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27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
JOYY Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results: Non-livestreaming Revenues Grew 25.3% year over year, Driven by Diversified Growth Strategy
SINGAPORE, May 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- JOYY Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYY) ("JOYY" or the "Company"), a global leading technology company, announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2025. In the first quarter of 2025, JOYY's revenue reached US$494.4 million, with its non-livestreaming revenue reaching US$123.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 25.3%. Non-livestreaming revenues accounted for 24.9% of the Company's total revenues. JOYY's GAAP and non-GAAP1 operating profits increased approximately 244.5% and 24.9% year-over-year to US$12.2 million and US$31.0 million, with operating margins of 2.5% and 6.3%, respectively. The Company maintained strong operating cash flow, which reached US$58 million. JOYY continued to deliver returns to shareholders. During the first quarter, the Company distributed US$49.1 million in dividends to shareholders. On top of that, the Company repurchased approximately US$22.5 million worth of its shares from January 1, 2025 through May 23, 2025, reinforcing its commitment to returning value to shareholders. Ms. Ting Li, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of JOYY, commented, "As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of our operations, we have evolved beyond social entertainment, steadily fostering a multifaceted ecosystem. Our multi-engine growth strategy is yielding clear results, with our core livestreaming business achieving consistent profitability, and our programmatic advertising platform, BIGO Ads, demonstrating strong growth momentum, which is fueled by AI-driven innovations in user insights, intelligent creative development, and precise targeting. We expect these advances to further strengthen our competitive advantages and position our non-livestreaming businesses to become JOYY's second growth engine." First Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights Net revenues in the first quarter of 2025 were US$494.4 million. Operating income was US$12.2 million in the first quarter of 2025, compared to US$3.5 million in the corresponding period of 2024, representing a 244.5% year-over-year increase. Non-GAAP1 operating income was US$31.0 million in the first quarter of 2025, compared to US$24.8 million in the corresponding period of 2024, representing a 24.9% year-over-year increase. Net income from continuing operations attributable to controlling interest of JOYY was US$45.4 million in the first quarter of 2025, compared to US$45.3 million in the corresponding period of 2024. Non-GAAP1 net income from continuing operations attributable to controlling interest and common shareholders of JOYY was US$63.2 million in the first quarter of 2025. First Quarter 2025 Business Highlights Livestreaming Business In the first quarter, JOYY's livestreaming revenue was US$371.3 million, with BIGO contributing US$351.6 million. The Company is continuously optimizing its user acquisition strategy by prioritizing advertising spend on higher quality paying users in core markets. In the first quarter, Bigo Live's North American region saw Q1 MAU growth exceeding 7% year-over-year. At the same time, the number of paying users in the region increased by approximately 4% QoQ. During the first quarter, JOYY's products actively promoted a series of operational activities related to Ramadan in the Middle East region, which drove regional user activity and helped boost their brand influence among users. Notably, Likee achieved positive QoQ growth in the number of paying users. JOYY continued to make important product feature updates that are creating clear operational benefits. In the first quarter, Bigo Live continued to enhance its user experience. Specifically, it improved its recommendation system, directed more traffic toward high-potential content creators, and upgraded its viewing interface. These changes led to a 4% QoQ increase in average viewing time per user. At the same time, Bigo Live launched an entirely redesigned VIP benefits system and improved its gifting experience, upgrading gift features for high-value users. These efforts delivered a 3% QoQ increase in ARPPU among Bigo Live's high-end user cohort. Likee also advanced its content strategy by building a more diverse and engaging content library. This led to impressive engagement metrics during the quarter. Videos viewed per user rose by 7% compared to the previous quarter, with overall video consumption time increasing by 10% over the same period. The refined approach to top streamer management and development also produced a notable 3% QoQ increase in Likee's average paying ratio during the quarter. Advertising Business The BIGO Ads revenue grew 27% in the first quarter, supported by the Company's comprehensive strengths, including local operations, extensive user base, industry-leading algorithms, and global network infrastructure, continuing to generate a positive profit contribution. By integrating premium publisher traffic with the Company's first-party traffic, BIGO Ads creates an advertising system that helps advertisers consistently reach their most valuable customers worldwide. BIGO Ads provides an intelligent, end-to-end advertising platform that covers user insights, creative development, precise targeting, and real-time optimization, leveraging its extensive global audience and years of quality data to build its own vertical model, integrating cutting-edge generative AI technologies. Its AI usage improves ad performance and ad returns while creating better revenue opportunities for the Company's publisher partners. This success attracts both more advertiser spending and more publisher traffic, helping the BIGO Ads platform grow quickly. press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures as additional clarifying items to aid investors in further understanding the Company's performance and the impact that these items and events had on the financial results. The non-GAAP financial measures provided above should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. For details of the non-GAAP measures, including the reconciliations of GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures, please refer to the press release titled "JOYY Reports First Quarter 2025 Unaudited Financial Results" issued by the Company on May 27, 2025. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE JOYY Inc.
