Gogoro Releases First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
- Battery swapping service revenue grew 6.2% YoY with subscriber base up 8% to 644,000
- Non-IFRS gross margin improved to 18.2% from 15.1% YoY
- Secured new NT$2 billion credit facility
- Adjusted EBITDA increased to $14.3M from $10.2M YoY
- Expected cost savings of $25M in 2025
- Strong cash position of $93.3M
- Total revenue declined 8.7% YoY to $63.6M
- Hardware sales dropped 21.8% YoY to $29.1M
- Gross margin decreased to 4.9% from 6.4%
- Net loss widened to $18.6M from $13.1M YoY
- Operating cash flow turned negative at -$8.9M compared to +$0.9M in Q1 2024
- Vehicle sales volume decreased 36.1% YoY
Insights
Gogoro shows transition to subscription model with 8% subscriber growth despite 8.7% revenue decline; strategic battery upgrades pressure margins.
Gogoro's Q1 2025 results reveal a company prioritizing its subscription business while navigating hardware challenges. The 8.7% year-over-year revenue decline to
The subscriber base increased
Financial metrics show mixed signals: gross margin contracted to
Cash management requires attention with operating cash outflow of
The company's projected
First Quarter 2025 Summary
- Revenue of
, down$63.6 million 8.7% year-over-year and down4.5% on a constant currency basis. - Battery swapping service revenue of
, up$34.5 million 6.2% year-over-year and up11.1% on a constant currency basis. - Sales of hardware and others revenue of
, down$29.1 million 21.8% year-over-year and down18.1% on a constant currency basis. - Gross margin of
4.9% , down from6.4% in the same quarter last year due to the large quantity of upgraded battery packs. Non-IFRS gross margin of18.2% , up3.1% year-over-year. - Net loss of
as compared to a net loss of$18.6 million in the same quarter last year.$13.1 million - Adjusted EBITDA of
, up from$14.3 million in the same quarter last year.$10.2 million
"The word that best describes our efforts over the past two quarters is focus. At Gogoro, we are focused on delivering an exceptional user experience, driving operational efficiency, and executing with discipline against a clear and ambitious long-term strategy. Our results in the first quarter of 2025 reflect that focus. We delivered solid gross margin and made critical investments in our future, while also significantly reducing operating expenses year-over-year," said Henry Chiang, interim CEO of Gogoro. "We remain firmly committed to our profitability milestones and the progress we have made this quarter reinforces our confidence in that trajectory."
"In the first quarter of 2025, we delivered meaningful financial improvements driven by a focused effort on operational efficiency and disciplined execution compared to the first quarter of 2024. This reflects the early success of our cost optimization initiatives and our commitment to building a more resilient and scalable business. We remain on track to meet our planned financial milestones. These goals are grounded in a clear roadmap and are supported by recurring revenue from our Gogoro Network battery swapping business, which continues to grow in both subscribers and service adoption," said Bruce Aitken, CFO of Gogoro. "Our capital position was further strengthened by securing a new
First Quarter 2025 Financial Overview
Operating Revenues
For the first quarter, the total revenue was
- Battery swapping service revenue for the first quarter was
, up$34.5 million 6.2% year-over-year, and up11.1% year-over-year on a constant currency basis1. Total subscribers at the end of the first quarter was 644,000, up8% from 595,000 subscribers at the end of the same quarter last year. The year-over-year increase in battery swapping service revenue was primarily due to our larger subscriber base compared to the same quarter last year and the high retention rate of our subscribers. We continue to see the strength of our subscription-based business model which enables us to accumulate more customers to maximize our battery swapping network efficiency. - Sales of hardware and other revenue for the first quarter was
, down$29.1 million 21.8% year-over-year, and down18.1% year-over-year on a constant currency basis1. The year-over-year decrease in sales of hardware and other revenues was driven by (i) a36.1% decrease in vehicle sales volume on a year-over-year basis primarily due to the delayed launch of an anticipated vehicle; we believe these sales will shift to subsequent quarters, (ii) a decrease in sales revenues associated with selling accessories and parts and performing maintenance in Gogoro Quick Service centers, and (iii) a$1.3 million decrease in sales revenues related to PBGN partners and overseas operations.$2.3 million
Gross Margin
For the first quarter, gross margin was
Gogoro was founded as an innovative energy business and we continue to invest heavily in growing and updating our Gogoro Network by deploying new GoStations, battery packs, and software updates. Over the last three years, we have invested approximately
