OREANDA-NEWS. Xunlei Limited (“Xunlei” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:XNET), a leading cloud-based acceleration technology company in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016.

Mr. Sean Zou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xunlei, commented on the financial results: “We are pleased to announce significant progress on cloud computing and mobile advertising, which grew by 40.4% and 97.2%, respectively. Our total revenues for the past quarter again exceeded the high end of our own guidance range. We believe our steady growth of core subscription business, ongoing transition to mobile internet, and execution of cloud computing are key factors to our long term success and growth.”

First Quarter 2016 Financial Highlights

  • Total revenues were US$38.5 million, a 27.4% increase from the corresponding period of last year and a 9.6% increase from the previous quarter.
  • Subscription revenues were US$22.2 million, a 4.6% increase from the corresponding period of last year and an 11.6% increase from the previous quarter.
  • Online advertising revenues (including revenues from mobile advertising) were US$3.9 million, a 286.7% increase from the corresponding period of last year and 125.0% increase from the previous quarter.
  • Other internet value-added services revenues (“IVAS”) were US$12.4 million, representing a 55.3% increase from the corresponding period of last year and an 8.2% decrease from the previous quarter. IVAS consists of services other than subscription and advertising and includes cloud computing. 

First Quarter 2016 Results

Total Revenues

Total revenues were US$38.5 million, up 9.6% sequentially, exceeding the high end of the Company’s previously issued guidance range and up 27.4% on a year-over-year basis. The increases in total revenues both on a sequential and year-over-year basis were mainly attributable to the growth in revenues from subscription, Xunlei mobile advertising, and cloud computing revenues.

Subscription: Revenues from subscriptions were US$22.2 million, up 11.6% sequentially and 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. The increase in subscription revenue was primarily attributable to the gain in subscribers’ number which increased to 5.13 million as of March 31, 2016 from 5.02 million as of December 31, 2015 and 4.88 million as of March 31, 2015. Average revenue per subscriber increase also contributed to growth of subscription revenues.

Online advertising (including mobile advertising): Revenues from online advertising were US$3.9 million, up 125.0% sequentially and 286.7% on a year-over-year basis. The increase was mainly driven by revenues from mobile advertising, which was launched in November 2015. Mobile advertising revenue also increased 97.2% compared to the previous quarter.

Other internet value-added services (“IVAS”): Revenues from other internet value-added services (including revenues from cloud computing) were US$12.4 million, down 8.2% sequentially and up 55.3% on a year-over-year basis. The revenues from cloud computing grew by 40.4% compared to the previous quarter. The decline in online game revenues contributed to the decrease in IVAS revenues on a sequential basis.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues was US$20.4 million, representing 53.0% of total revenues.

Bandwidth costs: Bandwidth costs were US$12.9 million, representing 33.4% of total revenues, compared with 31.2% in the previous quarter. The increase was primarily due to the growth in subscription business and continued investments and growth in cloud computing.

Gross Profit and Gross Margin

Gross profit for the first quarter was US$17.9 million, up 4.4% sequentially. Gross margin was 46.5%, compared with 48.8% in the previous quarter. The decrease was primarily due to investments related to cloud computing.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses for the first quarter were US$25.8 million, representing 67.2% of total revenues, compared with 65.6% in the previous quarter. The increase was partly attributable to research and development expenses related to cloud computing.

Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses for the first quarter were US$15.4 million, representing 40.0% of total revenues, compared with 28.4% in the previous quarter. The increase on a sequential basis was due to increase in employee compensation and investments in cloud computing.

Sales and marketing expenses

Sales and marketing expenses for the first quarter were US$3.8 million, representing 10.0% of total revenues, compared with 16.5% in the previous quarter.  

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses for the first quarter were US$6.6 million, representing 17.2% of total revenues, compared with 20.7% in the previous quarter. Decline in general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue was mainly because revenues growth outpaced the increase in fixed costs.

Operating Loss

Operating loss was US$8.0 million, compared with operating loss of US$5.9 million in the previous quarter. The company continues to invest in a range of new technologies and services, including cloud computing, which is still loss-making.

Loss from discontinued operations was US$0.1 million in the first quarter of 2016, compared with a loss of US$0.3 million in the previous quarter.

Net Loss and loss per share

Net loss from continuing operations was US$5.4 million in the first quarter of 2016, compared with US$4.6 million in the previous quarter. Non-GAAP net loss from continuing operations was US$2.9 million in the first quarter of 2016, compared with a loss of US$2.2 million in the previous quarter.

