Q4 2020 iClick Interactive Asia Group Ltd Earnings Call

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Hello, Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by for I Click Interactive Asia Group Limited's fourth quarter, and full year, 2020 financial results Conference call. At this time all participants are in listen only mode. After management's prepared remarks, there will be a question and answer session. Today's conference call is being recorded I will now turn the call.

Over to your host MS. Lisa Li Investor Relations Director Lisa. Please go ahead.

Hello, everyone and welcome to you on creeks fourth quarter and for year 2020 financial results Conference call. The company's results were issued earlier today and are posted online you can download the earnings press release and sign up for our distribution list by visiting the IR.

Section on our website and I are debt I hyphen C. L E K dot com.

Yeah, and Tom T J, Chief Executive Officer, and co founder of I Click will first provide a high level review of the fourth quarter and fiscal year, 2020 results and share his thoughts on our execution strategy ahead, and Chief Financial Officer currently will follow and gave.

As for additional insights on the financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020, and provide guidance for first quarter and for year of 2021, He will land and turn the call back over to TJ for closing remarks before the code is open for Q&A.

Before we continue please note that today's discussion will contain forward looking statements made on dirt of safe Harbor provisions of the U S. Private Securities legislation Reform Act of $19 95.

Forward looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties.

Such the company's results may be materially different from the views expressed today further information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties is included in the company's 20-F a spa.

Filled with the U S Securities and Exchange Commission and the company does not assume any obligation to update any forward looking statements, except as required under applicable law.

Please go that I place earnings press release, and this conference call include discussions of unaudited GAAP financial information.

As well as unaudited non-GAAP financial measures.

<unk> press release contains a reconciliation of the unaudited non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable unaudited GAAP measures.

I'll now turn the call over to our Chief Executive Officer, and co founder Chin Tung T. J. Please go ahead.

Thank you Lisa.

On the welcome to the call everyone.

On the global challenges faced in 2020 brought a bulge, primarily by as the COVID-19 pandemic.

I'm extremely gratified to share with you our strong financial results for 2020.

And I believe.

Testament to the credit strategy, we have implemented under the strong execution on the dedication of all of the <unk> the <unk>.

Employees at our company.

Our customers continue to find the tremendous value in our integrated data driven solutions.

And we embrace digital transformation opportunities in China.

Meanwhile, we have formed the close partnerships with many of the industry, leading technology players, including but not limited to Tencent on net.

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These factors lead us to believe that our very broad future lies ahead, especially as the global economy continues to recover from the pandemic impact and as China's digital Revolution continues to involve.

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COVID-19 pandemic has helped educate correct current.

On the potential brand the customers about the importance of digital transformation online to offline data integration on the day.

Analytics and efforts to successfully device personalized marketing campaigns and how.

And as the operating efficiency and ultimately boost sales revenue.

Thanks to our key account customers.

Focus strategy on a market leading position our enterprise SaaS solutions segment saw its revenue nearly tripled year over year in 2022.

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This was of course, one of the significant growth drivers of our financial performance in 2020 on.

And we expect continued growth in these segments to play a major role in our future financial growth.

2020 was another record setting year for us as we seed historical highs across all our key financial and operating metrics, including gross billings and revenue gross profit adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net income.

It is especially exciting to US is that 2020 was the first time, we realize the full year positive adjusted net income.

It is a true milestone for our company.

And indicates that we have successfully reached sufficient economies of scale with marketing solutions.

On the underscores the <unk> strategy and execution within our enterprise solutions segment.

As I mentioned in the past and.

Reiterated in the shareholder letter issued in January and key to our strategic and the financial goal of course is improved profitability and marketing solutions for.

Further growth in the higher margin enterprise solutions business and <unk>.

Additional partnerships with other global technology players and the leaders to further complement our product offerings reach and penetration, especially in the enterprise solutions segment.

To this and.

We started 2021 off strong with.

Our strategic partnership with Baldwin, a leading brand E. Commerce service partner that helps brands executed e-commerce strategies in China. Additionally, Baldwin has become important strategic and shareholder of iconic which underscores the importance.

Of this partnership for both iconic and the Bolton and.

His partnership.

Dick will provide front and the SaaS based solutions as well as a data analytics platform. While Barton is responsible for the online operation services on this.

The bike and the infrastructure services to brands.

Together, we will establish our industry, leading private dominant and traffic e-commerce solution based on the Tencent ecosystem.

This strategic partnership will provide lots of Senate just take benefits for iconic for.

First we will benefit from cross selling opportunities to over 200 on the safety of all <unk> branded partners.

Immediate access to such new potential key accounts is quite significant plus and <unk>.

