Senmiao Technology Reports Fiscal 2023 Year-end Financial Results

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    CHENGDU, China, July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Senmiao Technology Limited (“Senmiao”) (Nasdaq: AIHS), a financing and servicing company focused on the online ride-hailing industry in China, as well as an operator of its own online ride-hailing platform, today announced financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.

    Fiscal 2023 Year-end Financial and Operating Highlights

    • Total revenues of $8.1 million from continuing operations, an increase of 64.5% from $4.9 million in the prior fiscal year, primarily as a result of increased operating lease revenues from automobile rentals and increased revenues from online ride-hailing platform services.
    • From October 23, 2020, the date Senmiao launched its online ride-hailing platform, to March 31, 2023, approximately 29.6 million rides were completed (including orders completed on the platform operated by Senmiao and orders completed on partner platforms, such as Xiehua and Anma) with fares paid by riders totaling $95.6 million. As of July 12, 2023, Senmiao operated in 26 cities in China, including Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou.  
    • Net loss from continuing operations improved to $3.8 million, compared to net loss of $5.6 million in the prior fiscal year, primarily due to the Company’s cost-cutting initiatives that directly resulted in significantly lower selling, general and administrative expenses.

    Management Commentary

    Xi Wen, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Senmiao, stated, “We were pleased with our financial performance in fiscal 2023, reporting a 64.5% increase in total revenues to $8.1 million and gross profit of $1.5 million, compared to a gross loss of $2.1 million in the prior fiscal year. As a result of our top line growth and effective cost-cutting initiatives, we narrowed bottom-line losses by 32.4% from fiscal 2022, enabling us to achieve positive cash flow from operating activities. Our strong top-line results were driven by operating lease revenues from automobile rentals more than doubling year over year and revenues from online ride-hailing platform services growing 39.2%. We have been focusing on growing these two businesses in recent years and are confident that we will continue to see positive momentum as China has moved away from its zero-COVID policy in a post-pandemic environment. Since the launch of our online ride-hailing business in October 2020, we have helped facilitate over 31.1 million rides in 26 cities as of May 2023. We expect to continue expanding our business partnerships as we look to enter potential new markets, exploring opportunities for new partner models and strengthening our presence in our strongest markets of Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou.”

    Financial Review

    Revenues

    Total revenues were $8.1 million for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of 64.5% from $4.9 million in the prior fiscal year. The increase was mainly due to a $1.7 million increase in operating lease revenues from automobile rentals and a $1.0 million increase in revenue contributions from online ride-hailing platform services.

    During the year ended March 31, 2023, the automobile rental business generated operating lease revenues of $3.5 million, an increase of 100.5% from $1.7 million in the prior fiscal year, due to a significant increase in the number of automobiles leased. The online ride-hailing platform services business generated revenues of $3.7 million, an increase of 39.2% from $2.7 million in the prior fiscal year. The increase was primarily due to the significantly lower amount of incentives the Company paid to ride-hailing drivers who completed rides and earned income through its platform in the year ended March 31, 2023. 

    Cost of Revenues

    Cost of revenues decreased to $6.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2023, compared to $7.0 million in the prior fiscal year, primarily due to a decrease in direct expense and technical service fees for the online ride-hailing platform services business as a result of a decrease in the number of completed orders, partially offset by the increase in costs of automobiles under operating leases as a result of business expansion.

    Gross Profit

    Gross profit was $1.5 million for the year ended March 31, 2023, compared to gross loss of $2.1 million in the prior fiscal year. The change of $3.6 million was mainly due to the increase in profit in our online ride-hailing platform services and operating lease, partially offset by the gross loss of approximately $0.1 million from sales of automobiles. 

    Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

    Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 32.0% to $6.1 million for the year ended March 31, 2023, from $9.0 million in the prior fiscal year. The decrease was mainly attributable to the Company’s implementation of initiatives to streamline expenses during the period, which resulted in a $0.9 million decrease in financial, legal and marketing consulting fees, a $0.7 million decrease in salary and employee benefit expenses, a $0.8 million decrease in advertising and promotion expenses for online ride-hailing platform services, and other expense reductions.

