BEIJING, Feb. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SouFun Holdings Limited (NYSE: SFUN) ('Fang'), the leading real estate Internet portal in China, announced today its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

FourthQuarter 2015 Highlights

  • Total Revenue increased by 35% year-on-year to $300.7 million. Revenue from e-commerce services increased by 76% year-on-year to $173.8million.
  • Operating loss was $32.6 million. Non-GAAP operating loss was $31.7 million. A description of the adjustments from GAAP to non-GAAP operating income is set forth below.
  • Net loss attributable to SouFun's shareholders was $38.8million.
  • Non-GAAP net loss attributable to SouFun's shareholders was $68.9million, a $0.16loss per fully-diluted earnings ADS.
  • GMV increased by 28% from $10.6 billion in the third quarter of 2015 to $13.5 billion in the fourth quarter. The following table shows GMV by quarter for 2015.

GMV: Q1-Q4, 2015 (in millions of US dollars)

Q4 & Q3
Variance

2015
Total GMV

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Amount

%

New Home *

1,281

3,441

4,580

5,644

1,064

23%

14,946

Secondary Home

384

3,321

5,951

7,860

1,909

32%

17,516

Home furnishing

4

23

56

57

1

3%

140

Total

1,669

6,785

10,587

13,562

2,975

28%

32,603

* Only including direct sales services.

'2015 was the first year of our transformation and the 35% revenue growth for Q4 is encouraging,' said Vincent Mo, Chairman and CEO of Fang.com. 'We are especially proud of our performance in resale market with leading market position in over 10 major cities in China and GMV over $17 billion. We will continue and deepen our transformation in 2016 and we are confident that 2016 will be the start of a series of rewarding years.'

FourthQuarter 2015Results

Revenues

Fang reported total revenues of $300.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, representing an increase of 34.8% from $223.0 million for the corresponding period in 2014, primarily driven by the growth in e-commerce services, partially offset by the decline in marketing services and listing services.

Revenue from marketing services was $83.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 10.0% from $92.2million for the corresponding period in 2014, primarily due to fewer customers in the market and fewer average amount per advertising contract.

Revenue from e-commerce services was $173.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, a 76.1% increase from $98.7 million for the same period in 2014, primarily due to the growth of the direct sales services for new home, the growth of the real estate brokerage services for secondary home and the growth of the rental, as well as rapid growth of the home decorating services.

Revenue from listing services was $22.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 11.5% from $25.2 million for the corresponding period in 2014, primarily due to our reduction of unit price per paying subscriber.

Revenue from financial services was $15.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 590.6% from $2.7 million for the corresponding period in 2014. Fang began to offer financial services in August 2014. We extracted revenue from financing services from other value-added services, to show this is a separate revenue source starting from the first quarter of 2015.

Revenue from other value-added services was $5.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 28.7% from $4.6 million for the corresponding period in 2014, primarily due to the rapid growth of our research related products.

Cost of Revenue

Costs of revenue was $218.4 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 411.0% from $42.7 million for the corresponding period in 2014. The increase in cost of revenue was mainly attributable to increased staff. In addition, increased e-commerce cost included potion of proceeds remitted to real estate brokers and subsidies to home buyers related to e-commerce services, and increased decorating cost related to the home decorating services also contributed to the increase in cost of revenues.

Gross margin was 27.4% in the three months ended December 31, compared with 2015, 2014 over the same period was 80.8%.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses were $114.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 57.8% from $72.8 million compare to the fourth quarter of 2014.

Selling expenses were $81.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 70.9% from 47.6 million for the corresponding period in 2014, primarily due to increased expenses paid to our advertising and promotional expenses and depreciation expense.

General and administrative expenses were $33.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 33.2% from $25.2 million for the corresponding period in 2014, primarily due to increased operating lease and increased professional service fee.

Operating Income/Loss

Operating loss was $32.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, compared to operating income of $107.6 million for the corresponding period in 2014.

Income Tax Expenses

Income tax expense was $7.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, compared to income tax expenses of $23.6 million for the corresponding period in 2014.

