Grab Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GRAB) today announced unaudited
financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
“Our focus on product-led growth is bearing
fruit, with On-Demand GMV scaling to new highs in spite of the
seasonal impact we usually see in the first quarter of the year.
Our push on affordability and reliability is pulling more people
onto our platform and driving up order frequency. We also continue
to see our partner earnings trending up,” said Anthony Tan,
Group Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Grab. “We
continue to strengthen our category position and we will leverage
this scale and our technological edge to serve our users and
partners better.”
“We continued to drive profitable growth in the
first quarter, as we achieved another record Adjusted EBITDA,” said
Peter Oey, Chief Financial Officer of Grab. “As we
drive growth across our business, we remain focused on continued
improvements in profitability as demonstrated by our ninth
consecutive quarter of Group Adjusted EBITDA expansion while
improving shareholder returns and managing our balance sheet.
Pursuant to our $500 million share repurchase program, we have
repurchased approximately $97 million worth of Class A ordinary
shares in March, and also paid down the remaining $497 million
balance of our Term Loan B.”
Changes to Segment
Reporting
As announced in the prior quarter, beginning
with this first quarter 2024, Grab made a number of reporting
changes to align with changes in how we are managing and evaluating
the performance of our business and to facilitate comparison with
our industry peers.
As part of the segment reporting changes, we
have discontinued the reporting of GMV for our Financial Services
segment, consistent with our strategic focus on ecosystem
transactions and lending for GrabFin and our digital banks, and we
limit our GMV reporting to our On-Demand businesses. Additionally,
Advertising contributions previously reported within the Enterprise
and New Initiatives segment are now reported in the respective
Mobility, Deliveries and Financial Services segments in accordance
with the relevant Advertising products. Other reporting changes
made include a portion of payment transaction revenues and
transaction costs (which we refer to as the net cost of funds) and
other relevant support costs previously reported in our Financial
Services segment that relate to Mobility and Deliveries
transactions now being allocated to the respective Mobility and
Deliveries segments. Selected regional corporate costs that support
our Mobility, Deliveries and Financial Services segments are now
also allocated to these respective segments. After the
aforementioned reporting updates are made, Grab’s four reporting
segments include: Deliveries, Mobility, Financial Services, and
Others.
We have provided certain unaudited historical
financial data that is on a basis consistent with our revised
segment structure in the section headed “Segment Reporting Changes”
below. These reporting changes only affect segment allocation of
our financial results and do not revise or restate our previously
reported consolidated financial statements.
Group First Quarter 2024 Key Operational
and Financial Highlights1
($ in millions,unless otherwise
stated) |
Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
YoY %Change |
YoY %Change |
|
(unaudited) |
(unaudited) |
|
(constant currency4) |
Operating metrics: |
|
|
|
|
On-Demand GMV2 |
4,242 |
3,600 |
18% |
21% |
Group MTUs (millions of users) |
38.5 |
33.3 |
16% |
|
On-Demand MTUs (millions of users) |
34.4 |
28.9 |
19% |
|
On-Demand GMV per MTU ($) |
123 |
125 |
(1)% |
2% |
Partner incentives |
177 |
169 |
4% |
|
Consumer incentives |
239 |
222 |
8% |
|
Loan portfolio3 |
363 |
196 |
86% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial measures: |
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
653 |
525 |
24% |
29% |
Operating loss |
(75) |
(204) |
63% |
|
Loss for the period |
(115) |
(250) |
54% |
|
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
153 |
35 |
332% |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
62 |
(67) |
NM |
|
Net cash used in operating activities (Operating Cash Flow) |
(11) |
(158) |
93% |
|
Adjusted Free Cash Flow |
(98) |
(213) |
53% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Revenue grew 24% year-over-year
(“YoY”) to $653 million in the first quarter of 2024, or 29% on a
constant currency basis4, driven by revenue growth across all
segments amid a reduction in On-Demand incentives as a percentage
of On-Demand GMV.
- On-Demand GMV grew 18% YoY, or 21%
YoY on a constant currency basis, supported by strong underlying
demand growth across Deliveries and Mobility, with On-Demand MTUs
growing by 19% YoY, despite seasonal headwinds as a result of the
Chinese New Year festivities and the Ramadan fasting period in the
first quarter.
- Total incentives were $416 million
in the first quarter of 2024, with incentives primarily
attributable to the On-Demand segments. On-Demand incentives as a
proportion of On-Demand GMV reduced to 9.7% in the first quarter,
compared to 10.7% in the same period in 2023, reflecting our focus
on reducing our cost to serve while improving the health of our
marketplace.
- Operating loss in the first quarter
was $75 million, an improvement of $129 million YoY, attributable
mainly to improvements in revenue and lower general and
administrative expenses.
- Loss for the quarter was $115
million, an improvement of $134 million YoY, primarily due to
improvements in Group Adjusted EBITDA, and reductions in net
interest expenses and share-based compensation expenses. Our loss
for the quarter included a $31 million foreign exchange loss, and
$94 million in non-cash share-based compensation expenses.