    Net Loss from Continuing Operations

    As a result of the foregoing, net loss from Senmiao’s continuing operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, improved to $3.8 million, compared to net loss of $5.6 million in the prior fiscal year.

    Loss per Share

    Loss per diluted share for continuing operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, was approximately $0.43 based on a weighted average number of basic and diluted common stock of 7.2 million, compared to loss per diluted share of approximately $1.66 based on a weighted average number of basic and diluted common stock of 5.7 million in the prior fiscal year.

    Financial Position

    As of March 31, 2023, Senmiao had cash and cash equivalents of $1.6 million, compared to $1.2 million as of March 31, 2022. Total stockholders’ equity was $4.4 million as of March 31, 2023, compared to $8.1 million as of March 31, 2022.

    Additional information regarding Senmiao’s results of operations for this annual period can be found in Senmiao’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date of this earnings release.

    About Senmiao Technology Limited

    Headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Senmiao provides automobile transaction and related services including sales of automobiles, facilitation and services for automobile purchases and financing, management, operating leases, guarantees and other automobile transaction services, as well as operates its own ride-hailing platform aimed principally at the growing online ride-hailing market in Senmiao’s areas of operation in China. For more information about Senmiao, please visit: http://www.senmiaotech.com. Senmiao routinely provides important updates on its website.

    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 

    This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements (including those relating to the operation of Senmiao’s ride-hailing platform) are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those detailed from time to time in the Senmiao’s filings with the SEC, and represent Senmiao’s views only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing Senmiao’s views as of any subsequent date. Senmiao undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in events or circumstances. 

    For more information, please contact:

    At the Company:
    Yiye Zhou
    Email: edom333@ihongsen.com  
    Phone: +86 28 6155 4399

    Investor Relations:
    The Equity Group Inc.                                                                      In China
    Carolyne Sohn, Vice President                                                        Lucy Ma, Associate
    +1 408-538-4577                                                                             +86 10 5661 7012
    csohn@equityny.com                                                                       lma@equityny.com 

    Alice Zhang, Associate
    +1 212-836-9610
    azhang@equityny.com

    © 2023 Senmiao Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.

    SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

    CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

    (Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of shares)

    March 31, 

    March 31, 

    2023

    2022

    ASSETS

    Current assets

    Cash and cash equivalents

    $

    1,610,090

    $

    1,185,221

    Accounts receivable, net, current portion

    158,435

    418,022

    Accounts receivable, a related party

    6,312

    Inventories

    6,678

    286,488

    Finance lease receivables, net, current portion

    146,114

    314,264

    Prepayments, other receivables and other assets, net

    1,438,243

    2,713,208

    Due from related parties, current portion, net

    1,488,914

    682,335

    Total current assets

    4,854,786

    5,599,538

    Property and equipment, net

    3,343,457

    5,658,773

    Other assets

    Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

    121,672

    109,621

    Operating lease right-of-use assets, net, related parties

    92,916

    515,906

    Financing lease right-of-use assets, net

    623,714

    305,933

    Intangible assets, net

    774,324

    959,551

    Accounts receivable, net, noncurrent

    69

    Finance lease receivables, net, noncurrent

    71,133

    92,980

    Due from a related party, noncurrent

    3,640,206

    6,635,746

    Other non-current assets

    716,407

    Total other assets

    6,040,372

    8,619,806

    Total assets

    $

    14,238,615

    $

    19,878,117

    LIABILITIES, MEZZANNIE EQUITY AND EQUITY

    Current liabilities

    Borrowings from a financial institution

    $

    8,813

    $

    145,542

    Accounts payable

    183,645

    14,446

    Advances from customers

    148,188

    120,629

    Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    3,377,507

    2,444,367

    Due to related parties and affiliates

    8,667

    11,682

    Operating lease liabilities

    60,878

    50,177

    Operating lease liabilities – related parties

    143,462

    330,781

    Financing lease liabilities

    264,052

    304,557

    Derivative liabilities

    501,782

    2,215,204

    Current liabilities – discontinued operations

    487,829

    528,426

    Total current liabilities

    5,184,823

    6,165,811

    Other liabilities

    Operating lease liabilities, non-current

    83,485

    47,910

    Operating lease liabilities, non-current – related parties

    42,247

    226,896

    Financing lease liabilities, non-current

    388,064

    1,376

    Deferred tax liability

    42,930

    46,386

    Total other liabilities

    556,726

    322,568

    Total liabilities

    5,741,549

    6,488,379

    SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 

    CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED) 

