JD.com Announces Second Quarter 2019 Results

BEIJING, Aug. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: JD), China’s leading technology driven e-commerce company and retail infrastructure service provider, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

Second Quarter 2019 Highlights

• Net revenues for the second quarter of 2019 were RMB150.3 billion (US$¹21.9 billion), an increase of 22.9% from the second quarter of 2018. Net service revenues for the second quarter of 2019 were RMB16.8 billion (US$2.4 billion), an increase of 42.0% from the second quarter of 2018.
  
  
• Income from operations for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB2,266.6 million (US$330.2 million), compared to loss from operations of RMB1,033.9 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP² income from operations for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB3,217.5 million (US$468.7 million) with a non-GAAP operating margin of 2.1%, as compared to RMB113.2 million in the second quarter of 2018 with a non-GAAP operating margin of 0.1%.
  
  
• Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB618.8 million (US$90.1 million), compared to net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of RMB2,212.5 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders increased by 644% to RMB3,558.9 million (US$518.4 million) in the second quarter of 2019 from RMB478.1 million in the second quarter of 2018.
  
  
• Diluted EPS and Non-GAAP Diluted EPS. Diluted net income per ADS for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB0.36 (US$0.05), compared to diluted net loss per ADS of RMB1.54 for the second quarter of 2018. Non-GAAP diluted net income per ADS for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB2.30 (US$0.33), compared to RMB0.33 for the same quarter last year.
  
  
• Operating cash flow for the twelve months ended June 30, 2019 increased to RMB31.8 billion (US$4.6 billion) from RMB16.4 billion for the twelve months ended June 30, 2018. Free cash flow, which excludes the impact from JD Baitiao receivables included in the operating cash flow, for the twelve months ended June 30, 2019 increased to RMB7.4 billion (US$1.1 billion), compared to outflow of RMB5.8 billion for the twelve months ended June 30, 2018.
  
  
• Annual active customer accounts³ increased to 321.3 million in the twelve months ended June 30, 2019 from 310.5 million in the twelve months ended March 31, 2019.

“Highlighted by our successful June 18^th anniversary sales event, JD’s strong performance in the second quarter further demonstrated the resilience of our superior business model in a highly competitive industry,” said Richard Liu, Chairman and CEO of JD.com. “JD’s commitment to bringing users the best overall shopping experience continues to win over consumer mindshare. We will remain focused on leveraging technology and innovation to enhance our offerings, increase efficiency and drive shareholder value for the long term.”

“JD.com delivered robust growth in the second quarter across our key metrics of revenue, profitability, cash flow and customer base,” said Sidney Huang, Chief Financial Officer of JD.com. “Our economies of scale and innovative technologies are driving operating efficiency and further strengthening our business model. Looking ahead, we will continue to invest in user experience and our talented workforce to further grow the business and create value for all of our stakeholders.”

Business Highlights

• In the second quarter, JD.com continued to attract premium international brands to its e-commerce platform. During JD’s June 18 Anniversary Sale, legendary Italian fashion house Prada Group announced a partnership under which three of its major brands Prada, Miu Miu, and Car Shoe opened first-party flagship stores on JD.com. Twenty other fashion and luxury brands have joined the JD platform since April, including French apparel brands Sandro and Maje under the SMCP Group, iconic British brand Mulberry and Italian high-end footwear brand Giuseppe Zanotti.
  
  
• Leveraging its capabilities in big data and consumer insights, JD.com continued to collaborate with brands and manufacturers to tailor products specifically for its consumers. As part of JD’s Consumer to Manufacturer (C2M) initiative, TCL, one of China’s leading appliance manufacturers, partnered with JD in April and launched three new customized smart appliances specifically for the Chinese consumer market. JD also worked with top food and beverage company Nestlé on two C2M projects. Using insights from JD, the brand was able to optimize the flavor of its Purina cat food as well as its wafer bar packages to support customer needs for a larger variety of flavors.
  