- Group Adjusted EBITDA was $62
million for the quarter, an improvement of $129 million YoY
compared to negative $67 million for the same period in 2023, as we
continued to grow On-Demand GMV and revenue, while improving
profitability on a Segment Adjusted EBITDA basis and lowering
Regional corporate costs5. We also recorded sequential improvements
in Group Adjusted EBITDA on a quarter-over-quarter (“QoQ”) basis
for nine consecutive quarters.
- Regional corporate costs5 for the
quarter were $91 million, compared to $102 million in the same
period in 2023 and $100 million in the prior quarter. We focused on
driving cost efficiencies across our organization, with staff costs
within regional corporate costs declining 20% YoY, and cloud costs
declining 15% YoY.
- Cash liquidity6 totaled $5.3
billion at the end of the first quarter, compared to $6.0 billion
at the end of the prior quarter, with a substantial part of the
cash outflow attributed to the full repayment of the outstanding
principal and accrued interest of our Term Loan B of $497 million,
and the repurchase of 30 million shares in the aggregate principal
amount of $96.6 million pursuant to our share repurchase program.
Our net cash liquidity7 was $5.0 billion at the end of the first
quarter, compared to $5.2 billion at the end of the prior
quarter.
- Net cash used in operating
activities was negative $11 million in the first quarter of 2024,
an improvement of $147 million YoY, driven by a reduction in loss
before income tax. Correspondingly, Adjusted Free Cash Flow was
negative $98 million in the first quarter of 2024, driven by the
seasonality of payments made during the first quarter, and improved
by $115 million YoY on improving profitability.
Business Outlook
Financial Measure |
Guidance |
FY 2024 |
|
Revenue |
$2.70 billion – $2.75 billion14% – 17%
YoY(Unchanged) |
Adjusted EBITDA |
$250 million – $270 million(Previous: $180 million – $200
million) |
|
|
The guidance represents our expectations as of
the date of this press release, and may be subject to change.
Segment Financial and Operational
Highlights
Deliveries
($ in millions,unless otherwise
stated) |
Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
YoY %Change |
YoY %Change |
|
(unaudited) |
(unaudited) |
|
(constant currency) |
Operating metrics: |
|
|
|
|
GMV |
2,695 |
2,381 |
13% |
16% |
|
|
|
|
|
Financial measures: |
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
350 |
294 |
19% |
24% |
Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
42 |
(19) |
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Deliveries revenue grew 19% YoY, or
24% YoY on a constant currency basis, to $350 million in the first
quarter from $294 million in the same period in 2023. The strong
growth was primarily attributed to robust GMV growth from our Food
Deliveries business, as well as growing contributions from Jaya and
Advertising businesses.
- Deliveries GMV grew 13% YoY, or 16%
YoY on a constant currency basis, to $2,695 million in the first
quarter of 2024, underpinned by an increase in transactions, as
well as growth in Deliveries MTUs.
- Deliveries segment adjusted EBITDA
as a percentage of GMV stood at 1.6% in the first quarter of 2024,
compared to negative 0.8% in the first quarter of 2023, amid
greater optimization of our incentive spend as a percentage of
Deliveries GMV, lowered overhead expenses and increasing
contributions from Advertising.
- During the first quarter, the total
number of monthly active advertisers who joined our self-serve
platform increased 46% YoY to 119,000 while average spend by
monthly active advertisers on our self-serve platform increased 54%
YoY, as we continued to deepen Advertising penetration among our
merchant-partners.
- Adoption of Saver and Priority
Deliveries continues to grow. Saver deliveries, which offers users
a lower delivery charge in exchange for a longer delivery time and
improved batch rates, has seen adoption growing to 26% of
Deliveries transactions8 in the first quarter of 2024, from 23% in
the prior quarter.
Mobility
($ in millions,unless otherwise
stated) |
Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
YoY %Change |
YoY %Change |
|
(unaudited) |
(unaudited) |
|
(constant currency) |
Operating metrics: |
|
|
|
|
GMV |
1,547 |
1,219 |
27% |
30% |
|
|
|
|
|
Financial measures: |
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
247 |
194 |
27% |
30% |
Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
138 |
97 |
41% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Mobility revenues continued to grow
strongly, rising 27% YoY, or 30% YoY on a constant currency basis,
in the first quarter 2024. Growth was broad-based, with positive
revenue growth across all of our core markets being driven by
continued growth in domestic demand, as well as further growth in
inbound international tourist demand.
- Mobility GMV increased 27% YoY, or
30% YoY on a constant currency basis to $1,547 million during the
quarter, driven mainly by a 27% YoY growth in Mobility MTUs.
- Mobility segment adjusted EBITDA as
a percentage of Mobility GMV was 8.9% in the first quarter of 2024,
increasing from 8.0% in the same period last year, attributable to
an increase in revenues and optimization of our overhead
expenses.
- During the quarter, we continued to
increase active driver supply while optimizing our existing driver
supply to meet the strong demand growth. In the first quarter of
2024, monthly active driver supply increased by 11% YoY and 2% QoQ,
while quarterly active driver retention rates remained healthy at
90%, and average driver earnings per transit hour9 increased by 9%
YoY and 4% QoQ.
- Our efforts to improve driver
supply resulted in 622 basis points reduction in the proportion of
surged Mobility rides10 YoY. Underpinned by strong demand levels,
Mobility fulfillment rates also improved YoY.