We will work diligently to gain business from such new opportunities.

Second.

We can accelerate the conversion rate of our existing clients in our marketing solutions to enterprise SaaS solutions.

Comprehensive <unk> solutions, we provide to customers.

These joint efforts will save our branded partners from having to develop and maintain the infrastructure to conduct e-commerce business on wechat.

Recall that we serve more than 3000 and marketing solution clients on being able to convert many of these customers to higher margin enterprise solutions customers will certainly fit our longer term strategy.

We are confident we can become the first choice for key accounts customers through this partnership with Baldwin.

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Among the key account customers and in turn enjoy significant upside here.

Lastly, this strategic partnership will allow us to concentrate our resources on developing the standard of SaaS products, and we will use to penetrate the mid tier clients segment.

Which will become another growth driver for enterprise SaaS solutions business, we have focused on the key accounts customers over the past two years.

Since we launched enterprise solutions in 2019, and hive accumulated deep expertise for selective industry verticals and we.

Able to now leverage and replicate the standard modules used successfully with those early customers to tap into a wider.

Clientele.

In view of the huge market potential we anticipate committing more resources to enhance not only our research and development efforts, but also marketing initiatives. We have already established on the centers in Xi'an and hopefully.

Where we are aggressively building up a stronger on the labor force.

To devote to the customized solutions and developing the standard products.

Moreover, we want to further penetrate.

The mid tier clients market on that.

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Customer segment.

Looking ahead, we see 2021 as a year full of opportunities on the investments.

As always we remain very open to M&A opportunities that can complement our correct our current product offerings for enhance.

Our market leading capabilities in data analytics, and the omni channel management.

As for example.

Our announced acquisition of polygon.

We enhanced our marketing automation and <unk>.

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E Commerce.

On the marketing SaaS solutions in China.

And the LP are appropriate and product for both mid tier clients on the key account customers.

Beyond the continuous product offerings and enhancements. We are also keen to explore pockets or partnerships that have already built a significant number of specific industry verticals and clients, which we are able to cross sell our products to.

With this we are confident we can see synergistic benefits from both product integration and has a price.

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In the meantime, we will continue to execute on our international expansion strategy, which will be primarily driven by the partnerships. We have formed in 2020.

Due to travel restrictions, resulting from the pandemic.

We also see greater urgency for the international brands to execute at the China expansion strategy and <unk>.

Fact, this dynamic to offer us additional gross profit abilities.

This concludes my opening remarks, and I would now like to turn the call over to our CFO and <unk> to discuss the fourth quarter and for.

For year 2020 financials Teresa.

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Thank you for T J, and hi, everyone on where it is.

He is to share with you our record setting performance for 2020.

As T. J mentioned previously despite the challenging macro environment and bumped by COVID-19, we still managed to record highs in gross billing revenue gross profit adjusted EBITDA in 2020 as well as full year positive adjusted net income for the first time.

I would like to begin my comments with a few key highlights from the full year and the fourth quarter of 2000 and trendy.

We reported revenues of $234 7 million for China, and chunky and increase of 28% year over year.

Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020 were $78 7 million.

And increase of 39% year on year.

The increase was driven by healthy growth and marketing solutions and a strong trajectory from enterprise solutions.

Looking at each business separately marketing solutions reported a record high 200, <unk> for a $225 9 million and revenue for 2020.

20% year over year growth.

For the fourth quarter of 2020 revenue from this business segment grew 28% to $68 1 million compared with the same period of last year, primarily due to growth and market demand on specific action marketing campaigns on.

I'm also very excited to share the result of the enterprise solutions business.

Which nearly tripled its revenue from 2019 and reached $28 9 million in 2020.

In the fourth quarter of 2020 enterprise solutions hit another record quarterly highs with revenues of $10 6 million.

The robust growth indicates the strong demand we see from our key accounts.

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It is also worth noting that enterprise solutions accounted for more than 10% of total revenues just two years from launching this new standard.

Gross profit grew by 36% year over year, and the fourth quarter to $20 3 million.

And by 28% for the full year of 2020 to 70 feet on fee at.

$273 3 million mainly.

Mainly due to continued growth and marketing solutions and rising contribution from higher margin enterprise solutions.

As you May recall Chinese channel was not only a retro stacking gear in terms of financial performances.

Also a year in which we received tremendous support from the capital market.

We can paint a pathway paceman and a follow on offering in June and September respectively and <unk>.

And 'twenty and welcomed and number of prestigious international investors and solid long term shareholders.

As a result, we have a healthy cash balance, including cash cash equivalents can deposit and restricted cash of $94 5 million as of December 31st two.

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Compared with $61 1 million as of December 31, 2019.