Net Income/Loss and EPS

Net Loss was $38.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015, compared to net income $82.5 million for the corresponding period in 2014. A $0.44 and $0.09 loss per fully-diluted ordinary share and ADS, respectively, for the three months ended December 31, 2015, compared to $0.94 and $0.19 for the corresponding period in 2014.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA, defined as non-GAAP net income before income taxes, interest expenses, interest income, depreciation and amortization, was $25.0 million loss for the three months ended December 31, 2015, compared to $112.2 million income for the corresponding period in 2014.

Cash

As of December 31, 2015, SouFun had cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $880.5 million, compared to $622.0 million as of September 30, 2015. Net cash used in operating activities was $31.6 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, compared to net cash generated in operating activities $5 million for the same period in 2014. The decline in cash flows from operating activities was primarily due to a $37.1 million decrease in cash flows due to the increase of loans receivables provided to home buyers under our financial services program and 21.1 million increase in cash flow due to increase of customers' refundable fees, which was partially offset by the increase in defer revenue of 35.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Fiscal Year2015Results

Revenues

Fang reported total revenues of $883.5 million for 2015, representing an increase of 25.7% from $702.9 million for 2014, primarily driven by the growth in e-commerce services and financial services.

Revenue from e-commerce services was $474.8 million for 2015, a 94.3% increase from $244.3 million for 2014. The growth was primarily driven by the fast growth of our new e-commerce business.

Revenue from financial services was $29.6 million for 2015, an increase of 814.2% from $3.2 million for 2014, primarily due to the rapid growth of our financial services and research related products.

Revenue from other value-added services was $21.4 million for 2015, an increase of 40.9% from $15.2 million for 2014, primarily due to the rapid growth of our research related products.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue was $555.4 million for 2015, an increase of 281.1% from $145.7 million 2014. The increase in cost of revenue was mainly driven by our new e-commerce model, increased staff costs, as well as an increase in VAT taxes and surcharges.

Gross margin was 37.1% for 2015, compared to 79.3% for the corresponding period in 2014.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses were $362.0 million for 2015, an increase of 45.7% from $248.4 million for 2014.

Selling expenses were $236.6 million for 2015, an increase of 60.0% from $147.9 million for 2014, primarily due to the new e-commerce model, increased advertising and promotional expenses and staff cost.

General and administrative expenses were $125.4 million for 2015, an increase of 24.7% from $100.6 million for 2014, primarily due to increased staff costs.

Operating Income/Loss

Operating loss was $34.5 million for 2015, compare to operating income of $309.5 million for 2014.

Income Tax Benefit/Expenses

Income tax benefit was $5.9 million for 2015, a decrease of 107.2% compared to $81.6 million of income tax expenses for the corresponding period in 2014. The income tax benefit was primarily due to the reversal of withholding tax arising from the undistributed earnings.

Net Loss/Income and EPS

Net loss attributable to Fang's shareholders was $15.2 million for 2015, a decrease of 106.0% from $253.2 million for the corresponding period in 2014. A fully diluted earnings per ADS was loss of $0.04 for 2015, a 133.1% decrease from income of $0.57 for 2014.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA, defined as non-GAAP net income before income taxes, interest expenses, interest income, depreciation and amortization, was $9.6 million loss for 2015, a decrease of 102.9% as compared to $333.0 million income for 2015.

Cash

Cash used in operating activities was $165.4 million for 2015, a 177% decrease from $214.4 million for 2014.The decline in cash flows from operating activities was primarily due to a $240.7 million decrease in cash flows due to the increase of loans receivables provided to home buyers under our financial services program in 2014.

Business Outlook

Fang estimates its total revenue guidance for 2016 around$1,060.2 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 20.0%. This forecast reflects Fang's current and preliminary view, which is subject to change.

Adoption of Repurchase Program

The Company also announced that it has adopted a share repurchase program (the 'Repurchase Program'), pursuant to which the Company may elect to repurchase the issued and outstanding American depositary shares of the Company with an aggregate value of no more than US$200 million within a period of 12 months.