  
• In June, JD PLUS, JD.com’s premium membership program, announced an in-depth cooperation with nineteen international hotel brands including InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, AccorHotels, the Ascott and WANDA Hotels and Resorts, providing JD PLUS members even more benefits, including special discounts, room upgrades and extra loyalty points at over 15,000 hotels worldwide. The hotel partnerships join other recent additions to JD PLUS’ lifestyle offerings, including bundled memberships with key partners including Sam’s Club, iQIYI and Tencent Video. JD.com was the first e-commerce company in China to introduce a paid membership service in 2016.
  
  
• In the second quarter, JD.com continued to enhance its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) program. On World Book and Copyright Day in April, JD Logistics, JD Foundation, the China Children and Teenagers Foundation, and the Stars Youth Development Center teamed up to launch the “Book Sharing Project” enabling people from 12 major cities in China to donate children books to nearly 250 primary schools, kindergartens and community libraries in rural areas through JD’s logistics network. From May 29 to June 8, JD, Disney China, and China Charities Aid Foundation for Children launched a used toy donation project, enabling consumers from ten cities to reserve free pickups on the JD app.
  
  
• In April, JD Logistics introduced its new cold chain service which utilizes idle capacity in the industry to offer cold chain transport services. Combined with JD Logistics’ previously launched cold chain services, it has formed a one-stop shop F2B2C cold chain delivery system to meet the service demands of manufacturers, merchants, and consumers. Relying on JD Logistics’ cold chain transport capacity, iconic American food and treats brand Dairy Queen recently teamed up with JD’s direct sales platform for the global debut of its ice cream tubs.
  
  
• As of June 30, 2019, JD.com’s joint venture Dada-JD Daojia has partnered with over 300 well-known chain retailers, and continued to enrich its offerings through cooperation with other retail brands. Dada-JD Daojia teamed up with over thirty cosmetics and home retailers, including Watsons, Mannings, MINISO and NATURE REPUBLIC, launching a dedicated channel for home and fashion products on its platform. In the second quarter, Dada cooperated with JD Logistics to provide fast intra-city delivery services for merchants and consumers, with the majority of goods delivered within 30 to 60 minutes. Dada-JD Daojia is China’s leading on-demand logistics and omnichannel e-commerce platform.
  
  
• During the second quarter, JD expanded its leadership position in fulfillment capabilities among China’s e-commerce companies. As of June 30, 2019, JD.com operated approximately 600 warehouses. The total warehouses covered an aggregate gross floor area of over 15 million square meters, including approximately 2.5 million square meters managed under the JD Logistics Open Warehouse Platform. Leveraging JD Logistics sophisticated warehouse systems, the JDL Open Warehouse Platform was launched in late 2017 and consolidates warehouse capacity from partners to offer merchants and retailers convenient and flexible warehouse management solutions.
  
  
• JD.com had over 220,000 merchants on its online marketplace, and over 179,000 full-time employees as of June 30, 2019.
  

Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results

Net Revenues.  For the second quarter of 2019, JD.com reported net revenues of RMB150.3 billion (US$21.9 billion), representing a 22.9% increase from the same period in 2018. Net product revenues increased by 20.8%, while net service revenues increased by 42.0% in the second quarter of 2019, as compared to the second quarter of 2018.

Cost of Revenues.  Cost of revenues increased by 21.2% to RMB128.2 billion (US$18.7 billion) in the second quarter of 2019 from RMB105.8 billion in the second quarter of 2018. This increase was primarily due to the growth of the company’s online direct sales business and the logistics services provided to third parties.

Fulfillment Expenses.  Fulfillment expenses, which primarily include procurement, warehousing, delivery, customer service and payment processing expenses, increased by 11.4% to RMB9.2 billion (US$1.3 billion) in the second quarter of 2019 from RMB8.2 billion in the second quarter of 2018. Fulfillment expenses as a percentage of net revenues decreased to 6.1% in the second quarter of 2019, compared to 6.7% in the same period last year, mainly due to economies of scale from enhanced logistics capacity utilization and staff productivity.

