Cango Inc. Q1 FY2020 Earnings Call

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  • Revenue: Total revenue for Q1 2020 was RMB246 million, down 30% year-over-year from RMB351.7 million in Q1 2019 due to COVID-19-related disruptions.
  • Gross Margin: Maintained at healthy levels through cost controls despite revenue decline.
  • Operating Loss: Loss from operations of RMB81.3 million, compared with a profit of RMB69.3 million in Q1 2019.
  • Net Loss: Net loss was RMB34.7 million; Non-GAAP adjusted net loss was RMB11.4 million.
  • Cost Breakdown:
    • Cost of revenues declined 30.7% year-over-year to RMB90.6 million.
    • Sales and marketing expenses slightly increased to RMB45.8 million.
    • G&A expenses decreased 11.4% to RMB57.4 million.
    • R&D expenses decreased 5.9% to RMB12.6 million.
  • Risk Assurance Liability: Net loss due to risk assurance liabilities increased significantly to RMB76.9 million from RMB17.9 million in Q1 2019 due to higher delinquency and loan defaults.
  • Balance Sheet: Cash and cash equivalents increased to RMB2.7 billion as of March 31, 2020 (up from RMB2 billion on Dec 31, 2019), partly due to asset-backed securities issuance.

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Operator: Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Cango, Inc. First Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. This call is also being broadcast live on the company's IR website. Joining us today are Mr. Jiayuan Lin, Chief Executive Officer; and Mr. Yongyi Zhang, Chief Financial Officer of the company. Following management's prepared remarks, we will conduct the Q&A session. Before we begin, I refer to you to the safe harbor statement in the company's earnings release, which also applies to the conference call today as management will make forward-looking statements. With that said, I will now turn the call over to Mr. Jiayuan Lin, CEO of Cango. Please go ahead, sir. Jiayuan Lin: Hello, everyone. Welcome to Cango's First Quarter 2020 Finance Call. Over the past few months, the COVID-19 outbreak has spread the globe and caused severe disruption to our normal way of life and work. On behalf of all of us here at Cango, I want to extend our gratitude towards the clinical workers, community workers and many more working on the frontline of the pandemic. The courage you have shown in the face of such adversity is truly inspiring. The work all of you have done in support of the greater good continues to motivate us every day. The auto industry in China was definitely impacted by the outbreak in the first quarter, which has triggered some broader structural change in the industry. It was largely in line with our expectations. As a result of the pandemic economi

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