Dingdong (Cayman) Limited Announces Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Results

• Cost of goods sold was RMB3,467.8 million (US$488.4 million), a decrease of 16.7% from RMB4,162.0 million in the same quarter of 2022. Cost of goods sold as a percentage of revenues increased to 69.4% from 67.1% in the same quarter of 2022. Gross margin increased slightly to 30.6% from 30.4% in the third quarter of 2023.
• Fulfillment expenses were RMB1,179.1 million (US$166.1 million), a decrease of 21.1% from RMB1,493.6 million in the same quarter of 2022. Fulfillment expenses as a percentage of total revenues decreased to 23.6% from 24.1% in the same quarter of 2022. This was mainly due to the improved efficiency of regional processing centers and also the frontline employees.
• Sales and marketing expenses were RMB97.8 million (US$13.8 million), an increase of 7.3% from RMB91.1 million in the same quarter of 2022. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues increased slightly to 2.0% from 1.9% in the third quarter of 2023.
• General and administrative expenses were RMB93.9 million (US$13.2 million), a decrease of 36.9% from RMB148.8 million in the same quarter of 2022, mainly due to lower professional service fees and share-based compensation expenses.
• Product development expenses were RMB191.2 million (US$26.9 million), a decrease of 26.2% from RMB259.0 million in the same quarter of 2022, primarily due to our improved R&D human resources efficiency. While advocating for energy and resource saving, we will continue to invest in our product development capabilities, agricultural technology, data algorithms, and other technology infrastructure, to further enhance our competitiveness.

Loss from operations was RMB21.9 million (US$3.1 million), compared with operating income of RMB52.5 million in the same quarter of 2022.

Net loss was RMB4.4 million (US$0.6 million), compared with net income of RMB49.9 million in the same quarter of 2022.

Non-GAAP net income, which is a non-GAAP measure that excludes share-based compensation expenses, was RMB16.3 million (US$2.3 million), compared with non-GAAP net income of RMB115.8 million in the same quarter of 2022. In addition, non-GAAP net income margin, which is the Company's non-GAAP net income as a percentage of total revenues, was 0.3% compared with 1.9% in the same quarter of 2022.

Basic and diluted net loss per share were RMB0.02 (US$0.00), compared with net income per share of RMB0.15 basic in the same quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP net income per share, basic and diluted, was RMB0.04 (US$0.01), compared with RMB0.35 in the same quarter of 2022.

Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were RMB5,309.2 million (US$747.8 million) as of December 31, 2023, compared with RMB6,493.0 million as of December 31, 2022.

Conference Call

The Company's management will hold an earnings conference call at 7:00 A.M. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 29, 2024 (8:00 P.M. Beijing Time on the same day) to discuss the financial results. The presentation and question and answer session will be presented in both Mandarin and English. Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers:

The replay will be accessible through March 7, 2024 by dialing the following numbers:

A live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available at the Company's investor relations website at https://ir.100.me.

About Dingdong (Cayman) Limited 

We are a leading fresh grocery e-commerce company in China, with sustainable long-term growth. We directly provide users and households with fresh produce, prepared food, and other food products through a convenient and excellent shopping experience supported by an extensive self-operated frontline fulfillment grid. Leveraging our deep insights into consumers' evolving needs and our strong food innovation capabilities, we have successfully launched a series of private label products spanning a variety of food categories. Many of our private label products are produced at our Dingdong production plants, allowing us to more efficiently produce and offer safe and high-quality food products. We aim to be the first choice for fresh and food shopping.

For more information, please visit: https://ir.100.me.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company uses non-GAAP measures, such as non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income margin, non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders and non-GAAP net income per share, basic and diluted, in evaluating its operating results and for financial and operational decision-making purposes. The Company believes that the non-GAAP financial measures help identify underlying trends in its business by excluding the impact of share-based compensation expenses, which are non-cash charges and do not correlate to any operating activity trends. The Company believes that the non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about the Company's results of operations, enhance the overall understanding of the Company's past performance and future prospects and allow for greater visibility with respect to key metrics used by the Company's management in its financial and operational decision-making.

The non-GAAP financial measures are not defined under U.S. GAAP and are not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools, and when assessing the Company's operating performance, cash flows or liquidity, investors should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for net loss, cash flows provided by operating activities or other consolidated statements of operations and cash flows data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company's definition of non-GAAP financial measures may differ from those of industry peers and may not be comparable with their non-GAAP financial measures.

The Company mitigates these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable U.S. GAAP performance measures, all of which should be considered when evaluating the Company's performance.

For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures, please see the table captioned "Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results" set forth at the end of this announcement.

Exchange Rate Information

This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars ("US$") at specified rates solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise stated, all translations from RMB to US$ were made at the rate of RMB7.0999 to US$1.00, the exchange rate on December 29, 2023 set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board. The Company makes no representation that the RMB or US$ amounts referred could be converted into US$ or RMB, as the case may be, at any particular rate or at all.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "aims," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident," "potential," "continue," or other similar expressions. Among other things, business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Dingdong's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Dingdong may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in its interim and annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about Dingdong's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Dingdong's goals and strategies; Dingdong's future business development, financial conditions, and results of operations; the expected outlook of the fresh grocery ecommerce market in China; Dingdong's expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of its products and services; Dingdong's expectations regarding its relationships with its users, clients, business partners, and other stakeholders; competition in Dingdong's industry; and relevant government policies and regulations relating to Dingdong's industry, and general economic and business conditions globally and in China and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this announcement and in the attachments is as of the date of the announcement, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

DINGDONG (CAYMAN) LIMITED
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands of RMB and US$)
			As of
			December 31, 2022			December 31,  2023			December 31,  2023
			RMB			RMB			US$
						(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents			1,856,187			1,209,225			170,316
Restricted cash			2,763			480			68
Short-term investments			4,636,774			4,099,977			577,470
Accounts receivable, net			141,468			107,879			15,194
Inventories, net			604,884			471,872			66,462
Advance to suppliers			83,835			73,732			10,385
Prepayments and other current assets			170,336			187,486			26,406
Total current assets			7,496,247			6,150,651			866,301
Non-current assets:
Property and equipment, net			314,980			189,084			26,632
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