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20-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
JOYY Reports Steady Profit Growth for 2024, Full-Year Buybacks Exceed US$300 Million
SINGAPORE, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- JOYY Inc. (NASDAQ: YY) ("JOYY" or the "Company"), a global technology company, announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024. In the fourth quarter, JOYY's revenue reached US$549.4 million, with BIGO achieving revenues of US$480.0 million. For the full year 2024, the Company's revenue reached US$2.24 billion. The Company's core business segment BIGO generated revenues of US$1.99 billion, with a year-over-year increase of 3.3%. Driven by continued enhancement of global operations and strong execution, JOYY achieved steady profit growth in 2024. The Company's non-GAAP[1] net profit for the full year 2024 reached US$298.5 million, a year-over-year increase of 2.0%. Non-GAAP[1] net margin came in at 13.3%. JOYY's full-year non-GAAP[1] operating profit was US$136.1 million, a year-over-year increase of 4.2%. Non-GAAP[1] operating margin came in at 6.1%. The BIGO segment's full-year operating profit and non-GAAP[1] operating profit reached US$240.9 million and US$286.3 million, respectively, which were equivalent to GAAP and non-GAAP[1] operating margin of 12.1% and 14.4%. As JOYY sets the stage for ongoing growth, shareholder returns remain a high priority for management. In 2024, the Company repurchased 9.21 million ADSs for a total of US$309.2 million, representing 15.1% of its total outstanding shares as of the end of 2023. JOYY announced a quarterly dividend policy for the following three years commencing immediately. Under such policy, the total cash dividend amount expected to be paid will be approximately US$600 million and quarterly dividend will be set at a fixed amount of approximately US$50 million (US$0.93 per ADS) in each fiscal quarter. Additionally, the company also announced an additional share repurchase program, under which the Company may repurchase up to US$300 million of its shares until December 2027. Additionally, JOYY announced that the Company's ticker symbol on Nasdaq will be changed from YY to JOYY, effective from March 31, 2025. Ms. Ting Li, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of JOYY, commented, "In 2024, we made substantial progress in improving operational efficiency and diversifying our revenue streams. For full year 2024, our group's non-GAAP operating income reached US$136.1 million, improving by 4.2%, year over year. Our group's non-livestreaming revenues grew by 55.9% to US$449.8 million year over year. As we embark on a new chapter following the divestiture of YY Live, we have firmly established ourselves as a global technology company with remarkable international reach. Looking ahead, we remain deeply committed to driving diversified growth across our global operations and deepening our penetration in key markets to build on this success. Through AI-driven innovation, we are comprehensively enhancing our operational efficiency and cultivating meaningful experiences for our users. Based on our solid operational execution, we are confident in driving sustainable growth of our global business and creating long-term value for our shareholders." Full Year 2024 Financial Highlights Net revenues for the full year of 2024 were US$2.24 billion. Non-GAAP[1] net income attributable to controlling interest and common shareholders of JOYY for the full year of 2024 increased by 2.0% to US$298.5 million from US$292.5 million in 2023. Non-GAAP[1] net margin for the full year of 2024 was 13.3%, compared to 12.9% in 2023. Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights Net revenues were US$549.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP[1] net income attributable to controlling interest and common shareholders of JOYY in the fourth quarter of 2024 was US$96.1 million, compared to US$64.2 million in the corresponding period of 2023. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Business Highlights JOYY continued to focus on cultivating a safe, high-quality, and diverse content ecosystem for its global users and community. In the fourth quarter, Bigo Live updated the community guidelines and comprehensively enhanced its community safety technological capabilities. The platform introduced its exclusive multimodal content moderation model, which was fine-tuned with scenario-specific data, leveraging third-party large models to further strengthen its content moderation capabilities. On the product feature front, Bigo Live refined user verification processes and stratification mechanisms to direct traffic towards high-quality, verified user content. At the same time, Bigo Live exercised stricter management of user-generated-content to ensure its users would have safe, high-quality experiences. In addition, Bigo Live formed partnerships with multiple industry players and worked with relevant authorities to jointly prevent and punish any potential malicious use of the platform. On the content front, the annual Bigo Awards Gala was held at Marina Bay Sands Theatre in Singapore. Over 1,000 guests from around the world attended in person, and nearly 500,000 viewers tuned in via livestream. The event honored over 200 outstanding content creators and Families for their contributions to Bigo Live's vibrant user community, and featured performances from global artists across various genres. The Bigo Awards Gala has become a core tradition for the platform, and has helped countless talented creators expand their influence and reach the global stage. In addition to the main global venue, Bigo Live also held regional galas in Dubai, Thailand, and others. During the fourth quarter, Bigo Live utilized its proprietary AI model to analyze ultra-long user behavior sequences and refined its content recommendation. This improvement, together with Bigo Live's continuous effort to expand its high-quality content offering and optimize its livestreaming room viewing features, drove a 2.1% sequential increase in average viewing time per user during the fourth quarter. By strategically directing traffic to mid-tier hosts and optimizing livestreaming tools such as beauty and body filters, Bigo Live achieved a 1.2% increase in host next-day retention and a 2.9% increase in average livestream time per host, both quarter-over-quarter. Likee remains focused on two core markets: the Middle East and Europe. In the fourth quarter, Likee's DAUs in Europe increased by 4.4% quarter-over-quarter. Driven by growth in paying users, Likee's livestreaming revenue grew 2.2% sequentially. In 2024, Likee recorded its second consecutive profitable year. Likee continued to elevate its content and community engagement in its core markets. Likee partnered with the globally popular game Genshin Impact to deepen its penetration among Gen Z users. The campaign featured Genshin-themed short video and livestream contests with special prizes, and a co-branded offline event in Europe. During the campaign, the initiative generated over 5.7 million views, and the offline themed event attracted 11,000 participants, even prompting several creators with millions of followers to join Likee. Beyond these targeted operational activities, Likee increased support for quality creators, driving a 13% quarter-over-quarter increase in viewer time spent on short videos. The proportion of content creators among daily active users grew steadily compared to the third quarter, indicating healthy levels of engagement. In the fourth quarter, Hago's quarterly livestreaming revenue achieved a quarter-over-quarter growth, driven by its blockbuster year-end operational events. Hago's cash flow remained positive in the fourth quarter, achieving its goal of positive cash flow for the second consecutive year. Hago's user engagement further improved during the fourth quarter. Average time spent in channels increased by 8.6% quarter-over-quarter to 108.2 minutes. The product's next-day retention rate also continued to improve. This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures as additional clarifying items to aid investors in further understanding the Company's performance and the impact that these items and events had on the financial results. The non-GAAP financial measures provided above should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. For details of the non-GAAP measures, including the reconciliations of GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures, please refer to the press release titled "JOYY Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Unaudited Financial Results" issued by the Company on March 20, 2025. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE JOYY Inc.
