"Shares of YY (NASDAQ: YY) recently rallied after the Chinese live video provider's first-quarter numbers crushed analysts' expectations. Its revenue surged 47% annually to 4.78 billion RMB ($705 million), beating estimates by $80 million.
YY's reported net income, which includes its recent acquisition of the short and streaming video company Bigo, more than tripled to 3.12 billion RMB ($460 million). On an adjusted basis, which excludes that acquisition and other one-time benefits, its net income dipped 10% to 654 million RMB ($96 million), or $1.38 per ADS, but still beat expectations by $0.20.....
YY's smaller platform, Hago, is a social network for casual gamers, and the company owns a controlling stake in the video game streaming site Huya (NYSE: HUYA), which it spun off in an IPO last year.
YY also owns Bigo, a Singapore-based company that provides its Bigo Live streaming app, ..
YY's average mobile MAUs (which include Hago but exclude Huya and Bigo) rose 66% annually to 59.8 million, marking a significant acceleration from its previous quarters. YY's services grew its paid users 17% annually to 4.1 million, or 7% of its mobile MAUs.
Huya's average mobile MAUs rose 30% to 53.9 million as the platform's number of paid users surged 57% to 5.4 million, or 10% of its active user base.....
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