Financial Services
($ in millions, unless otherwise
stated) |
Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
YoY % Change |
YoY % Change |
|
(unaudited) |
(unaudited) |
|
(constant currency) |
Operating metrics: |
|
|
|
|
Loan portfolio |
363 |
196 |
86% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial measures: |
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
55 |
36 |
53% |
56% |
Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
(28) |
(43) |
34% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Revenue for Financial Services grew
53% YoY, or 56% YoY on a constant currency basis, to $55 million in
the first quarter of 2024. The YoY growth was driven by increased
contributions mainly from lending across GrabFin and Digibank, and
improved monetization of GrabFin’s payment services.
- Segment adjusted EBITDA for the
quarter improved by 34% YoY to negative $28 million, attributable
to the increase in revenues amid growing contributions from higher
margin lending activities, coupled with a further reduction in
overhead expenses. We continued to streamline our cost base across
GrabFin’s businesses, with total operating expenses improving by
15% YoY and 14% QoQ, with the YoY improvement driven by lower staff
costs, and further optimization of cost of funds and credit and
compliance costs as a percentage of revenues. Total operating
expenses for Digibank reduced 23% QoQ, as expenses lowered
following the launch of GXBank, our Digibank in Malaysia, in
November 2023, but also recorded a 48% YoY increase in total
operating expenses due to the launch of GXBank.
- We continued to focus on lending to
our ecosystem partners across GrabFin and Digibank, with total loan
disbursements during the quarter growing by 64% YoY and 9% QoQ, and
loan portfolio ending the quarter at $363 million from $196 million
in the same period last year. As of March 31, 2024, around 80% of
GXS Bank’s FlexiLoan customers were also Grab users. We remained
prudent in our management of credit risk in our loan portfolio,
with non-performing loans (more than 90 days past due) at 2% of our
loan portfolio.
- Deposits from customers in our
Digibank business were $479 million at the end of the first quarter
2024, growing from $36 million in the same period last year and
$374 million in the prior quarter. QoQ growth was mainly driven by
an increased number of deposit customers for GXBank, our Digibank
in Malaysia, which doubled to 262,000 customers as of March, from
131,000 customers at the end of 2023. Notably, over 90% of deposit
customers of GXBank are also Grab users.
- Net Cost of Funds, a variable cost
that supports the payment platform across our On-Demand and
Financial Services segments, and offset by fees earned from payment
services, was stable YoY and QoQ at 0.7% of total payments volume11
in the first quarter of 2024.
Others
($ in millions,unless otherwise
stated) |
Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
YoY %Change |
YoY %Change |
|
(unaudited) |
(unaudited) |
|
(constant currency) |
Financial measures: |
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
1 |
1 |
53% |
53% |
Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
1 |
(*) |
NM |
|
* Amount less than $1 million
- Revenue for Others grew 53% YoY, to
$1 million in the first quarter of 2024, with segment adjusted
EBITDA at $1 million in the same period.
About Grab
Grab is a leading superapp in Southeast Asia,
operating across the deliveries, mobility and digital financial
services sectors. Serving over 700 cities in eight Southeast Asian
countries – Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – Grab enables
millions of people everyday to order food or groceries, send
packages, hail a ride or taxi, pay for online purchases or access
services such as lending and insurance, all through a single app.
Grab was founded in 2012 with the mission to drive Southeast Asia
forward by creating economic empowerment for everyone. Grab strives
to serve a triple bottom line – we aim to simultaneously deliver
financial performance for our shareholders and have a positive
social impact, which includes economic empowerment for millions of
people in the region, while mitigating our environmental
footprint.
We use our website as a means of disclosing
material non-public information. Such disclosures will be included
on our website in the “Investor Relations'' section or at
investors.grab.com. Accordingly, investors should monitor such
sections of our website, in addition to following our press
releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our
website does not constitute a part of this document and is not
incorporated by reference herein.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document and the announced investor webcast
contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
“safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of
historical fact contained in this document and the webcast,
including but not limited to, statements about Grab’s goals,
targets, projections, outlooks, beliefs, expectations, strategy,
plans, objectives of management for future operations of Grab, and
growth opportunities, are forward-looking statements. Some of these
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
forward-looking words, including “anticipate,” “expect,” “suggest,”
“plan,” “believe,” “intend,” “estimate,” “target,” “project,”
“should,” “could,” “would,” “may,” “will,” “forecast” or other
similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based upon
estimates and forecasts and reflect the views, assumptions,
expectations, and opinions of Grab, which involve inherent risks
and uncertainties, and therefore should not be relied upon as being
necessarily indicative of future results. A number of factors,
including macro-economic, industry, business, regulatory and other
risks, could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not
limited to: Grab’s ability to grow at the desired rate or scale and
its ability to manage its growth; its ability to further develop
its business, including new products and services; its ability to
attract and retain partners and consumers; its ability to compete
effectively in the intensely competitive and constantly changing
market; its ability to continue to raise sufficient capital; its
ability to reduce net losses and the use of partner and consumer
incentives, and to achieve profitability; potential impact of the
complex legal and regulatory environment on its business; its
ability to protect and maintain its brand and reputation; general
economic conditions, in particular as a result of currency exchange
fluctuations and inflation; expected growth of markets in which
Grab operates or may operate; and its ability to defend any legal
or governmental proceedings instituted against it. In addition to
the foregoing factors, you should also carefully consider the other
risks and uncertainties described under “Item 3. Key Information –
D. Risk Factors” and in other sections of Grab’s annual report on
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023, as well as in other
documents filed by Grab from time to time with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date they are made. Grab does not undertake any obligation to
update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future developments, or otherwise, except as required
under applicable law.
