iCar Asia boosts money receipts for fourth consecutive quarter

Automotive portal community iCar Asia (ASX: ICQ) says it's on monitor to breakeven by the tip of 2019 after marking a 36% year-on-year improve in buyer money receipts for the fourth quarter.

Money receipts tipped in at $three million on the finish of December, representing a fourth consecutive quarterly money assortment of greater than $three million.

The corporate noticed some constructive outcomes from the Thailand and Malaysian markets, with its Thai operations changing into earnings earlier than curiosity, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) and money movement constructive in December on the again of enhancements in listings and viewers numbers.

After breaking even in September, the Malaysian arm of its enterprise recorded its first quarterly constructive EBITDA and web cashflow.

In the meantime, the corporate reported an general web money lack of $2.5 million which represented a slight enchancment on the prior quarter.

iCar Asia closed out the quarter with $9.5 million in money and money equivalents, down from $12.2 million on the finish of September.

iCar Asia is the proprietor of ASEAN's premier community of automotive portals. The corporate is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and operates a community of buyer going through web sites together with Carlist.my, One2Car.com and Thaicar.com.

Rising momentum throughout the board

Whereas the corporate isn't forecasting a revenue, iCar Asia instructed shareholders it remained on monitor to succeed in a breakeven place by the tip of 2019 because it seeks to develop into the biggest and most trusted automotive portal in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

Commenting on the outcomes, iCar Asia chief govt Hamish Stone stated the corporate ended the yr very strongly and reaffirmed the corporate's dedication to going digital.

“We remain committed to our vision of driving the digital transformation in the automotive industry in the ASEAN region and see 2019 as a year to confirm iCar Asia's position in the region as the catalyst for this change,” he stated.

The corporate's Indonesian arm can also be exhibiting indicators of inexperienced shoots after used automotive subscriptions and restrictions have been positioned on the free itemizing part in September.

The main focus since then has been on driving adoption with present paying accounts to those new subscription merchandise because it seeks to monetise its technique for Indonesia. Listings elevated 5% in comparison with the corresponding quarter in 2017 whereas viewers ranges jumped 16%.

As well as, its public sale enterprise continues to collect momentum.

The gross market worth of vehicles bought via the public sale platform has now reached $2.three million since its inception within the second-half of 2018.

Traders reacted constructive to the monetary outcomes, with its shares leaping 38.4% to $0.180.