Nayuki turned losses into profits in the first half of 2021 and its stock price rose 10% following the opening on August 26. As of the noon break, the tea maker was priced at HKD 11.1 per share.
Peng Xin, founder of Naixue's tea
According to the firm's mid-term performance report for 2021:
- The revenue reached CNY 2.13 billion, achieving a year-on-year increase of 80.2%.
- The adjusted net profit reached CNY 48.20 million, compared with a loss of CNY 63.50 million in the same period last year.
- In terms of business, the revenue of Nayuki was CNY 2 billion (up 0.4%), accounting for 94.4% of the total revenue; the revenue of Tai Gai, another business under the company, was CNY 77.53 million (down 1.7%), accounting for 3.6% of the total revenue; and revenue of other businesses was CNY 41.89 million (up 1.3%), accounting for the remaining 2.0%.
- As of June 30, 2021, Nayuki has up to 578 stores. During the first half-year, 93 new stores were opened, with 65.6% of them situated in Tier 1 and new Tier 1 cities.
- In terms of the type of stores, within the first half-year, 49 new PRO stores based in shopping malls were opened, adding up to 20 in total; 29 office-building PRO stores have appeared up to a total of 12; standard stores have reached a total of 492 in number with an increase of 9.
- As of June 30, 2021, the number of members had reached 36.5 million, representing a year-on-year increase of more than 30%. The repurchase rate reached 30.3% in Q2 2021, compared with 25.6% in 2019 and 29.8% in Q4 2020 respectively, all above the industry average.