ClosemenuNewsProductsContact SendaRelease SignUp LogIn Resources Blog Journalists RSS GDPR 3NewsinFocus 5Business&Money 5Science&Tech 5Lifestyle&Health 0Policy&PublicInterest 1People&Culture SendaRelease SignUp LogIn Resources Blog Journalists RSS GDPR Overview DistributionbyPRNewswire CisionIR SocialBoost AllProducts SendaRelease SignUp LogIn Resources Blog Journalists RSS GDPR GeneralInquiries EditorialBureaus Partnerships MediaInquiries SendaRelease SignUp LogIn Resources Blog Journalists RSS GDPR Closesubmenu(NewsinFocus)NewsinFocus BrowseAllNews MultimediaGallery TrendingTopics Closesubmenu(Business&Money)Business&Money Auto&Transportation BusinessTechnology Entertainment&Media FinancialServices&Investing GeneralBusiness Closesubmenu(Science&Tech)Science&Tech ConsumerTechnology Energy&NaturalResources Environment HeavyIndustry&Manufacturing Telecommunications Closesubmenu(Lifestyle&Health)Lifestyle&Health ConsumerProducts&Retail Entertainment&Media Health Sports Travel Closesubmenu(Policy&PublicInterest)Policy&PublicInterest Closesubmenu(People&Culture)People&Culture People&Culture SendaRelease oALLCONTACTINFO oContactUs888-776-0942 from8AM-10PMET o OneConnectAnnouncesThirdQuarterandNineMonthsEndedSeptember30,2023UnauditedFinancialResults Sharethisarticle SharetoX NetMargintoShareholdersImprovedto-10.8%forThirdQuarter2023 SHENZHEN,China,Nov.13,2023/PRNewswire/--OneConnectFinancialTechnologyCo.,Ltd.("OneConnect"orthe"Company")(NYSE:OCFTandHKEX:6638),aleadingtechnology-as-a-serviceproviderforfinancialservicesindustryinChina,todayannounceditsunauditedfinancialresultsforthethirdquarterandninemonthsendedSeptember30,2023. ThirdQuarter2023FinancialHighlights RevenuewasRMB844millionascomparedtoRMB1,069millionforthesameperiodoftheprioryear. Grossmargindecreasedslightlyto35.0%ascomparedto35.1%forthesameperiodoftheprioryear;non-IFRSgrossmarginincreased1.0percentagepointto39.4%ascomparedto38.4%forthesameperiodoftheprioryear. NetlossattributabletoshareholderswasRMB91million,ascomparedtoRMB133millionforthesameperiodoftheprioryear.Netmargintoshareholdersimprovedby1.6percentagepointsto-10.8%ascomparedto-12.4%forthesameperiodoftheprioryear. NetlossperADS,basicanddiluted,wasRMB-2.50ascomparedtoRMB-3.66forthesameperiodoftheprioryear. InRMB'000,exceptpercentagesandperADSamounts ThreeMonthsEndedSeptember30YoY NineMonthsEndedSeptember30YoY 2023202220232022 Revenue - - 475,86 20.6 13.0 RevenuefromPingAnGroup 6 599,408 % 1,593,515 1,830,690 % RevenuefromLufax 60,970 118,429 - 205,469 354,892 - 48.5% 42.1% 306,76 -12.6 -8.9 Revenuefromthird-partycustomers[1] 1 351,028 %- 943,959 1,035,986 %- 843,59 21.1 14.9 Total 7 1,068,865 % 2,742,943 3,221,568 % 295,10 Grossprofit 6 374,663 991,339 1,133,946 Grossmargin 35.0% 35.1% 36.1% 35.2% Non-IFRSgrossmargin 39.4% 38.4% 39.7% 39.1% Operatingloss (95,854) (154,878) (288,793) (787,391) Operatingmargin -11.4% -14.5% -10.5% -24.4% Netlossattributabletoshareholders (90,901) (132,563) (281,366) (694,937) Netmargintoshareholders -10.8% -12.4% -10.3% -21.6% NetlossperADS2,basicanddiluted (2.50) (3.66) (7.75) (19.00) [1]Third-partycustomersrefertoeachcustomerwithrevenuecontributionoflessthan5%ofourtotalrevenueintherelevantperiod.ThesecustomersareakeyfocusoftheCompany'sdiversificationstrategy. [2]InRMByuan.EachADSrepresentsthirtyordinaryshares.InDecember2022,theCompanyeffectedanADSratiochangetoadjustitsordinarysharetoADSratiofromone(1)ADSrepresentingthree(3)ordinarysharestoone(1)ADSrepresentingthirty (30)ordinaryshares,ortheRatioChange.Exceptotherwisestated,theRatioChangehasbeenretrospectivelyappliedforallperiodspresentedinthispressrelease. Chairman,CEOandCFOComments "Duringthereportingperiod,wefacedheadwindsthatresultedinadeclineinourrevenue."SaidMr.ShenChongfeng,ChairmanoftheBoardandChiefExecutiveOfficer."Severalfactorscontributedtothisdecrease,includingourproactiveadjustmenttotheproductmix,competitivepressures,andchangingmarketconditions.However,itiscrucialtonotethatourmanagementactivelyimplementedstrategicmeasurestooptimizecoststructuresandimproveoperationalefficiency,whichreducedtheimpactoftheheadwindsonourfinancialresults." Mr.ShenChongfengfurthercommented,"Wewillembracechallengesandopportunitiesthatlieahead.Ourcontinuedinvestmentintechnologicalinnovationandorganizationalcapabilityremainsunchanged.Wewillcontinuetoengagewiththird-partyfinancialandstrategicpartners,enhancesalesandmarketingefficiencyandexpandourbusinessopportunities.Inthethirdquarterof2023,OneConnectwasnamedoneofthe"IDCChinaFinTechTop50"byInternationalDataCorporationforthefourthconsecutiveyear.Wewillspeedupthedevelopmentofhigh-valueproductandcontinuetofocusonimprovinggrossmarginandprofitability." Mr.LuoYongtao,ChiefFinancialOfficer,commented,"Inthethirdquarterof2023,ournon-IFRSgrossmarginincreasedyear-over-yearfrom38.4%to39.4%.Andournetlossratiotoshareholdersimprovedfrom-12.4%to-10.8%comparedwiththesameperiodoflastyear.T