Trip.com Group
Trip.com Group's revenue rose 17.1% to CN¥62.4 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 25.3%, down from 26.6% a year earlier. Free cash flow was CN¥13.6 billion, down 28.6%. It paid out CN¥5.8 billion in dividends and buybacks, 43% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.4%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2017 to 2025, net income grew 40.8% a year; the filings' structured data doesn't give diluted earnings per share.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 49.4 | 42.5 | 59.3 | 76.9 | 71.9 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 0.0 | 17.2 | 22.5 | 8.7 | 11.4 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −49.3 | −25.3 | −36.8 | −68.2 | −60.4 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | −35.2x | −3.1x | −4.6x | −3.7x |
| Debt to equity | 0.0x | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.1x | 0.1x |
| Interest coverage | −0.9x | 0.1x | 5.5x | 8.2x | 18.6x |
| Current ratio | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.2x | 1.5x | 1.6x |
| Quick ratio | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.2x | 1.5x | 1.6x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −5.9% | −1.1% | 7.4% |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 19.8 | 26.8 | 31.0 | 35.7 | 18.3 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 44.5 | 53.3 | 62.4 |
| Revenue growth | 72.3% | 35.3% | 15.6% | 15.2% | −48.6% | 9.3% | 0.1% | 122.1% | 19.7% | 17.1% |
| Gross profit | 14.5 | 22.1 | 24.6 | 28.3 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 36.4 | 43.3 | 50.3 |
| Research and development | 7.7 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 15.1 |
| Operating income | −1.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 5.0 | −1.4 | −1.4 | 0.1 | 11.3 | 14.2 | 15.8 |
| Net income | −1.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 7.0 | −3.2 | −0.6 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 17.1 | 33.3 |
| Diluted EPS (CNY) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 473 | 574 | 567 | 642 | 601 | 634 | 657 | 671 | 689 | 698 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | −3.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 22.0 | 19.6 | 14.4 |
| Capital expenditure | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Free cash flow | 4.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | −4.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 21.4 | 19.0 | 13.6 |
| Dividends paid | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| Acquisitions | 9.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Stock-based compensation | 3.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 32.5 | 46.3 | 58.3 | 43.0 | 42.9 | 49.4 | 42.5 | 59.3 | 76.9 | 71.9 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 34.7 | 29.2 | 24.1 | 19.5 | 22.7 | 0.0 | 17.2 | 22.5 | 8.7 | 11.4 |
| Total assets | 144.4 | 162.2 | 185.8 | 200.2 | 187.2 | 191.9 | 191.7 | 219.1 | 242.6 | 267.4 |
| Total liabilities | 68.9 | 75.6 | 97.1 | 93.3 | 85.7 | 81.4 | 78.7 | 96.1 | 99.1 | 94.8 |
| Shareholders' equity | 71.5 | 84.8 | 86.7 | 103.4 | 100.4 | 109.7 | 112.3 | 122.2 | 141.8 | 170.8 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 73.3% | 82.5% | 79.6% | 79.3% | 78.0% | 77.0% | 77.5% | 81.8% | 81.2% | 80.6% |
| Operating margin | −7.8% | 11.0% | 8.4% | 14.1% | −7.8% | −7.0% | 0.4% | 25.4% | 26.6% | 25.3% |
| Net margin | −7.2% | 8.0% | 3.6% | 19.7% | −17.7% | −2.8% | 7.0% | 22.3% | 32.0% | 53.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 23.2% | 24.6% | 20.8% | 18.2% | −23.8% | 9.5% | 10.7% | 48.1% | 35.7% | 21.8% |
| Return on capital | — | 2.5% | 2.5% | 6.0% | −1.4% | −1.6% | 0.1% | 10.9% | 14.9% | 14.4% |
| Return on equity | −2.4% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 7.4% | −3.2% | −0.5% | 1.3% | 8.5% | 12.9% | 21.3% |
| Return on assets | −1.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 3.6% | −1.7% | −0.3% | 0.7% | 4.8% | 7.4% | 13.1% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | −4.5x | −9.5x | −4.1x | — | — | −35.2x | −3.1x | −4.6x | −3.7x |