Unaudited Financial
Information
Grab’s unaudited selected financial data for the
three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 included in this
document and the investor webcast is based on financial data
derived from Grab’s management accounts that have not been reviewed
or audited.
Certain amounts and percentages that appear in
this document may not sum due to rounding.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
This document and the investor webcast include
references to non-IFRS financial measures, which include: Adjusted
EBITDA, Segment Adjusted EBITDA, Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin,
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted
Free Cash Flow. Grab uses Adjusted EBITDA, Segment Adjusted EBITDA,
Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin, Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA, and
Adjusted EBITDA margin for financial and operational
decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period
comparisons, and Grab’s management believes that these non-IFRS
financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information
regarding its performance by excluding certain items that may not
be indicative of its recurring core business operating results. For
example, Grab’s management uses Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA as a
useful indicator of the economics of Grab’s business segments, as
it does not include regional corporate costs. Adjusted Free Cash
Flow excludes the effects of the movement in working capital for
our lending and digital banking deposit activities. Grab uses
Adjusted Free Cash Flow to monitor business performance and assess
its cash flow activity other than its lending and digital banking
deposit activities, and Grab’s management believes that the
additional disclosure serves as a useful indicator for comparison
with the cash flow reporting of certain of its peers.
However, there are a number of limitations
related to the use of non-IFRS financial measures, and as such, the
presentation of these non-IFRS financial measures should not be
considered in isolation from, or as an alternative to, financial
measures determined in accordance with IFRS. In addition, these
non-IFRS financial measures may differ from non-IFRS financial
measures with comparable names used by other companies. See below
for additional explanations about the non-IFRS financial measures,
including their definitions and a reconciliation of these measures
to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measures. With
regard to forward-looking non-IFRS guidance and targets provided in
this document and the investor webcast, Grab is unable to provide a
reconciliation of these forward-looking non-IFRS measures to the
most directly comparable IFRS measures without unreasonable efforts
because the information needed to reconcile these measures is
dependent on future events, many of which Grab is unable to control
or predict.
Explanation of non-IFRS financial measures:
- Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS
financial measure calculated as profit (loss) for the period
adjusted to exclude: (i) net interest income (expenses), (ii) net
other income (expenses), (iii) income tax expenses (credit), (iv)
depreciation and amortization, (v) share-based compensation
expenses, (vi) costs related to mergers and acquisitions, (vii)
foreign exchange gain (loss), (viii) impairment losses on goodwill
and non-financial assets, (ix) fair value changes on investments,
(x) restructuring costs, (xi) legal, tax and regulatory settlement
provisions and (xii) share listing and associated expenses.
Starting from this earnings release, realized foreign exchange gain
(loss) is additionally excluded from Adjusted EBITDA (as compared
to only unrealized foreign exchange gain (loss) in previous
reports). Grab’s management believes that this change would enhance
the comparison of Grab with certain of its peers. Adjusted EBITDA
for all periods presented in this earnings release reflect this new
definition of Adjusted EBITDA.
- Segment Adjusted EBITDA is a
non-IFRS financial measure, representing the Adjusted EBITDA of
each of our four business segments, excluding, in each case,
regional corporate costs.
- Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin is a
non-IFRS financial measure, calculated as Segment Adjusted EBITDA
divided by Gross Merchandise Value. For Financial Services and
Others, Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated as Segment
Adjusted EBITDA divided by Revenue.
- Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA is a
non-IFRS financial measure, representing the sum of Adjusted EBITDA
of our four business segments.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin is a
non-IFRS financial measure calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by
Revenue.
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow is a
non-IFRS financial measure, defined as net cash flows from
operating activities less capital expenditures, excluding changes
in working capital related to loans and advances to customers, and
deposits from the digital banking business.
|
Three months endedMarch 31, |
|
2024 |
2023 |
($ in millions, unless otherwise stated) |
$ |
$ |
Loss for the period |
(115) |
(250) |
|
|
|
Income tax expense |
13 |
11 |
Share of loss of equity-accounted investees (net of tax) |
4 |
1 |
Net finance costs (including foreign exchange (gain) loss) |
23 |
34 |
Operating loss |
(75) |
(204) |
Net other income |
(2) |
(3) |
Depreciation and amortization |
40 |
35 |
Share-based compensation expenses |
94 |
103 |
Impairment losses on goodwill and non-financial assets |
– |
* |
Restructuring costs |
1 |
1 |
Legal, tax and regulatory settlement provisions |
4 |
1 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
62 |
(67) |
Regional corporate costs |
91 |
102 |
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
153 |
35 |
|
|
|
Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
|
|
Deliveries |
42 |
(19) |
Mobility |
138 |
97 |
Financial services |
(28) |
(43) |
Others |
1 |
(*) |
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
153 |
35 |
* Amount less than $1 million
|
Three months endedMarch 31, |
|
2024 |
2023 |
($ in millions, unless otherwise stated) |
$ |
$ |
Net cash used in operating activities |
(11) |
(158) |
Less: Capital expenditures |
(22) |
(25) |
Free Cash Flow |
(33) |
(183) |
|
|
|
Changes in: |
|
|
– Loan receivables in the financial services segment |
49 |
3 |
– Deposits from customers in the banking business |
(114) |
(33) |
Adjusted Free Cash Flow |
(98) |
(213) |
|
|
|
We compare the percent change in our current
period results from the corresponding prior period using constant
currency. We present constant currency growth rate information to
provide a framework for assessing how our underlying GMV and
revenue performed excluding the effect of foreign currency rate
fluctuations. We calculate constant currency by translating our
current period financial results using the corresponding prior
period’s monthly exchange rates for our transacted currencies other
than the U.S. dollar.