For the rest of my discussion I will focus on our long GAAP results.

You can find reconciliations of these non-GAAP results in the press release, we post earlier today, and which can be assessed at our Investor Relations website.

Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter and full year of 'twenty, and 'twenty was $5 1 million and.

And $17 3 million respectively.

Both matches.

A strong increase compared with the same respective peer risks last year.

Indicating operating leverage debt the company has achieved.

As mentioned earlier on the call. We also recognized the first ever full year adjusted net income in 2020.

And it reached $7 6 million.

Adjusted net income for the fourth quarter was $2 1 million, making the fifth consecutive quarter of positive adjusted net income.

Gross billing and China, <unk> grew 6% year over year.

$276 million to $678 million.

Primarily as a result of increased demand from our key e-commerce.

On my Entertainment and media and online education, and training verticals and partially offset by the witness on that hotel and hospitality industry, resulting from the pandemic.

Meanwhile, in view of the high uncertainty associated with COVID-19, we and.

Strategically shift our focus for a high quality clients and business to manage our risk.

All in on the fourth quarter of 2020 was extremely strong and we believe it was a good way to finish the year debt was challenging and very many ways for.

For further information I'd see the detailed recap of other financial metrics and the press release, we issued a two day.

On January 15 2020.

And share repurchase program in which we could penetrate up.

Up to $10 million of our own ads for December 2009, and.

And in 'twenty.

On December 10 2020.

And lastly, another share repurchase program.

And wish we could purchase up to $15 million of our own.

On December 32020 to December 31st 2020 for Us.

And as of December 31st 2020, the equity values of ABS for Chase, what's the path for many $5 7 million.

I would like to conclude my remarks, with our outlook for the first quarter of 2021.

And for the full year trend in China for Us.

He has looked at our outlook for revenue is based on current market conditions and reflect our current gauge of the COVID-19 pandemic impact.

These assumptions are subject to change.

We now project, our 2021st revenue guidance to be between 315 minute.

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Revenue from enterprise solutions for the year is estimated to be between 60 million and $65 million.

We estimate our first quarter, 2021st revenue to be between 60 million and.

And $65 million.

Revenue from enterprise solutions for the first quarter is estimated to be between $10 5 million and $11 5 million.

Looking ahead of 2000, <unk> first and T. J mentioned, it will be a year of investment and for us opportunity for us.

We continue to be cautiously optimistic for the recovery of the marketing solutions as diverse and grow our booth for us on a global scale.

In the meantime, we remain very excited about the rapid growth on the enterprise solutions and the enormous total addressable market.

A few of these opportunities.

Okay Ah resources more strategically to house the profit growth on both business segments. Additionally, we will keep exploring more M&A and capital market opportunities that could help the company stay on track to easily into the integrated enterprise and marketing how platform.

The benefits on the rapidly growing on online to offline digital transformation and SaaS market in China.

With that and now turn the call back over to T. J for closing remarks.

Okay.

Thank you Terence.

Our strong financial results in 2020.

<unk> indicated that our integrated enterprise and marketing solutions are well received by customers, we will see incredibly significant market opportunities ahead.

On the online to offline digital transformation initiatives for many current and prospective customers.

The underlying consumer transactions such key accounts on the.

Enterprise customers are looking to penetrate literally amount to trillions of dollars and we believe our solutions can help such enterprises more efficiently on the.

Profit fully capture such spending for.

And our marketing solutions, we expect another year of healthy organic growth given the continued growth in the digital advertising market in China and.

Rising online advertising mix and programmatic advertising penetration, which is our key business focus and.

Necessary Foundation for the company as a whole.

We also expect the enterprise solutions segment to continue its rapid growth given the large blue ocean opportunities, we see as the digital transformation unfolds in China.

And we definitely see a higher.

Proportion of total revenue in 2021 from enterprise solutions than it was in 'twenty.

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As we've formed a very clear strategy to continue gaining market share with key account customers as well as tapping into the newly developed mid tier clientele.

And we will work.

Thanks Pete.

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And <unk> solutions.

And again, certainly optimistic in the company's resilient topline growth outlook, both in 2021 on and beyond.

I would like.

Once again to take this opportunity to thank all our customers and shareholders for their support over the past 12 months. It was a very challenging year, yet we believe our performance shows our ability to overcome tangles and deliver lead.

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Edge data solutions.

And generate shareholders value.

And so I want to thank all actually occurs for.

For the execution during very challenging times.

And dedication to the company.

Our people truly are the most important asset.

For the company.

This concludes.

Our prepared remarks, thank you for joining us on today's call. We will now open the call to questions. Operator. Please go ahead.

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The first question is from Nelson.

