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Sep 11, 2023 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Q1 Financial Results

PR NEWSWIRE -- Hello Group (MOMO) announced its unaudited financial results for the Q1 of 2023. Net revenues decreased by 10.5% YOY to RMB2,818.9M ($410.5 M) in the Q1 of 2023. Net income increased to RMB390.3M ($56.8M) in the Q1 of 2023. Monthly Active Users on Momo app were 106.5M in March 2023, compared to 110.9M in March 2022. MAU on Tantan were 19.5M in March 2023, compared to 25.6M in March 2022. For the Momo app total paying users was 7.8M for the Q1 of 2023, compared to 8.6M for the same period last year. Tantan had 1.6M paying users for the first quarter of 2023 compared to 2.4M from the year ago period.

Jun 07, 2023 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Q4 Financial Results

PR NEWSWIRE - Hello Group, a leading mobile social and entertainment platform in China, announced its financial results for Q4 and the full year 2022. Q4 revenues decreased by 12.6% YOY to RMB3,212.7M ($465.8M). Q4 Net income was $57.7M, compared to a net loss of $616M in the same period of 2021. Monthly Active Users on Momo app were 94.6M in Dec 2022, compared to 114.1M in Dec 2021. MAU on Tantan app were 18.4M in Dec 2022, compared to 27M in Dec 2021. For the Momo app total paying users was 7.8M in Q4 of 2022, compared to 8.9M for the same period last year. Tantan had 1.7M paying users in Q4 of 2022 compared to 2.5M from the year ago period. Annual 2022 net revenues decreased 12.8% YOY to $1,841.9M for the full year of 2022. 2022 net income was $215.2M, compared to a net loss of $423M during the same period of 2021.

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Mar 17, 2023 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group: Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain

SEEKING ALPHA - Hello Group, a Chinese online social and entertainment company, is experiencing short-term pain due to the declining revenues of its key mobile apps, Momo and Tantan. The decline is attributed to both COVID and regulatory factors. However, Hello Group has introduced new mobile apps, such as Duidui, Hertz, and Soulchill, which it aims to grow in markets outside China, and which have lots of room for future growth. The revenue generated by the new apps grew by 154% YoY to RMB203m in Q3 2022. Therefore, the company is well-positioned to deliver long-term gains for patient shareholders, and its shares are rated as a Hold.

Feb 22, 2023 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Q3 Financial Results

PR NEWSWIRE - Net revenues decreased by 14% YOY to $454.5M in Q3 2022. Net income increased to $63.4M. Monthly Active Users on Momo were 108.8M in September 2022, compared to 115.5M in September 2021. MAU on Tantan were 20.9M in September 2022. Momo has 8.4M paying users (down from 9.3M last year) and Tantan 2M (down from 2.9M last year).

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Dec 09, 2022 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Targets Tantan Breakeven in 2023

SEEKING ALPHA - Hello Group saw its revenue drop 15% in Q3, and forecast a similar decline in the third. The company's strategy involves a turnaround at its loss-making Tantan, which aims to break even by 2023 by cutting costs and rolling out new functions. The company attributed its sluggish business partly to the resurgence of Covid-19. China's tightening regulation of live streaming businesses with new rules implemented early this year also dealt a heavy blow to the company. Its "live video service" revenue - responsible for about half of its total - fell ~30% to 1.5B yuan YOY during the last quarter. Before announcing a name change last August, Hello was known as Momo and has a history dating back to 2011 when its Tinder-style Momo app first took China's dating scene by storm. In 2018, the company paid $760M to add another "meet-up" app called Tantan to its portfolio.

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Sep 06, 2022 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Q2 Financial Results

HELLO GROUP - Hello Group (Momo) is a leading mobile social and entertainment platform in China. Q2 2022 net revenues decreased by 15.3% YOY to RMB3,110.4M ($464.4M). Net income decreased to RMB345.6M ($51.6M) from RMB464.2M in Q2 2021. Monthly Active Users on Momo app were 111.2M in June 2022, compared to 115.6M in June 2021. MAU on Tantan were 24.8M in June 2022. For the Momo app total paying users was 8.6M in Q2 2022, compared to 9.3M for the same period last year. Tantan had 2.2M paying users in Q2 2022 compared to 3.1M from the year ago period.