Diluted loss per ADS from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2016 was US$0.0795. Non-GAAP diluted loss from continuing operations per ADS in the first quarter of 2016 was US$0.0425.

Cash Balance

As of March 31, 2016, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of US$422.8 million, compared with US$432.1 million as of December 31, 2015.

Outlook

The Company remains confident in its core strategy of continued innovation through cloud computing and continues to advance on the technology front and expand in scale. However, in the near term, we expect our PC-based download acceleration subscriptions to decline as a result of the on-going government scrutiny of internet content in China. In addition, the Company has permitted temporary suspension of services provided to about 276,000 existing subscribers as of the end of the first quarter of 2016.

Guidance for Second Quarter 2016

For the second quarter 2016, Xunlei estimates total revenues to be between US$37 million to US$41 million, the midpoint of the range representing a year-over-year increase of 25.0%. This estimate represents the management’s preliminary view as of the date of this release, which is subject to change and any change could be material.

About Xunlei

Xunlei Limited ("Xunlei") is a leading cloud-based acceleration technology company in China. Xunlei operates a powerful internet platform in China based on cloud computing to provide users with quick and easy access to digital media content through its core products and services, Xunlei Accelerator and the cloud acceleration subscription services. Xunlei is increasingly extending into mobile devices in part through potentially pre-installed acceleration products in mobile phones. Benefitting from the large user base accumulated by Xunlei Accelerator, Xunlei has further developed various value-added services to meet a fuller spectrum of its users' digital media content access and consumption needs.

 
XUNLEI LIMITED
 
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
(Amounts expressed in thousands of USD, except for share, per share (or ADS) data)
 
  March 31, December 31,
    2016     2015  
  US$ US$
Assets    
     
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents   309,508     361,777  
Short-term investments   113,291     70,328  
Accounts receivable, net   11,735     11,266  
Inventories   286     480  
Deferred tax assets   715     689  
Due from related parties   878     45  
Prepayments and other current assets   13,612     13,068  
Total current assets   450,025     457,653  
     
     
Non-current assets:    
Long-term investments   23,627     11,319  
Deferred tax assets   7,872     8,593  
Property and equipment, net   20,020     18,036  
Intangible assets, net   12,927     13,433  
Goodwill   22,006     21,896  
Other long-term prepayments and receivables   10,366     7,431  
Total assets   546,843     538,361  
     
     
Liabilities    
Current liabilities:    
Accounts payable   31,006     21,736  
Due to a related party   142     38  
Deferred revenue and income, current portion   21,713     25,113  
Income tax payable   2,419     2,470  
Accrued liabilities and other payables   33,699     27,379  
Total current liabilities   88,979     76,736  
     
Non-current liabilities:    
Deferred revenue and income   7,288     5,383  
Deferred tax liability, non-current portion   5,457     6,378  
Due to related parties, non-current portion   4,387     4,337  
Other long-term payable   857     846  
Total liabilities   106,968     93,680  
     
Equity    
Common shares (USD0.00025 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 368,877,209 shares issued and 339,319,115 shares outstanding as at December 31, 2015; 368,877,209 issued and 337,997,790 shares outstanding as at March 31, 2016)   84     85  
Additional paid-in-capital   458,231     458,270  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (3,316 )   (4,152 )
Statutory reserves   5,132     5,132  
Treasury shares (30,879,419 shares and 29,558,094 shares as at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)   8     7  
Accumulated deficits    (18,114 )   (12,593 )
Total Xunlei Limited's shareholders' equity   442,025     446,749  
Non-controlling interests   (2,150 )   (2,068 )
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   546,843     538,361  
 
  Three months ended
  Mar 31, Mar 31, Dec 31,
    2016     2015     2015  
  US$ US$ US$
       
Revenues, net of rebates and discounts   38,474     30,200     35,115  
                   
Business taxes and surcharges   (193 )   (55 )   (134 )
Net revenues   38,281     30,145     34,981  
Cost of revenues   (20,393 )   (12,101 )   (17,845 )
Gross profit   17,888     18,044     17,136  
       
Operating expenses      
Research and development expenses   (15,379 )   (9,427 )   (9,957 )
Sales and marketing expenses   (3,835 )   (2,897 )   (5,804 )
General and administrative expenses   (6,626 )   (7,154 )   (7,264 )
Total operating expenses   (25,840 )   (19,478 )   (23,025 )
       