Chang from C. I T. I. Please go ahead.

Hi, TJ and Terry and thanks for taking on my questions and congratulations on the strong quarter and stuff.

Actually I have a few questions.

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And partnership and.

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And how much submissions and the Permian and network and finally, just a quick question on <unk>.

On enterprise solutions, and looking back into FY, 'twenty, what would be the tickets and message that measurement and extending and the transmission business and going for it and due to I think anyone has it nice and then overtime.

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And for the budget deal yet because it just takes off in the first quarter and so we probably have the other steps before we probably would.

And with the lives more income and solid cases going into the second half of the year. So the current budget doesn't really fully taking into account that property and 20% of debt was a budget right now, but we believe that there are more potential to come and that's for your first part of the questions on my quick answer.

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And about cooperation with Hudson actually and the Boston deal was closed at the end of January and since then I click and boats and have established and and implementation team, which directly reported two Ceos for size and the teams meet on a weekly basis to talk about.

And the cooperation and our cooperation currently focuses on two areas first is we combine our best product and operation services into a complete solution to provide to our customers.

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So next up in 2021 our enterprise solutions.

And we still have great potential for us to tap into not only in terms of day to a customer base, where we have great advantages over but also in terms of Mi and customers. This year, we will adopt and new strategy.

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Another big opportunity facing us is that we will leverage and strategic investments and acquisitions to rapidly acquire and customers.

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The next question is from Brian <unk> from Alliance Global Partners. Please go ahead.

Great. Thanks, so much and can you highlight any changes and the end markets for marketing solutions for example.

And I will return at all E Commerce remains strong and any other vertical and it's worth mentioning and then secondly, you talked about a lot of different aspect.

Aspects of investing in R&D and sales and marketing.

Yeah and in relationship, obviously and as well as your enterprise business, maybe talk about the impact to or what what is the size of those and vaccines maybe from a dollar perspective on an annual basis.

From an expense basis. Thanks, so much.

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The fourth quarter.

And then in terms of the investments and expenses and league.

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And the enterprise side can you kind of touch on right you know the impact on on the expenses.

In the trend and chunky, we basically and on certain new engineers and R&D team in the enterprise solutions and particular, we add on more like a 200 engineers and the team. So probably we add on at least like 5 million during the year in terms of Opex.

Although the R&D in terms of the enterprise solutions. We also add on some marketing expenses as well and flow to the extra like 10 million for a year and 2020 and we believe the debt will still be going on to invest more going into 2020 first and we still project around 400 more engineers to be recorded.

During the year and also we are building up some channel partners right now and there will be some new projects and models in terms of E. Resell and models that we are going into when we work with these new channel partners and again I think our finished ready for US we would see some uptick in terms of fees on marketing and R&D.

But I should have a positive impact overall in terms of the growth and EBITDA and speed up offered us to growth in the enterprise solutions.

Great. Thanks, so much.

The next question is from Colin Lu from China Renaissance. Please go ahead.

Sorry, future terrorists a sense for the chance for the question I just have one actually.

As for regarding the partnership overseas, particularly with the oratory and the other you know overseas partners and the TJ also mentioned just now that you know we saw a lot of opportunities from foreign brands, you know trying to tap into Chinese market with the travel constraint, which we do.

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Probably in China, there will be some other you know adaptation and localization that they need to try to cater for and I guess our team with the local expertise for this some of the you know breakthrough.

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The next question is from Thomas Chong from Jefferies. Please go ahead.

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Segments, and small and medium sized enterprises, so and maybe to adaptive and strategy to tackle with or to serve different client segments and if all these years, we have been focusing on key accounts, who not only need standard products, but also customers customized services.

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To answer your question about the difference between our standard product and competitor products first we have a very clear positioning for our client base, we target change.

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And third and fourth tier cities in China, and I believe they on a lot of them and the Chinese market and the second.

And we not only provide me apps to them. We also have the social CRM.

Based on our Wechat work product sales.

And these products.

These enterprises to improve their operating capabilities and better serve offline customers and can also help and channel offline traffic to online platform.

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Offline to online and integrated solution based on Wechat work and the second is we have accumulated a great operational experiences with key accounts customers. So we can replicate these and operational methodology and practices to serve me and customers and.

Conclusion.

And what differentiates what differentiate us from others.

Not only for a product we also help customers to understand how to use our credit.

And there are no further questions and I would like to turn the call back over to the company.

To Lisa Li for closing remarks. Please go ahead.

Thank you everyone. Once again for joining US today. If you have any further questions. Please feel free to contact <unk> Investor Relations Department through the contact information provided on our website. Thank you.

This concludes this conference call you May now disconnect. Your line. Thank you.

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