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Sep 01, 2022 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Stock Is Attracting Value Speculators

MARKETBEAT - Chinese social media company Hello Group stock has fallen (-34%) over the year despite being profitable. The company operates two major apps, including the social media app MOMO and Tantan, a dating app similar to Tinder. Chinese ADR stocks have mainly fallen out of favor with investors as their financials can't be verified, and Chinese regulators could take companies out of the market. Hello Group Q1 revenues fell by 9.3% YOY to $471.9M, MAU dropped to 110.9M from $115.3M in the year-ago period. The total paying users is 11M, down from 12.6M. The COVID lockdowns had a negative impact resulting in a significant decline in users dating sentiment and ability to pay for VAS.

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Jul 06, 2022 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Q1 Financial Results

PR NEWSWIRE - Hello Group'S Q1 revenues decreased by 9.3% YOY to RMB3,148M ($497M). Net income decreased to RMB290M ($45.7M). Monthly Active Users on Momo app were 111M in March 2022, compared to 115.3M in March 2021. MAU on Tantan were 25.6M in March 2022. Total paying users of live video service and value-added service, including 2.4M paying users of Tantan were 11M for Q1 of 2022, compared to 12.6M in Q1 2021, which included 3.5M paying users of Tantan.

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Jun 08, 2022 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group (Momo) Financial Results

PR NEWSWIRE - Hello Group, a leading mobile social and entertainment platform in China, announced its Q4 and 2021 financial results.

Q4 highlights:

Net revenues decreased by 3.2% YOY to RMB3,674.2M ($576.6M
Net loss attributable to Hello Group was RMB4,242.7M ($665.8M), compared to a net income of RMB651.5M in Q4 2021.
Monthly Active Users on Momo app were 114.1M in Dec 2021, compared to 113.8M in Dec 2020. MAU on Tantan application were 27M in Dec 2021.
Total paying users of live video service and value-added service, including 2.5M paying users of Tantan, were 11.4M for the Q4 of 2021, compared to 12.8M in 2020.

Full year 2021 highlights

Net revenues decreased 3% YOY to RMB14,575.7M ($2,287.2M) for the full year of 2021. Net loss attributable to Hello Group was RMB2,913.7M ($457.2M) for the full year of 2021, compared to a net income of RMB2,103.5M in 2020.

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Mar 28, 2022 | Permalink | Comments (0)

What Kind of Investors Own MOMO?

SIMPLY WALLST - Hello Group Inc. (NASDAQ:MOMO) has a market cap. of US$1.7b and institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Hello Group. This implies analysts working for those institutions like it. It looks like hedge funds own 5.2% of Hello Group shares. Hedge funds are often quite active investors, who may try to influence management. Hello Group's top key executive, Yan Tang, is the largest shareholder, holding 20% of shares outstanding. The general public - including retail investors - own 23%.

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Mar 04, 2022 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Social App Momo Mulls Secondary Listing in HK

EQUAL OCEAN - Nasdaq-listed Hello Group (formerly known as Momo) has kicked off its plan to list in Hong Kong recently, and it is likely to go public in 6 to 12 months should things go smoothly. The group, owner of the popular dating app Momo and other Internet services, was listed on the US exchange in Dec 2014, with Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase & Co, and Credit Suisse as underwriters. According to the company's Q3 2021 financial report, its revenue totaled 580M, down 0.2% YOY, while net income stood at $62.6M, shrinking 11.8% from the same period in 2020. The two main revenue streams, Momo and Tantan, accounted for 86.4% and 13.6% of the total revenue respectively.

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Feb 17, 2022 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Q3 Results

PR NEWSWIRE - Hello Group's (formerly MOMO) Q3 revenues decreased by 0.2% YOY RMB3,759.2 million ($583M). Net income decreased to RMB403.2M ($62.6M) from RMB456.7M. Monthly Active Users on Momo app were 115.5M in September 2021, compared to 113.6M last year. Total paying users of live video service and value-added service, including 2.9M paying users of Tantan, were 12.2M, compared to 13.1M, which included 4.1M paying users of Tantan. "The Q3 of 2021 was a good quarter with solid financial results," commented Li Wang, CEO of Hello Group. "For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, core Momo revenue has achieved YOY growth. Although we still have many hard work to do at Tantan, I am glad that we are finally on track to make concrete progress on the product fronts."

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Nov 30, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hello Group Q2 Results for the Second Quarter of 2021

PR NEWSWIRE - Aug 26 - Hello Group (former Momo), a mobile social and entertainment platform in China, announced its Q2 financial results. Net revenues decreased by 5.1% YOY to $569M. Net income increased to $71.9M. Monthly Active Users were 115.6M in June 2021, compared to 111.5M in June 2020. Total paying users of live video service and value-added service, including 3.1M paying users of Tantan, were 12.4M, compared to 12.8M in Q2 2020.