The Resignation of Richard Jiangong Dai

The Company would also like to announce that Mr. Richard Jiangong Dai resigned from his position as a member of the Board of Director. He plans to focus on other professional commitments. 'I would like to thank Mr. Richard Jiangong Dai for his contribution to Fang,' commented Mr. Vincent Mo. 'I and the rest of the board would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to Mr. Richard Jiangong Dai and wish him the best in his pursuit of his other professional commitments.'

Conference Call Information

Fang's management team will host a conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. EST (9:00 PM Beijing/Hong Kong time). Thedial-in details for the live conference call are:

International Toll:

+65 6713-5090

Local Toll:

United States

+1 845-675-0437 /

+1 866-519-4004

Hong Kong

+852 3018-6771

+852 800-906-601

Mainland China

+86 400-620-8038

+86 800-819-0121

Passcode:

SFUN

A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call from 11:00 ET on February 25 through 23:59 ET March 4, 2016. The dial-in details for the telephone replay are:

International Toll:

+61 2-8199-0299

Toll-Free:

United States

+1 855-452-5696

+1 646-254-3697

Hong Kong

+852 800-963-117

+852 3051-2780

Mainland China

+86 400-602-2065

+86 800-870-0205

Conference ID:

52958132

A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on Fang's website at http://ir.fang.com.

About Fang

Fang operates the leading real estate Internet portal in China in terms of the number of page views and visitors to its websites. Through our websites, we provide marketing, e-commerce, listing and other value-added services for China's fast-growing real estate and home furnishing and improvement sectors. Our user-friendly websites support active online communities and networks of users seeking information on, and other value-added services for, the real estate and home furnishing and improvement sectors in China.Fang currently maintains about 100 offices to focus on local market needs and its website and database contains real estate related content covering more than 320 cities in China. For more information about Fang, please visit http://ir.fang.com.

Safe Harbor Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking 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,' 'is expected to,' 'anticipates,' 'aim,' 'future,' 'intends,' 'plans,' 'believes,' 'are likely to,' 'estimates,' 'may,' 'should' and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the proposed transactions contemplated by the Restructuring and the Concurrent Share Placement. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Fang's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, whether the transactions contemplated by the Restructuring will receive the requisite approvals, whether the Restructuring will be carried out as planned, the impact of the Restructuring on the Fang Assets, the impact of Fang's transformation from a pure Internet information platform to a transaction-oriented platform, the impact of Fang's implementation of a 'zero tolerance policy' that has resulted in dismissal of employees, the impact of the slowdown in China's real estate market on Fang and the impact on revenues of our existing and new service fees reductions, the ability of Fang to retain real estate listing agencies as customers during challenging economic periods, the success of Fang's new business initiatives, the ability of Fang to manage its operating expenses, the impact of, measures taken or to be taken by the Chinese government to control real estate growth and prices and other events which could occur in the future, economic challenges in China's real estate market, the impact of competitive market conditions for our services, our ability to maintain and increase our leadership in China's home related internet sector, the uncertain regulatory landscape in China, fluctuations in our quarterly operating results, our continued ability to execute business strategies including our Fang membership services and Fang Online Shop, our ability to continue to expand in local markets, our reliance on online advertising sales and listing services and transactions for our revenues, any failure to successfully develop and expand our content, service offerings and features, including the success of new features to meet evolving market needs, and the technologies that support them, the quality of the loans we originate and resell and the performance of those loans in the future, our ability to successfully service and process customer loans for our own benefit and for the purchasers of those loans and, should we in the future make acquisitions, any failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

Mr. Kent Cangsang Huang
CFO
Phone: +86-10-5631-9668
Email: huangcangsang@fang.com

SouFun Holdings Limited

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data and per share data )

ASSETS

December 31,

December 31,

2015

2014

Current assets:

(Unaudited)

(Audited)

Cash and cash equivalents

817,921

354,760

Restricted cash, current

103,179

97,988

Short-term investments

62,559

455,184

Accounts receivable, net

147,516

49,691

Funds receivable

45,400

62,163

Prepayment and other current assets

60,265

30,161

Commitment deposits

10,646

47,312

Loan receivable, current

266,990

79,641

Amount due from related parties

262

-

Deferred tax assets, current

-

2,991

Total current assets

1,514,738

1,179,891

Non-current assets:

Property and equipment, net

326,504

217,105

Prepaid land lease payments

774

-

Loan receivable, non-current

55,349

2,009

Restricted cash, non-current

-

109,495

Deferred tax assets, non-current

5,490

1,570

Deposit for non-current assets

137,715

86,515

Long-term investments

244,678

121,292

Prepayment for business acquisition

-

9,806

Other non-current assets

10,078

16,556

Total non-current assets

780,588

564,348

Total assets

2,295,326

1,744,239

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Short-term loans

100,000

80,750

Deferred revenue

145,321

119,042

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

361,593

221,901

Income tax payable

9,948

35,394

Customers' refundable fees

59,107

42,392

Amounts due to a related party

-

660

Convertible senior notes-current

400,000

-

Total current liabilities

1,075,969

500,139

Non-current liabilities:

Long-term loans

-

100,000

Convertible senior notes

300,000

400,000

Deferred tax liabilities, non-current

76,631

111,026

Other non-current liabilities

312

385

Total non-current liabilities

376,943

611,411

Total Liabilities

1,452,912

1,111,550

Equity:

Class A ordinary shares, par value Hong Kong Dollar
('HK$') 1 per share, 600,000,000 shares authorized for
Class A and Class B in aggregate, and 70,731,239
shares and 58,364,924 shares issued and outstanding as at
December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively

9,110

7,495

Class B ordinary shares, par value HK$1 per share,
600,000,000 shares authorized for Class A and Class B in
aggregate, and 24,336,650 shares and 24,336,650
shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2015
and December 31, 2014 , respectively

3,124

3,124

Additional paid-in capital

466,278

101,072

Accumulated other comprehensive income

(10,280)

49,566

Retained earnings

373,463

471,352

Total SouFun Holdings Limited shareholders' equity

841,695

632,609

Noncontrolling interests

719

80

Total equity

842,414

632,689

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

2,295,326

1,744,239

SouFun Holdings Limited

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data and per share data)

Three months ended

Year ended

December 31,

December 31,

December 31,

December 31,

2015

2014

2015

2014

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Audited)

Revenues:

Marketing services

82,995

92,227

249,822

294,484

E-commerce services

173,863

98,744

474,811

244,344

Listing services

22,261

25,157

107,922

145,654

Financial services

15,648

2,266

29,582

3,236

Other value-added services

5,895

4,582

21,373

15,165

Total revenues

300,662

222,976

883,510

702,883

Cost of Revenues:

Cost of services

(218,367)

(42,712)

(555,389)

(145,739)

Total Cost of Revenues

(218,367)

(42,712)

(555,389)

(145,739)

Gross Profit

82,295

180,264

328,121

557,144

Operating expenses and income:

Selling expenses

(81,306)

(47,571)

(236,603)

(147,874)

General and administrative expenses

(33,595)

(25,228)

(125,408)

(100,571)

Other income

37

130

(625)

835

Operating Income

(32,569)

107,595

(34,515)

309,534

Foreign exchange gain
(loss)

1,307

(34)

1,464

(44)

Interest income

2,833

9,606

22,221

43,857

Interest expense

(4,367)

(4,069)

(16,518)

(17,308)

Investment income

358

1,333

Government grants

1,150

1,389

4,936

7,205

Other-than-temporary
impairment on available
- for-sale securities

(8,417)

(8,417)

Income before income taxes and
noncontrolling interests

(31,288)

106,070

(21,079)

334,827

Income tax expenses

Income tax expenses

(7,530)

(23,566)

5,905

(81,609)

Net income

(38,818)

82,504

(15,174)

253,218

Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests

(4)

-

(37)

-

Net income attributable to
SouFun Holdings Limited
shareholders

(38,814)

82,504

(15,137)

253,218

Other comprehensive
income, net of tax

Foreign currency
Translation

(21,593)

5,908

(55,844)

(4,323)

Realized gain on
available-for-sale security

-

-

-

-

Unrealized gain on
available-for-sale security

4,612

(4,145)