Operating Metrics
Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) is an operating
metric representing the sum of the total dollar value of
transactions from Grab’s products and services, including any
applicable taxes, tips, tolls, surcharges and fees, over the period
of measurement. GMV includes sales made through offline stores. GMV
is a metric by which Grab understands, evaluates and manages its
business, and Grab’s management believes is necessary for investors
to understand and evaluate its business. GMV provides useful
information to investors as it represents the amount of customer
spend that is being directed through Grab’s platform. This metric
enables Grab and investors to understand, evaluate and compare the
total amount of customer spending that is being directed through
its platform over a period of time. Grab presents GMV as a metric
to understand and compare, and to enable investors to understand
and compare, Grab’s aggregate operating results, which captures
significant trends in its business over time.
Monthly Transacting User (MTUs) is defined as
the monthly number of unique users who transact via Grab’s apps
(including OVO, GXS Bank and GXBank), where transact means to have
successfully paid for or utilized any of Grab’s products or
services (including lending). MTUs over a quarterly or annual
period are calculated based on the average of the MTUs for each
month in the relevant period. Starting from 2023, MTUs additionally
include the monthly number of unique users who transact with Grab
offline while recording their Jaya Grocer loyalty points on Grab’s
apps. MTUs additionally include the monthly number of unique users
who transact via Grab’s apps (including OVO) through group orders,
starting from the fourth quarter of 2023, and users who transact
via Grab’s apps (including GXS Bank and GXBank), starting from the
first quarter of 2024. MTUs is a metric by which Grab understands,
evaluates and manages its business, and Grab’s management believes
is necessary for investors to understand and evaluate its
business.
Partner incentives is an operating metric
representing the dollar value of incentives granted to driver- and
merchant-partners, the effect of which is to reduce revenue. For
certain delivery offerings where Grab is contractually responsible
for delivery services provided to end-users, incentives granted to
driver-partners are recognized in cost of revenue.
Consumer incentives is an operating metric
representing the dollar value of discounts and promotions offered
to consumers, the effect of which is to reduce revenue. Partner
incentives and consumer incentives are metrics by which we
understand, evaluate and manage our business, and we believe are
necessary for investors to understand and evaluate our business. We
believe these metrics capture significant trends in our business
over time.
Loan portfolio is an operating metric
representing the total of current and non-current loan receivables
in the financial services segment, net of expected credit loss
allowances.
Segment Reporting Changes
Beginning with the first quarter 2024 earnings
release, Grab reports its segment results as Deliveries, Mobility,
Financial Services, and Others:
- Deliveries primarily includes
on-demand and scheduled delivery of daily necessities including
ready-to-eat meals and groceries, as well as point-to-point package
delivery. It also includes offline sales from Jaya Grocer and
Advertising contributions.
- Mobility primarily includes rides
provided by driver-partners across a wide variety of multi-modal
mobility options including private cars, taxis, motorcycles, and
shared mobility options such as carpooling. It also includes
vehicle rentals for our driver-partners and Advertising
contributions.
- Financial services primarily
includes digital payments, lending, insurance distribution, and
digital banking services in Singapore and Malaysia.
- Others is a combination of multiple
operating businesses that are not individually material.
These reporting changes were made to align with
changes in how we are managing and evaluating the performance of
our business and to facilitate comparison with our industry
peers.
As part of the segment reporting changes, we
have discontinued the reporting of GMV for our Financial Services
segment, consistent with our strategic focus on ecosystem
transactions and lending for GrabFin and our digital banks, and we
limit our GMV reporting to our On-Demand businesses. Additionally,
Advertising contributions previously reported within the Enterprise
and New Initiatives segment are now reported in the respective
Mobility, Deliveries and Financial Services segments in accordance
with the relevant Advertising products. Other reporting changes
made include a portion of payment transaction revenues and
transaction costs (which we refer to as the net cost of funds) and
other relevant support costs previously reported in our Financial
Services segment that relate to Mobility and Deliveries
transactions now being allocated to the respective Mobility and
Deliveries segments. Selected regional corporate costs that support
our Mobility, Deliveries and Financial Services segments are now
also allocated to these respective segments. After the
aforementioned reporting updates are made, Grab’s four reporting
segments include: Deliveries, Mobility, Financial Services, and
Others.
In conjunction with these reporting changes,
certain prior year amounts have been recast to conform to the new
segment reporting structure. These reporting changes have no impact
on previously reported consolidated statements of financial
position, statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income, statement of changes in equity or statement of cash
flows.