Additionally, in the past few quarters, we have been undertaking a program to carry out one-time, voluntary upgrades on certain battery packs which are expected to continue through 2025. These upgrades provide multiple benefits — more efficient deployment of our resources than replacing battery packs, increasing lifetime capacity of each battery pack (including extending its first mobility use-case useful life) and solidifying the extra lifetime capacity of each battery pack to validate our second-life thesis. These upgrades are expected to create economic benefits in the long run but will lead to a short-term reduction in our gross margin as we continue carrying out these upgrades. We expect our cash position, gross profit and gross margin will continue to be impacted by the costs of these upgrades during 2025. In order to improve our overall customer experience and to extend battery life, we plan to continue upgrading a substantial quantity of our battery packs which are already in circulation and will improve designs of our battery packs to make them even more rugged, safer and long-lasting.
Net Loss
For the first quarter, net loss was
Adjusted EBITDA
For the first quarter, adjusted EBITDA1 was
Liquidity
In the first quarter of 2025, we incurred an operating cash outflow of
2025 Cost Reduction/Efficiency Plans
In the first quarter, we continued our focus on cost optimization and aligned our operations accordingly. The plan aims to drive operational efficiency, reduce costs, accelerate our path to profitability and reinforce our primary focus as an energy and subscription-based business based on our energy platform leadership. Gogoro is expected to create approximately
2025 Guidance
We believe the
Conference Call Information
Gogoro's management team will hold an earnings webcast on May 8, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company's first quarter 2025 results of operations and outlook.
Investors may access the webcast, supplemental financial information and investor presentation at Gogoro's investor relations website (https://investor.gogoro.com) under the "Events" section. A replay of the investor presentation and the earnings call script will be available 24 hours after the conclusion of the webcast and archived for one year.
About Gogoro
Founded in 2011 to rethink urban energy and inspire the world to move through cities in smarter and more sustainable ways, Gogoro leverages the power of innovation to change the way urban energy is distributed and consumed. Recognized by Fortune as a "Change the World 2024" company; Fast Company as "
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication 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. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or Gogoro's future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "going to," "could," "intends," "target," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern Gogoro's expectations, strategy, priorities, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements in this communication include, but are not limited to, statements in the section entitled, "2025 Guidance," such as estimates regarding
Gogoro's expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including risks related to macroeconomic factors including inflation and consumer confidence, risks related to the
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
The condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (collectively, "IFRS") issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and regulations of the
Use of Non-IFRS Financial Measures
This press release and accompanying tables contain certain non-IFRS financial measures including foreign exchange effect on operating revenues, non-IFRS gross profit, non-IFRS gross margin, non-IFRS net loss, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA.
Foreign exchange ("FX") effect on operating revenues. We compare the dollar amount and the percent change in the operating revenues from the current period to the same period last year using constant currency disclosure. We present constant currency information to provide a framework for assessing how our underlying revenues performed excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. To present this information, current period operating revenues for entities reporting in currencies other than USD are converted into USD at the average exchange rates from the equivalent periods last year.
Non-IFRS Gross Profit and Gross Margin. Gogoro defines non-IFRS gross profit and gross margin as gross profit and gross margin excluding share-based compensation, battery upgrade initiatives and battery swapping service rebate.
Share-based Compensation. Share-based compensation consists of non-cash charges related to the fair value of restricted stock units awarded to employees and stock options granted to certain directors, executives, employees and others providing similar services. We believe that the exclusion of these non-cash charges provides for more accurate comparisons of our operating results to our peer companies due to the varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types. In addition, we believe it is useful to investors to understand the specific impact of share-based compensation on our operating results.