(4,002)

10,508

Total other comprehensive
income, net of tax

(16,981)

1,763

(59,846)

6,185

Comprehensive income

(55,799)

84,267

(75,020)

259,403

Comprehensive loss
attributable to noncontrolling
interests

(4)

-

(37)

-

Comprehensive income
attributable to SouFun
Holdings Limited's
shareholders

(55,795)

84,267

(74,983)

259,403

Earnings per share for Class A and Class B ordinary shares

Basic

(0.44)

1.03

(0.18)

3.16

Diluted

(0.44)

0.92

(0.18)

2.81

Earnings per ADS

Basic

(0.09)

0.21

(0.04)

0.63

Diluted

(0.09)

0.18

(0.04)

0.56

Weighted average number of Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding:

Basic

88,189,443

81,965,501

85,170,886

82,163,135

Diluted

88,189,443

91,186,744

85,170,886

92,208,620

Weighted average number of ADSs outstanding:

Basic

440,947,215

409,827,505

425,854,430

410,815,675

Diluted

440,947,215

455,933,720

425,854,430

461,043,100

SouFun Holdings Limited

Reconciliation of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results

(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data and per share data)

Three months ended

Year ended

December 31,

December 31,

December 31,

December 31,

2,015

2,014

2,015

2,014

GAAP income from
operations

(32,569)

107,593

(34,515)

309,533

Share-based
compensation expense

856

184

4,008

4,682

Non-GAAP income
from operations

(31,713)

107,777

(30,507)

314,215

GAAP net income

(38,818)

82,502

(15,174)

253,217

One-off tax benefit

(30,578)

4,075

(61,162)

18,507

Investment income

(358)

(1,333)

Other-than-temporary
impairment on
available-for-sale
securities

-

8,417

8,417

Share-based
compensation expense

856

184

4,008

4,682

Gain on bargain purchase

-

-

-

-

Non-GAAP net income

(68,898)

95,178

(73,661)

284,823

Net Income attributable
to SouFun shareholders

(38,814)

82,502

(15,137)

253,217

One-off tax benefit

(30,578)

4,075

(61,162)

18,507

Investment income

(358)

-

(1,333)

-

Other-than-temporary
impairment on
available-for-sale
securities

8,417

8,417

Share-based
compensation expense

856

184

4,008

4,682

Gain on bargain purchase

-

-

-

-

Non-GAAP net Income
attributable to SouFun
Holdings Limited
shareholders

(68,894)

95,178

(73,624)

284,823

GAAP earnings per share
for Class A and Class B
ordinary shares:

Basic

(0.44)

1.01

(0.18)

3.08

Diluted

(0.44)

0.94

(0.18)

2.87

GAAP earnings per ADS:

Basic

(0.09)

0.20

(0.04)

0.62

Diluted

(0.09)

0.19

(0.04)

0.57

Non-GAAP earnings per
share for Class A and
Class B ordinary shares:

Basic

(0.78)

1.16

(0.86)

3.47

Diluted

(0.78)

1.04

(0.86)

3.09

Non-GAAP earnings per ADS:

Basic

(0.16)

0.23

(0.17)

0.69

Diluted

(0.16)

0.21

(0.17)

0.62

Weighted average
number of Class A and
Class B ordinary shares
outstanding:

Basic

88,189,443

81,965,501

85,170,886

82,163,135

Diluted

88,189,443

91,186,744

85,170,886

92,208,620

Weighted average number of ADSs outstanding:

Basic

440,947,215

409,827,505

425,854,431

410,815,675

Diluted

440,947,215

455,933,720

425,854,430

461,043,100

Non-GAAP Net income

(73,160)

95,178

(77,923)

284,823

Add back:

Interest expense

4,366

4,069

16,518

17,308

Income tax expenses

42,371

19,491

59,519

63,102

Depreciation expenses

4,302

3,065

14,544

11,624

Subtract:

Interest income

(2,832)

(9,606)

(22,221)

(43,857)

Adjusted EBITDA

(24,953)

112,197

(9,563)

333,000

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