit Growth Capital. Actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in these forward-looking statements.
In addition, during todays call, management will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations
to the most comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the schedules contained in our earnings report.
I will now turn the call over to Youssef
to discuss our third quarter financial results. Youssef?
Youssef Salem
Thanks, Abdelrahman.
Despite the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we achieved exceptional third quarter results, drove significant growth in revenue, users, bookings, and utilization, and more than tripled our business year-over-year.
For the quarter, we reported $16.0 million of gross revenue, up 264% year-over-year, and 1,355% over the past three years and increased bookings by
approximately 230% year-over-year to 9.0 million. We grew our base of active users by approximately 207% year-over-year to 507,700 as we continue to see strong demand for our safe, reliable, and affordable transportation services, and achieved
an impressive 83% fleet utilization rate, which represents an improvement of 73% over the last three years.
Cairo, the first market where Swvl launched,
is a useful illustration for the transformative and profitable potential of our business model as it scales and matures. There, we continue to see strong double-digit month on month growth and achieved 92% utilization, 31% gross margin and -2.9% net margin.
Our gross margin for the quarter was 17.6%, an improvement of 780% over the last two years, while net
margin was -12.5%, an improvement of 279% over the last two years. Notably, Swvl turned net margin profitable during COVID-19 in the third quarter of 2020 to conserve
cash, demonstrating our ability to strategically balance growth and profitability and navigate dynamic market environments.