Marketing Expenses.  Marketing expenses increased by 6.8% to RMB5.6 billion (US$0.8 billion) in the second quarter of 2019 from RMB5.3 billion in the second quarter of 2018.

Technology and Content Expenses.  Technology and content expenses increased by 34.0% to RMB3.7 billion (US$0.5 billion) in the second quarter of 2019 from RMB2.8 billion in the second quarter of 2018 as a result of the company’s continued investment in top R&D talent and technology infrastructure.

General and Administrative Expenses.  General and administrative expenses increased by 5.0% to RMB1.4 billion (US$0.2 billion) in the second quarter of 2019 from RMB1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2018.

Income/(loss) from operations and Non-GAAP income from operations.  Income from operations for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB2.3 billion (US$0.3 billion), compared to loss from operations of RMB1.0 billion for the same period last year. Non-GAAP income from operations for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB3.2 billion (US$0.5 billion) with a non-GAAP operating margin of 2.1%, as compared to RMB0.1 billion in the second quarter of 2018 with a non-GAAP operating margin of 0.1%.

Non-GAAP EBITDA for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB4.4 billion (US$0.6 billion) with a non-GAAP EBITDA margin of 2.9%, as compared to RMB0.9 billion with a non-GAAP EBITDA margin of 0.8% for the second quarter of 2018.

Net income/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders and Non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders.  Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB0.6 billion (US$0.1 billion), compared to net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of RMB2.2 billion for the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB3.6 billion (US$0.5 billion), compared to RMB0.5 billion for the same period last year.

Diluted EPS and Non-GAAP Diluted EPS.  Diluted net income per ADS for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB0.36 (US$0.05), compared to diluted net loss per ADS of RMB1.54 for the second quarter of 2018. Non-GAAP diluted net income per ADS for the second quarter of 2019 was RMB2.30 (US$0.33), as compared to RMB0.33 for the second quarter of 2018.

Cash Flow and Working Capital

As of June 30, 2019, the company’s cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments totaled RMB60.2 billion (US$8.8 billion), compared to RMB39.5 billion as of December 31, 2018. For the second quarter of 2019, free cash flow of the company was as follows:

* Including logistics facilities and real estate properties developed by the company’s property management group, which may be disposed under various equity structures.
** Including capital expenditures related to the company’s headquarters in Beijing and all other CAPEX.

Net cash used in investing activities was RMB21.0 billion (US$3.1 billion) for the second quarter of 2019, consisting primarily of increase in short-term investments of RMB20.3 billion (US$3.0 billion) and equity investments of RMB3.1 billion (US$0.5 billion), partially offset by the RMB3.4 billion (US$0.5 billion) cash received from the disposals of business and equity investments.

Net cash used in financing activities was RMB0.4 billion (US$0.1 billion) for the second quarter of 2019.

Half-Year Supplemental Information

The table below sets forth the half-year segment operating results:

* New Businesses of the company include technology initiatives, overseas business and logistics services provided to third parties.

The table below sets forth the half-year revenue information:

Third Quarter 2019 Guidance

Net revenues for the third quarter of 2019 are expected to be between RMB126 billion and RMB130 billion, representing a growth rate between 20% and 24% compared with the third quarter of 2018. This forecast reflects JD.com’s current and preliminary expectation, which is subject to change.

Conference Call

JD.com’s management will hold a conference call at 7:30 am, Eastern Time on August 13, 2019, (7:30 pm, Beijing/Hong Kong Time on August 13, 2019) to discuss the second quarter 2019 financial results.

Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers:

A telephone replay will be available from 10:30 am, Eastern Time on August 13, 2019 through 09:59 am, Eastern Time on August 21, 2019. The dial-in details are as follows:

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available on the company’s investor relations website at http://ir.jd.com.

About JD.com.

JD.com is a leading technology driven e-commerce company and retail infrastructure service provider in China. Its cutting-edge retail infrastructure enables consumers to buy whatever they want, whenever and wherever they want it. The company has opened its technology and infrastructure to partners, brands and other sectors, as part of its Retail as a Service offering to help drive productivity and innovation across a range of industries. JD.com is the largest retailer in China, a member of the NASDAQ100 and a Fortune Global 500 company.

