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Q4 2025 Earnings Call· Tue, Mar 24, 2026

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Operator

Operator

Good evening, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by for 17EdTech's Fourth Quarter 2025 and Full Year Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded. I'll now turn the meeting over to your host for today's call, Ms. Lara Zhao, 17EdTech's Investor Relations Manager. Please proceed, Lara.

Lara Zhao

Analyst

Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Our earnings release was distributed earlier today and is available on our IR website. Joining us today are Ms. Sishi Zhou, Chief Financial Officer; and myself, Investor Relations Manager. Sishi will walk you through our latest business performance and strategies and I will discuss our financial performance in more detail. After the prepared remarks, Sishi will be available to answer your questions during the Q&A session. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that this conference call contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the company's control. These risks may cause the company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially. Further information regarding these or other factors -- other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the company's filings with the U.S. SEC. The company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable law. I will now turn the call over to our Chief Financial Officer, to review some of our business development and strategic direction. Sishi?

Sishi Zhou

Analyst

Thank you, Lara. Hello, everyone. Thank you all for joining us on our fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings conference call. Before we begin, I would like to note that the financial information and the non-GAAP numbers in this release are presented on a continuing operational basis and in RMB, unless otherwise stated. Let me begin with our latest business update. In the fourth quarter of 2025, we continued to deliver steady progress in our core business with top line growth on a year-over-year and quarter-on-quarter basis. Our school-based subscription model business continued to expand, contributing a growing share in total revenue, emerging as a key contributor during the quarter. Meanwhile, we successfully launched our new consumer-facing product, [ ETIC, ] which is closely aligned with the National AI plus education initiative. Leveraging the brand recognition and user trust cultivated over the past decade. Our new AI membership products have achieved strong presale orders and received highly positive market feedback since its launch, demonstrating its robust growth prospects in the quarters ahead. Notably, the robust preseale demand for our new products generated a significant increase in free cash flow. At of quarter end, we maintained a healthy cash balance of RMB 407 million, reflecting the promising trajectory of our new AI-powered offering and the positive expectations for future cash flow. Now let me go into more details. In the fourth quarter of 2025, we recorded net revenues of RMB 38.9 million an increase of 94.6% on a quarter-on-quarter basis and a 6.4% growth on a year-over-year basis, driven by the growing contribution of recurring revenue under subscription model as well as our consistent commitment to cost control. Gross was restored to a normalized level of 46.1% in Q4, a 12.5 percentage point increase on a year-over-year basis, benefiting from…

Lara Zhao

Analyst

Thanks, Sishi, and thank you, everyone, for joining the call. I will now walk you through our financial and operating results. Please note that all financial data I talk about will be presented in RMB terms. We are pleased to announce healthy financial results for the first -- for the fourth quarter of 2025 with top line growth of 94.6% on a quarter-on-quarter basis. Gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2025 was 46.1%, representing a 12.5 percentage point increase on a year-on-year basis compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, our continued focus on operational efficiency resulted in narrowing losses in the fourth quarter and the fiscal year of 2025. Despite an increase in sales and marketing expenses in support of the launch of our new AI-powered consumer business, we achieved a reduction in total operating expenses for the fourth quarter and full year of 2025 by 10.9% and 24.3%, respectively, resulting in narrowing losses by 16.8% and 20.0%, respectively, on a GAAP basis. Next, I will walk you through our fourth quarter financials in greater detail. Net revenues in the fourth quarter of 2025, we recorded net revenues of RMB 38.9 million compared with RMB 36.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, representing a 6.4% increase on a year-on-year basis which was primarily due to the increase in net revenues from the school-based subscription model business, which is demonstrating its recurring nature as it continues to scale. Cost of revenues for the fourth quarter of 2025 was RMB 21.0 million, USD 3.0 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 13.6% and from RMB 24.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, which was mainly due to the fewer district level project deliveries for our teaching and learning SaaS offerings as a result of a new -- as…

Operator

Operator

[Operator Instructions] I'm showing no questions. I'll now turn the conference back to Ms. Lara Zhao for closing comments.

Lara Zhao

Analyst

Thank you, operator. In closing, on behalf of 17EdTech's management team, we'd like to thank you for your participation on today's call. If you require any further information, please feel free to reach out to us directly. Thank you for joining us today. This concludes...

Operator

Operator

Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This does conclude the program. You may now disconnect your lines.