    (Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of shares) 

    March 31, 

    March 31,

    2023

    2022

    Commitments and contingencies

    Mezzanine Equity

    Series A convertible preferred stock (par value $1,000 per share, 5,000 shares authorized; 1,641
      and 5,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, respectively)

    269,386

    820,799

    Stockholders’ equity

    Common stock (par value $0.0001 per share, 500,000,000 shares authorized; 7,743,040 and
      6,186,783 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, respectively)
      *

    773

    618

    Additional paid-in capital

    43,355,834

    42,803,045

    Accumulated deficit

    (37,715,294)

    (34,601,545)

    Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (1,247,099)

    (109,454)

    Total Senmiao Technology Limited stockholders’ equity

    4,394,214

    8,092,664

    Non-controlling interests

    3,833,466

    4,476,275

    Total equity

    8,227,680

    12,568,939

    Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and equity

    $

    14,238,615

    $

    19,878,117

    *Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected on April 6, 2022

    SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

    (Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of shares)

    For the Year Ended
    March 31,

    2023

    2022

    Revenues

    Revenues

    $

    7,738,394

    $

    4,913,102

    Revenues, a related party

    344,120

    Total revenues

    8,082,514

    4,913,102

    Cost of revenues

    Cost of revenues

    (6,080,097)

    (7,001,297)

    Cost of revenues, a related party

    (509,904)

    Total cost of revenues

    (6,590,001)

    (7,001,297)

    Gross profit (loss)

    1,492,513

    (2,088,195)

    Operating expenses

    Selling, general and administrative expenses

    (6,142,447)

    (9,035,142)

    Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recovery

    (1,487,889)

    (235,279)

    Impairments of inventories

    (3,085)

    (60,398)

    Impairments of long-lived assets and goodwill

    (142,974)

    Total operating expenses

    (7,633,421)

    (9,473,793)

    Loss from operations

    (6,140,908)

    (11,561,988)

    Other income (expense)

    Other income (expense), net

    664,001

    (107,444)

    Interest expense

    (5,893)

    Interest expense on finance leases

    (25,675)

    (55,844)

    Change in fair value of derivative liabilities

    1,711,889

    6,951,482

    Issuance cost incurred for issuing series A convertible preferred stock

    (821,892)

    Total other income, net

    2,350,215

    5,960,409

    Loss before income taxes

    (3,790,693)

    (5,601,579)

    Income tax expense

    (4,566)

    Net loss from continuing operations

    (3,790,693)

    (5,606,145)

    Discontinued operations:

    Loss from discontinued operations, net of applicable income taxes

    (2,747,209)

    Net gain from deconsolidation of VIEs – discontinued operations

    10,975,101

    Gain from discontinued operations

    8,227,892

    Net (loss) income

    (3,790,693)

    2,621,747

    Net loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests from continuing operations

    676,944

    (3,872,645)

    Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests from discontinued operations

    714,274

    Net loss attributable to the Company’s stockholders

    $

    (3,113,749)

    $

    (536,624)

    Net (loss) income

    $

    (3,790,693)

    $

    2,621,747

    SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (CONTINUED)

    (Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of shares)

    For the Year Ended

    March 31,

    2023

    2022

    Other comprehensive (loss) income

         Foreign currency translation adjustment

    (1,103,510)

    64,470

    Comprehensive income (loss)

    (4,894,203)

    2,686,217

    Less: Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

    (642,809)

    3,142,520

    Total comprehensive loss attributable to stockholders

    (4,251,394)

    (456,303)

    Weighted average number of common stock

         Basic and diluted*

    7,195,781

    5,726,997

    Earnings (loss) per share – basic and diluted*

    Continuing operations

    $

    (0.43)

    $

    (1.66)