The following table presents our On-Demand GMV,
revenues and Adjusted EBITDA (in $ millions, unaudited):
|
Recast Historical On-Demand GMV |
|
Fiscal Year |
Quarter |
Fiscal Year |
($ in millions, unaudited) |
2022 |
Q1 2023 |
Q2 2023 |
Q3 2023 |
Q4 2023 |
2023 |
Deliveries |
10,007 |
2,381 |
2,619 |
2,656 |
2,709 |
10,365 |
Mobility |
4,106 |
1,219 |
1,320 |
1,407 |
1,474 |
5,420 |
On-Demand GMV |
14,113 |
3,600 |
3,939 |
4,063 |
4,183 |
15,785 |
|
Recast Historical Revenue |
|
Fiscal Year |
Quarter |
Fiscal Year |
($ in millions, unaudited) |
2022 |
Q1 2023 |
Q2 2023 |
Q3 2023 |
Q4 2023 |
2023 |
Deliveries |
724 |
294 |
320 |
335 |
362 |
1,310 |
Mobility |
643 |
194 |
208 |
232 |
237 |
871 |
Financial Services |
64 |
36 |
39 |
48 |
54 |
177 |
Others |
2 |
1 |
* |
(*) |
* |
1 |
Revenue |
1,433 |
525 |
567 |
615 |
653 |
2,359 |
|
Recast Historical Adjusted EBITDA |
|
Fiscal Year |
Quarter |
Fiscal Year |
($ in millions, unaudited) |
2022 |
Q1 2023 |
Q2 2023 |
Q3 2023 |
Q4 2023 |
2023 |
Deliveries |
(390) |
(19) |
10 |
34 |
56 |
81 |
Mobility |
297 |
97 |
114 |
127 |
128 |
466 |
Financial Services |
(278) |
(43) |
(42) |
(36) |
(49) |
(170) |
Others |
(*) |
(*) |
(1) |
* |
* |
(1) |
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
(371) |
35 |
81 |
125 |
135 |
376 |
Regional Corporate Costs |
(422) |
(102) |
(98) |
(98) |
(100) |
(398) |
Group Adjusted EBITDA |
(793) |
(67) |
(17) |
27 |
35 |
(22) |
* Amount less than $1 million
For reference, segment results as previously
reported are as follows (in $ millions, unaudited):
|
Previously Reported Historical On-Demand GMV |
|
Fiscal Year |
Quarter |
Fiscal Year |
($ in millions, unaudited) |
2022 |
Q1 2023 |
Q2 2023 |
Q3 2023 |
Q4 2023 |
2023 |
Deliveries |
9,827 |
2,344 |
2,573 |
2,608 |
2,648 |
10,173 |
Mobility |
4,103 |
1,218 |
1,320 |
1,407 |
1,474 |
5,419 |
On-Demand GMV |
13,930 |
3,562 |
3,893 |
4,015 |
4,122 |
15,592 |
|
Previously Reported Historical Revenue |
|
Fiscal Year |
Quarter |
Fiscal Year |
($ in millions, unaudited) |
2022 |
Q1 2023 |
Q2 2023 |
Q3 2023 |
Q4 2023 |
2023 |
Deliveries |
663 |
275 |
292 |
306 |
321 |
1,194 |
Mobility |
639 |
194 |
208 |
231 |
237 |
869 |
Financial Services |
71 |
38 |
40 |
50 |
56 |
184 |
Enterprise & New Initiatives |
60 |
18 |
27 |
28 |
39 |
112 |
Revenue |
1,433 |
525 |
567 |
615 |
653 |
2,359 |
|
Previously Reported Historical Adjusted
EBITDA |
|
Fiscal Year |
Quarter |
Fiscal Year |
($ in millions, unaudited) |
2022 |
Q1 2023 |
Q2 2023 |
Q3 2023 |
Q4 2023 |
2023 |
Deliveries |
(35) |
60 |
69 |
88 |
96 |
313 |
Mobility |
494 |
152 |
163 |
180 |
182 |
676 |
Financial Services |
(415) |
(70) |
(75) |
(68) |
(81) |
(294) |
Enterprise & New Initiatives |
21 |
8 |
15 |
21 |
31 |
76 |
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA |
65 |
150 |
172 |
221 |
228 |
771 |
Regional Corporate Costs |
(858) |
(216) |
(192) |
(192) |
(193) |
(793) |
Group Adjusted EBITDA |
(793) |
(66) |
(20) |
29 |
35 |
(22) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For reference, the following tables present our
On-Demand GMV, revenues and Adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of
2024, and detail the updates from the previous to the current
segment reporting structure (in $ millions, unaudited):
($ in millions, unaudited) |
Deliveries |
Mobility |
Financial Services |
Others |
Regional Corporate Costs |
GMV, pre-segment reporting changes |
2,642 |
1,546 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Advertising GMV12 |
53 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
GMV, as reported |
2,695 |
1,547 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
($ in millions, unaudited) |
Deliveries |
Mobility |
Financial Services |
Others |
Regional Corporate Costs |
Revenue, pre-segment reporting changes |
313 |
244 |
60 |
36 |
n.a. |
Advertising and other revenue reporting changes |
37 |
3 |
(5) |
(35) |
n.a. |
Revenue, as reported |
350 |
247 |
55 |
1 |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
($ in millions, unaudited) |
Deliveries |
Mobility |
Financial Services |
Others |
Regional Corporate Costs |
Adjusted EBITDA, pre-segment reporting changes |
88 |
192 |
(58) |
26 |
(186) |
Advertising reporting changes |
24 |
* |
* |
(25) |
– |
GrabFin reporting changes |
(21) |
(16) |
37 |
– |
– |
Regional Corporate Costs reporting change |
(49) |
(38) |
(7) |
– |
95 |
Adjusted EBITDA, as reported |
42 |
138 |
(28) |
1 |
(91) |
* Amount less than $1 million
Industry and Market Data
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and other statistical data derived from third party sources ,
including research, surveys or studies, some of which are
preliminary drafts, conducted by third parties, information
provided by customers and/or industry or general publications. Such
information involves a number of assumptions and limitations and
due to the nature of the techniques and methodologies used in
market research, and as such neither Grab nor the third-party
sources can guarantee the accuracy of such information. You are
cautioned not to give undue weight on such estimates. Grab has not
independently verified such third-party information, and makes no
representation as to the accuracy of such third-party
information.