Non-IFRS Net Loss. Gogoro defines non-IFRS net loss as net loss excluding share-based compensation, the change in fair value of financial liabilities including revaluation of change in fair value of earnout, earn-in and warrants associated with the merger of Poema, battery upgrade initiatives, and battery swapping service rebate. These amounts do not reflect the impact of any related tax effects.
EBITDA. Gogoro defines EBITDA as net loss excluding interest expense, net, provision for income tax, depreciation, and amortization. These amounts do not reflect the impact of any related tax effects.
Adjusted EBITDA. Gogoro defines Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA excluding share-based compensation, the change in fair value of financial liabilities including revaluation of change in fair value of earnout, earn-in and warrants associated with the merger of Poema, battery upgrade initiatives, and battery swapping service rebate. These amounts do not reflect the impact of any related tax effects.
Battery Upgrade Initiatives. As we perform certain voluntary upgrades to our battery packs, this charge represents the (i) derecognition expense on components removed from the battery pack, which we do not expect to generate any future benefits from its disposal and (ii) battery pack retrieval and other directly attributable costs incurred during the battery upgrades. We will only upgrade battery packs in instances where the value created exceeds the cost of the upgrade. The program will improve batteries' capacity and extend the remaining useful life of certain battery packs. The derecognition expense and the retrieval and other costs are recorded under Cost of Revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. We exclude such expenditures for purposes of calculating certain non-IFRS measures because these charges do not reflect how management evaluates our operating performance. The adjustments facilitate a useful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to past operating results and provide investors with additional means to evaluate our profitability trends. We expect the derecognition expense and retrieval and other costs to recur in future periods as incurred during the implementation phase of the battery upgrade program.
Battery Swapping Service Rebate. We voluntarily offered one-time subscription fee discounts to certain subscribers of Gogoro Network who experienced unusual and infrequent service inconveniences associated with a minor voluntary vehicle recall and battery upgrade, and such battery swapping service rebates are recorded as contra-revenue. We have excluded the impacts of such rebates from our non-IFRS metrics to allow investors to better understand the underlying operation results of the business and to facilitate comparison of current financial results with historical financial results and our peer group companies' financial results.
These non-IFRS financial measures exclude share-based compensation, interest expense, income tax, depreciation and amortization, change in fair value of financial liabilities associated with outstanding earnout shares, earn-in shares and warrants associated with the merger of Poema, battery upgrade initiative, and battery swapping service rebate. The Company uses these non-IFRS financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes that these non-IFRS financial measures are useful to investors as an additional tool to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends. In addition, these measures are the primary indicators management uses as a basis for its planning and forecasting for future periods.
Non-IFRS financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable IFRS financial measures. Non-IFRS financial measures are subject to limitations and should be read only in conjunction with the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS. Non-IFRS financial measures do not have any standardized meaning and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. A description of these non-IFRS financial measures has been provided above and a reconciliation of the Company's non-IFRS financial measures to their most directly comparable IFRS measures have been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations.