Non-GAAP Measures

In evaluating the business, the company considers and uses non-GAAP measures, such as non-GAAP income/(loss) from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders, non-GAAP net margin, free cash flow, non-GAAP EBITDA, non-GAAP EBITDA margin, non-GAAP net income/(loss) per weighted average number of shares and non-GAAP net income/(loss) per ADS, as supplemental measures to review and assess operating performance. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The company defines non-GAAP income/(loss) from operations as income/(loss) from operations excluding share-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets resulting from assets and business acquisitions, effects of business cooperation arrangements, gain/(loss) on disposals of long-lived assets and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets. The company defines non-GAAP net income/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders as net income/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders excluding share-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets resulting from assets and business acquisitions, effects of business cooperation arrangements and non-compete agreements, gain/(loss) on disposals/deemed disposals of investments, reconciling items on the share of equity method investments, loss/(gain) from fair value change of long-term investments, impairment of goodwill, intangible assets and investments, gain/(loss) on disposals of long-lived assets and tax effects on non-GAAP adjustments. The company defines free cash flow as operating cash flow adjusting the impact from JD Baitiao receivables included in the operating cash flow and capital expenditures, net of proceeds from disposals of long-lived assets. Capital expenditures include purchase of property, equipment and software, cash paid for construction in progress, purchase of intangible assets and land use rights. The company defines non-GAAP EBITDA as non-GAAP income/(loss) from operations plus depreciation and amortization excluding amortization of intangible assets resulting from assets and business acquisitions. Non-GAAP basic net income/(loss) per share is calculated by dividing non-GAAP net income/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the periods. Non-GAAP diluted net income/(loss) per share is calculated by dividing non-GAAP net income/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares and dilutive potential ordinary shares outstanding during the periods, including the dilutive effect of share-based awards as determined under the treasury stock method. Non-GAAP net income/(loss) per ADS is equal to non-GAAP net income/(loss) per share multiplied by two.

The company presents these non-GAAP financial measures because they are used by management to evaluate operating performance and formulate business plans. Non-GAAP income/(loss) from operations, non-GAAP net income/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders and non-GAAP EBITDA reflect the company’s ongoing business operations in a manner that allows more meaningful period-to-period comparisons. Free cash flow enables management to assess liquidity and cash flow while taking into account the impact from JD Baitiao receivables included in the operating cash flow and the demands that the expansion of fulfillment infrastructure and technology platform has placed on financial resources. The company also believes that the use of the non-GAAP financial measures facilitates investors to understand and evaluate 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, gain/loss and other items that are not expected to result in future cash payments or that are non-recurring in nature or may not be indicative of the company's core operating results and business outlook.

The non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools. The company’s non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect all items of income and expense that affect the company’s operations or not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Further, these non-GAAP measures may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore their comparability may be limited. The company compensates for these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest U.S. GAAP performance measure, all of which should be considered when evaluating performance. The company encourages you to review the company’s financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

CONTACTS:

Investor Relations
Ruiyu Li
Senior Director of Investor Relations
+86 (10) 8912-6805
IR@JD.com

Media
+86 (10) 8911-6155
Press@JD.com

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^{1 The U.S. dollar (US$) amounts disclosed in this press release, except for those transaction amounts that were actually settled in U.S. dollars, are presented solely for the convenience of the readers. The conversion of Renminbi (RMB) into US$ in this press release is based on the exchange rate set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as of June 28, 2019, which was RMB6.8650 to US$1.00. The percentages stated in this press release are calculated based on the RMB amounts.
2 See the sections entitled “Non-GAAP Measures” and “Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results” for more information about the non-GAAP measures referred to in this press release.
3 Annual or quarterly active customer accounts are customer accounts that made at least one purchase during the twelve months ended on the respective dates or respective quarters, through either online direct sales or online marketplaces.}