    Discontinued operations

    1.56

    Net loss per share – basic and diluted*

    $

    (0.43)

    $

    (0.10)

    *Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected on April 6, 2022

    SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

    (Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of shares) 

    For the Years Ended March 31, 

    2023

    2022

    Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

    Net income (loss)

    $

    (3,790,693)

    $

    2,621,747

    Net income from discontinued operations

    8,227,892

    Net loss from continuing operations

    (3,790,693)

    (5,606,145)

    Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    Depreciation of property and equipment

    1,095,518

    956,400

    Stock compensation expense

    653,000

    Issuance cost incurred for issuing series A convertible preferred stock

    821,892

    Amortization of right-of-use assets

    711,630

    955,443

    Amortization of intangible assets

    184,215

    160,831

    Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recovery

    1,487,889

    235,279

    Impairments of inventories

    3,085

    60,398

    Impairments of long-lived assets and goodwill

    142,974

    Gain on disposal of equipment

    (452,522)

    Change in fair value of derivative liabilities

    (1,711,889)

    (6,951,482)

    Change in operating assets and liabilities

    Accounts receivable

    224,673

    4,456

    Accounts receivable, a related party

    (6,327)

    Inventories

    316,139

    (260,464)

    Finance lease receivables

    258,932

    634,103

    Prepayments, other receivables and other assets

    1,046,465

    28,254

    Accounts payable

    170,703

    (31,434)

    Advances from customers

    36,911

    6,678

    Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    1,170,510

    (377,965)

    Operating lease liabilities

    (53,620)

    (240,051)

    Operating lease liabilities – related parties

    (133,782)

    (228,281)

    Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from continuing operations

    557,837

    (9,036,114)

    Net cash used in operating activities from discontinued operations

    (123,167)

    Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities

    557,837

    (9,159,281)

    Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

    Purchases of property and equipment

    (1,151,076)

    (3,223,992)

    Cash proceed from disposal of long-lived assets

    1,498,024

    Purchases of intangible assets

    (26,420)

    (141,730)

    Cash released upon termination of a VIE

    (193)

    Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from continuing operations

    320,528

    (3,365,915)

    Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations

    (111,210)

    Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities

    320,528

    (3,477,125)

    SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)

    (Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of shares)

    For the Years Ended March 31, 

    2023

    2022

    Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

    Net proceeds from issuance of common stock in registered direct offering

    5,771,053

    Net proceeds from issuance of common stock upon warrants exercised

    22,015

    Net proceeds from issuance of series A convertible preferred stock and warrants in a
      private placement offering

    4,369,937

    Borrowings from a financial institution

    183,390

    Repayments to related parties and affiliates

    (117,761)

    Repayments from related parties and affiliates

    144,151

    Repayments of current borrowings from financial institutions

    (125,840)

    (39,613)

    Principal payments of finance lease liabilities

    (392,145)

    (433,611)

    Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from continuing operations

    (373,834)

    9,755,410

    Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities

    (373,834)

    9,755,410

    Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (79,662)

    (381,858)

    Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    424,869

    (3,262,854)

    Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year

    1,185,221

    4,448,075

    Cash and cash equivalents, end of the year

    $

    1,610,090

    $

    1,185,221

    Supplemental Cash Flow Information

    Cash paid for interest expense

    $

    $

    5,893

    Cash paid for income tax

    $

    $

    Non-cash Transaction in Investing and Financing Activities

    Recognition of other receivables from Jinkailong upon deconsolidation

    $

    $

    7,298,208

    Recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities

    $

    917,687

    $

    273,555

    Recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, related parties

    $

    121,742

    $

    181,620

    Termination of right-of use assets and lease liabilities

    $

    47,438

    $

    Termination of right-of use assets and lease liabilities, related parties

    $

    302,010

    $

    Cashless exercise of November 2021 Investor warrants into common stock

    $

    1,533

    $

    Allocation of fair value of derivative liabilities for issuance of common stock

    $

    $

    7,932,341

    Allocation of fair value of derivative liabilities to additional paid in capital upon
      warrants exercised

    $

    $

    45,674

    Acquisition of XXTX’S minority interest with issuance of common stock at fair value

    $

    $

    1,972,717