Trip.com Reports Q1 Revenue Growth, Profit Drop Amid Antitrust Probe
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- Trip.com reported a 17% rise in first-quarter revenue to 16.2 billion yuan but a 42% profit drop to 2.5 billion yuan, its lowest since late 2024.
- The company forecast weaker Q2 growth and warned that an ongoing antitrust investigation could lead to significant fines or changes to business practices.
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Trip.com reported mixed first-quarter financial results with revenue up but profit down, and forecast weaker second-quarter growth. The company is also under an antitrust investigation by the State Administration for Market Regulation.
The company reported on Thursday that first-quarter revenue rose 17 per cent to 16.2 billion yuan (US$2.4 billion), but forecast growth of 3 to 8 per cent in the second quarter, the weakest since late 2022.
Profit for the March quarter dropped almost 42 per cent to 2.5 billion yuan, the lowest since late 2024.
Trip.com, which operates the Ctrip and Qunar platforms in China, said the antitrust investigation, announced in January by the State Administration for Market Regulation, “could directly result in a significant fine, other financial penalties [or] changes to the company’s business practices”, which “may have a material adverse effect on the company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows”.
The company added it could not “predict the timing, outcome or consequences of the investigation, or estimate the possible loss”.
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Trip.com's second-quarter revenue growth will be between 3% and 8%.
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Trip.com will face financial penalties or business practice changes due to the antitrust investigation.
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Offene Fragen
- What will be the outcome of the antitrust investigation?
- What specific business practices might change?
- What is the exact financial loss from the investigation?