GOGORO INC. | |||
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet | |||
(unaudited)2 | |||
(in thousands of | |||
March 31, | December 31, | ||
2025 | 2024 | ||
ASSETS | |||
Current assets: | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 93,279 | $ 117,148 | |
Trade receivables | 18,940 | 16,977 | |
Inventories2 | 41,767 | 44,972 | |
Other assets, current | 18,808 | 23,727 | |
Total current assets | 172,794 | 202,824 | |
Property, plant and equipment2 | 427,657 | 438,255 | |
Right-of-use assets | 33,223 | 35,303 | |
Investments accounted for using equity method | 16,275 | 16,117 | |
Other assets, non-current | 7,629 | 7,928 | |
Total assets | $ 657,578 | $ 700,427 | |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | |||
Current liabilities: | |||
Borrowings, current | $ 103,823 | $ 103,018 | |
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | 871 | 2,654 | |
Notes and trade payables | 21,921 | 29,351 | |
Contract liabilities, current | 11,562 | 11,869 | |
Lease liabilities, current | 14,450 | 9,446 | |
Financial liabilities at amortized cost, current | 25,000 | 24,586 | |
Provisions, current | 4,263 | 4,240 | |
Other liabilities, current | 30,875 | 40,465 | |
Total current liabilities | 212,765 | 225,629 | |
Borrowings, non-current | 250,536 | 253,750 | |
Lease liabilities, non-current | 19,686 | 26,966 | |
Provisions, non-current | 1,353 | 1,419 | |
Other liabilities, non-current | 14,696 | 16,123 | |
Total liabilities | 499,036 | 523,887 | |
Total equity | 158,542 | 176,540 | |
Total liabilities and equity | $ 657,578 | $ 700,427 | |
March 31, | December 31, | ||
2025 | 2024 | ||
Inventories: | |||
Raw materials | $ 22,003 | $ 23,337 | |
Semi-finished goods | 4,547 | 2,667 | |
Merchandise | 15,217 | 18,968 | |
Total inventories | $ 41,767 | $ 44,972 |
GOGORO INC. | |||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss | |||
(unaudited) | |||
(in thousands of | |||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
2025 | 2024 | ||
Operating revenues | $ 63,621 | $ 69,711 | |
Cost of revenues | 60,515 | 65,238 | |
Gross profit | 3,106 | 4,473 | |
Operating expenses: | |||
Sales and marketing | 7,378 | 10,581 | |
General and administrative | 6,663 | 9,369 | |
Research and development | 5,986 | 9,366 | |
Other operating expense | 187 | 454 | |
Total operating expenses | 20,214 | 29,770 | |
Loss from operations | (17,108) | (25,297) | |
Non-operating income and expenses: | |||
Interest expense, net | (2,950) | (2,728) | |
Other income, net | 1,158 | 2,416 | |
Change in fair value of financial liabilities | 1,783 | 13,198 | |
Share of loss of investments accounted for using equity method | (1,445) | (716) | |
Total non-operating (expense) income | (1,454) | 12,170 | |
Net loss | (18,562) | (13,127) | |
Other comprehensive loss: | |||
Exchange differences on translation | (2,103) | (8,319) | |
Total comprehensive loss | $ (20,665) | $ (21,446) | |
Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ (0.06) | $ (0.06) | |
Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share | 287,736 | 235,942 | |
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
Operating revenues: | 2025 | 2024 | |
Sales of hardware and others | $ 29,148 | $ 37,258 | |
Battery swapping service | 34,473 | 32,453 | |
Total | $ 63,621 | $ 69,711 | |
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
Share-based compensation: | 2025 | 2024 | |
Cost of revenues | $ 103 | $ 282 | |
Sales and marketing | 170 | 449 | |
General and administrative | 489 | 1,673 | |
Research and development | 321 | 974 | |
Total | $ 1,083 | $ 3,378 |
GOGORO INC. | |||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | |||
(unaudited) | |||
(in thousands of | |||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
2025 | 2024 | ||
Operating activities | |||
Net loss | $ (18,562) | $ (13,127) | |
Adjustments for: | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 22,285 | 24,680 | |
Impairment losses associated with facilities, inventories and receivables | 1,268 | 1,812 | |
Share of loss of investments accounted for using equity method | 1,445 | 716 | |
Change in fair value of financial liabilities | (1,783) | (13,198) | |