Unaudited Summary of Financial
Results
Condensed consolidated statement of
profit or loss and other comprehensive income
|
Three months endedMarch 31, |
|
2024 |
2023 |
($ in millions, except for share amounts which are reflected in
thousands and per share data) |
$ |
$ |
Revenue |
653 |
525 |
Cost of revenue |
(394) |
(372) |
Other income |
2 |
3 |
Sales and marketing expenses |
(71) |
(70) |
General and administrative expenses |
(127) |
(147) |
Research and development expenses |
(116) |
(128) |
Net impairment losses on financial assets |
(20) |
(13) |
Other expenses |
(1) |
(1) |
Restructuring costs |
(1) |
(1) |
Operating loss |
(75) |
(204) |
Finance income |
44 |
49 |
Finance costs |
(52) |
(46) |
Net change in fair value of financial assets and liabilities |
(15) |
(37) |
Net finance costs |
(23) |
(34) |
Share of loss of equity-accounted investees (net of tax) |
(4) |
(1) |
Loss before income tax |
(102) |
(239) |
Income tax expense |
(13) |
(11) |
Loss for the period |
(115) |
(250) |
|
|
|
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or
loss: |
|
|
Defined benefit plan remeasurements |
(*) |
– |
Investments and put liabilities at FVOCI – net change in fair
value |
(*) |
(11) |
Items that are or may be reclassified subsequently to
profit or loss: |
|
|
Foreign currency translation differences – foreign operations |
(27) |
26 |
Other comprehensive (loss)/ income for the period, net of
tax |
(27) |
15 |
Total comprehensive loss for the period |
(142) |
(235) |
* |
|
|
Loss attributable to: |
|
|
Owners of the Company |
(104) |
(244) |
Non-controlling interests |
(11) |
(6) |
Loss for the period |
(115) |
(250) |
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss attributable to: |
|
|
Owners of the Company |
(126) |
(226) |
Non-controlling interests |
(16) |
(9) |
Total comprehensive loss for the period |
(142) |
(235) |
|
|
|
Loss per share: |
|
|
Basic |
$ (0.03) |
$ (0.06) |
Diluted |
$ (0.03) |
$ (0.06) |
|
|
|
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding: |
|
|
Basic |
3,935,353 |
3,853,731 |
Diluted |
3,935,353 |
3,853,731 |
* Amount less than $1 million
As we incurred a net loss for the three months
ended March 31, 2024, basic loss per share was the same as diluted
loss per share.
The number of outstanding Class A and Class B
ordinary shares was 3,840 million and 113 million as of March 31,
2024, and 3,784 million and 103 million, respectively, as of March
31, 2023. 379 million and 397 million potentially dilutive
outstanding securities were excluded from the computation of
diluted loss per ordinary share because their effects would have
been antidilutive for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023 respectively, or issuance of such shares is contingent upon
the satisfaction of certain conditions which were not satisfied by
the end of the period.