Operating loss   (7,952 )   (1,434 )   (5,889 )
Interest income   746     1,987     959  
Interest expense   (60 )   (60 )   (60 )
Other income, net   1,781     1,456     459  
Share of income/(loss) from equity investee   (60 )   (25 )   84  
(Loss)/income from continuing operations before income taxes   (5,545 )   1,924     (4,447 )
Income tax (expense)/benefit   160     471     (132 )
Net (loss)/ income from continuing operations   (5,385 )   2,395     (4,579 )
   
  Three months ended
  Mar 31, Mar 31, Dec 31,
    2016     2015     2015  
  US$ US$ US$
       
Discontinued operations      
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes   (175 )   (7,740 )   (327 )
Income tax benefit   26     774     49  
Net loss from discontinued operations   (149 )   (6,966 )   (278 )
       
Net loss   (5,534 )   (4,571 )   (4,857 )
Less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interest   (13 )   (278 )   (554 )
Net loss attributable to common shareholders   (5,521 )   (4,293 )   (4,303 )
       
(Loss)/earnings per share for common shares, basic      
Continuing operations   (0.0159 )   0.0080     (0.0119 )
Discontinued operations   (0.0004 )   (0.0209 )   (0.0008 )
Total loss per share for common shares, basic   (0.0163 )   (0.0129 )   (0.0127 )
       
(Loss)/earnings per share for common shares, diluted      
Continuing operations   (0.0159 )   0.0080     (0.0119 )
Discontinued operations   (0.0004 )   (0.0209 )   (0.0008 )
Total loss per share for common shares, diluted   (0.0163 )   (0.0129 )   (0.0127 )
       
(Loss)/earnings per ADS, basic      
Continuing operations   (0.0795 )   0.0401     (0.0595 )
Discontinued operations   (0.0020 )   (0.1046 )   (0.0040 )
Total loss per ADS, basic   (0.0815 )   (0.0645 )   (0.0635 )
       
(Loss)/earnings per ADS, diluted      
Continuing operations   (0.0795 )   0.0401     (0.0595 )
Discontinued operations   (0.0020 )   (0.1046 )   (0.0040 )
Total loss per ADS, diluted   (0.0815 )   (0.0645 )   (0.0635 )
       
Weighted average number of common shares used in calculating continuing operations:      
Basic   337,965,861     332,947,020     337,879,234  
Diluted   337,965,861     332,947,020     337,879,234  
       
Weighted average number of ADSs used in calculating continuing operations :      
Basic   67,593,172     66,589,404     67,575,847  
Diluted   67,593,172     66,589,404     67,575,847  
       
 XUNLEI LIMITED
 
Reconciliation of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results (Excluding discontinued operations)
 
(Amounts expressed in thousands of USD, except for share, per share (or ADS) data)
 
  Three months ended
  Mar 31, Mar 31, Dec 31,
    2016     2015     2015  
  US$ US$ US$
       
GAAP operating loss   (7,952 )   (1,434 )   (5,889 )
Share-based compensation expenses   2,512     2,239     2,418  
Non-GAAP operating (loss)/income   (5,440 )   805     (3,471 )
       
GAAP net (loss)/income from continuing operations   (5,385 )   2,395     (4,579 )
Share-based compensation expenses   2,512     2,239     2,418  
Non-GAAP net (loss)/income from continuing operations   (2,873 )   4,634     (2,161 )
       
GAAP (loss)/earnings per share for common shares attributable to continuing operations:      
Basic   (0.0159 )   0.0080     (0.0119 )
Diluted   (0.0159 )   0.0080     (0.0119 )
       
GAAP (loss)/earnings per ADS attributable to continuing operations:      
Basic   (0.0795 )   0.0401     (0.0595 )
Diluted   (0.0795 )   0.0401     (0.0595 )
       
Non-GAAP (loss)/earnings per share for common shares attributable to continuing operations:      
Basic   (0.0085 )   0.0148     (0.0048 )
Diluted   (0.0085 )   0.0148     (0.0048 )
       
Non-GAAP (loss)/earnings per ADS attributable to continuing operations:      
Basic   (0.0425 )   0.0738     (0.0240 )
Diluted   (0.0425 )   0.0738     (0.0240 )
       
Weighted average number of common shares used in calculating:      
Basic   337,965,861     332,947,020     337,879,234  
Diluted   337,965,861     332,947,020     337,879,234  
       
Weighted average number of ADSs used in calculating:      
Basic   67,593,172     66,589,404     67,575,847  
Diluted   67,593,172     66,589,404     67,575,847