Condensed consolidated statement of
financial position
|
March 31,2024 |
December 31,2023 |
($ in millions, unless otherwise stated) |
$ |
$ |
Non-current assets |
|
|
Property, plant, and equipment |
485 |
512 |
Intangible assets and goodwill |
912 |
916 |
Associates and joint venture |
95 |
102 |
Deferred tax assets |
58 |
56 |
Other investments |
1,547 |
1,188 |
Loan receivables in the financial services segment |
71 |
54 |
Deposits, prepayments and other assets |
194 |
196 |
|
3,362 |
3,024 |
Current assets |
|
|
Inventories |
48 |
49 |
Trade and other receivables |
203 |
196 |
Loan receivables in the financial services segment |
292 |
272 |
Deposits, prepayments and other assets |
282 |
208 |
Other investments |
1,892 |
1,905 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
2,113 |
3,138 |
|
4,830 |
5,768 |
Total assets |
8,192 |
8,792 |
Equity |
|
|
Share capital and share premium |
22,874 |
22,669 |
Reserves |
413 |
544 |
Accumulated losses |
(17,011) |
(16,764) |
Equity attributable to owners of the Company |
6,276 |
6,449 |
Non-controlling interests |
49 |
19 |
Total equity |
6,325 |
6,468 |
|
|
|
Non-current liabilities |
|
|
Loans and borrowings |
206 |
668 |
Provisions |
17 |
18 |
Other liabilities |
140 |
140 |
Deferred tax liabilities |
21 |
20 |
|
384 |
846 |
Current liabilities |
|
|
Loans and borrowings |
92 |
125 |
Provisions |
39 |
39 |
Trade payables and other liabilities |
855 |
925 |
Deposits from customers in the banking business |
479 |
374 |
Current tax liabilities |
18 |
15 |
|
1,483 |
1,478 |
Total liabilities |
1,867 |
2,324 |
Total equity and liabilities |
8,192 |
8,792 |
|
|
|
Condensed consolidated statement of cash
flows
|
Three months endedMarch 31, |
|
2024 |
2023 |
($ in millions, unless otherwise stated) |
$ |
$ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
Loss before income tax |
(102) |
(239) |
Adjustments for: |
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
8 |
4 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
32 |
31 |
Impairment of property, plant and equipment |
– |
* |
Equity-settled share-based payments |
94 |
103 |
Finance costs |
52 |
46 |
Net change in fair value of financial assets and liabilities |
15 |
37 |
Net impairment loss on financial assets |
20 |
13 |
Finance income |
(44) |
(49) |
Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment |
(1) |
(2) |
Share of loss of equity-accounted investees (net of tax) |
4 |
1 |
Change in provisions |
(1) |
1 |
|
77 |
(54) |
Changes in: |
|
|
– Inventories |
1 |
1 |
– Deposits pledged |
2 |
(3) |
– Trade and other receivables |
(41) |
(16) |
– Loan receivables in the financial services segment |
(49) |
(3) |
– Trade payables and other liabilities |
(102) |
(111) |
– Deposits from customers in the banking business |
114 |
34 |
Cash from/ (used in) operations |
2 |
(152) |
Income tax paid |
(13) |
(6) |
Net cash used in operating activities |
(11) |
(158) |
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities |
|
|
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment |
(11) |
(5) |
Purchase of intangible assets |
(3) |
(6) |
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment |
4 |
5 |
Acquisition of additional interest in associates and joint
venture |
(38) |
– |
(Acquisition of)/ Net proceeds from other investments |
(345) |
1,151 |
Interest received |
41 |
37 |
Net cash (used in)/ from investing activities |
(352) |
1,182 |
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
Proceeds from share-based payment arrangements |
4 |
4 |
Repurchase of ordinary shares |
(97) |
– |
Proceeds from bank loans |
30 |
25 |
Repayment of bank loans |
(521) |
(629) |
Payment of lease liabilities |
(10) |
(9) |
Proceeds from subscription of shares in subsidiaries by
non-controlling interests without change in control |
– |
* |
Deposits pledged |
(2) |
(3) |
Interest paid |
(14) |
(31) |
Net cash used in financing activities |
(610) |
(643) |
|
|
|
Net (decrease)/ increase in cash and cash
equivalents |
(973) |
381 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period |
3,138 |
1,952 |
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held |
(52) |
18 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the
period |
2,113 |
2,351 |
* Amount less than $1 million
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Source: Grab Holdings Limited
____________________________________1 The
financial results in this earnings release have been updated to
reflect the segment reporting changes. As disclosed in our Q4 2023
earnings release, our financial results beginning with the first
quarter 2024 earnings release reflect certain segment reporting
changes. See the section headed “Segment Reporting Changes” for
details.2 We consider Mobility and Deliveries segments to represent
our On-Demand businesses. On-Demand GMV is defined as the sum of
Mobility and Deliveries GMV.3 The total of current and non-current
loan receivables in the financial services segment, net of expected
credit loss allowances.4 We calculate constant currency by
translating our current period financial results using the
corresponding prior period’s monthly exchange rates for our
transacted currencies other than the U.S. dollar.5 Regional
corporate costs are costs that are not attributed to any of the
business segments, including certain cost of revenue, research and
development expenses, general and administrative expenses and
marketing expenses. These regional costs of revenue include cloud
computing costs. These regional research and development expenses
also include mapping and payment technologies and support and
development of the internal technology infrastructure. These
general and administrative expenses also include certain shared
costs such as finance, accounting, tax, human resources, technology
and legal costs. Regional corporate costs exclude share-based
compensation expenses and capitalized software costs.6 Cash
liquidity includes cash on hand, time deposits, marketable
securities and restricted cash.7 Net cash liquidity includes cash
liquidity less loans and borrowings.8 Includes completed food and
groceries transactions9 Earnings per transit hour across both
Mobility and Deliveries.10 Surged Mobility rides are defined as
completed rides where demand exceeds supply in a specified region
and/or where pricing regulations adherence is required.11 Total
Payments Volume (TPV) means total payments volume received from
consumers, which is an operating metric defined as the value of
payments, net of payment reversals, successfully completed through
our platform.12 Advertising GMV was previously recorded under the
“Enterprise & New Initiatives” segment.
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