Interest expense, net | 2,950 | 2,728 | |
Share-based compensation | 1,083 | 3,378 | |
Loss on disposal of property and equipment, net | 1,925 | 448 | |
Recognition of provisions | 318 | 9 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||
Trade receivables | (2,400) | (379) | |
Inventories | 1,676 | 456 | |
Other current assets | 1,771 | 1,932 | |
Notes and trade payables | (7,430) | (532) | |
Contract liabilities | (613) | 3,337 | |
Other liabilities | (9,400) | (7,651) | |
Provisions | (693) | (944) | |
Cash (used in) generated from operations | (6,160) | 3,665 | |
Interest expense paid, net | (2,734) | (2,813) | |
Net cash (used in) generated from operating activities | (8,894) | 852 | |
Investing activities | |||
Payments for property, plant and equipment, net | (17,873) | (34,419) | |
Increase in refundable deposits | (88) | (220) | |
Payments of intangible assets, net | (43) | (52) | |
Decrease (increase) in other financial assets | 2,695 | (83) | |
Net cash used in investing activities | (15,309) | (34,774) | |
Financing activities | |||
Proceeds from borrowings | 12,164 | 10,852 | |
Repayments of borrowings | (10,003) | (8,678) | |
Guarantee deposits received (refund) | 26 | (75) | |
Repayment of the principal portion of lease liabilities | (3,099) | (3,147) | |
Net cash used in financing activities | (912) | (1,048) | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 1,246 | (6,401) | |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (23,869) | (41,371) | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 117,148 | 173,885 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | $ 93,279 | $ 132,514 |
GOGORO INC. | |||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity | |||||||||
(unaudited) | |||||||||
(in thousands of | |||||||||
Ordinary | Capital Surplus | Accumulated | Exchange Difference | Total Equity | |||||
Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ 29 | $ 734,460 | $ (548,732) | $ (9,217) | $ 176,540 | ||||
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 | — | — | (18,562) | — | (18,562) | ||||
Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | (2,103) | (2,103) | ||||
Changes in percentage of ownership interest in investments accounted for using equity method | — | 1,584 | — | — | 1,584 | ||||
Shared-based compensation | — | 1,083 | — | — | 1,083 | ||||
Balance as of March 31, 2025 | $ 29 | $ 737,127 | $ (567,294) | $ (11,320) | $ 158,542 | ||||
GOGORO INC. | |||||||||||
Reconciliation of IFRS Financial Metrics to Non-IFRS | |||||||||||
(unaudited) | |||||||||||
(in thousands of | |||||||||||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | IFRS revenue | Revenue | ||||||||
Operating revenues: | IFRS revenue | FX effect | Revenue | IFRS revenue | |||||||
Sales of hardware and others | $ 29,148 | $ 1,351 | $ 30,499 | $ 37,258 | (21.8) % | (18.1) % | |||||
Battery swapping service | 34,473 | 1,586 | 36,059 | 32,453 | 6.2 % | 11.1 % | |||||
Total | $ 63,621 | $ 2,937 | $ 66,558 | $ 69,711 | (8.7) % | (4.5) % | |||||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||
2025 | 2024 | ||||
Gross profit and gross margin | $ 3,106 | 4.9 % | $ 4,473 | 6.4 % | |
Share-based compensation | 103 | 282 | |||
Battery upgrade initiatives [3] | 8,347 | 4,110 | |||
Battery swapping service rebate | — | 1,661 | |||
Non-IFRS gross profit and gross margin | $ 11,556 | 18.2 % | $ 10,526 | 15.1 % | |
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||
2025 | 2024 | ||||
Net loss | $ (18,562) | $ (13,127) | |||
Share-based compensation | 1,083 | 3,378 | |||
Change in fair value of financial liabilities | (1,783) | (13,198) | |||
Battery upgrade initiatives 3 | 8,347 | 4,110 | |||
Battery swapping service rebate | — | 1,661 | |||
Non-IFRS net loss | $ (10,915) | $ (17,176) | |||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||
2025 | 2024 | ||||
Net loss | $ (18,562) | $ (13,127) | |||
Interest expense, net | 2,950 | 2,728 | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 22,285 | 24,680 | |||
EBITDA | 6,673 | 14,281 | |||
Share-based compensation | 1,083 | 3,378 | |||
Change in fair value of financial liabilities | (1,783) | (13,198) | |||
Battery upgrade initiatives 3 | 8,347 | 4,110 | |||
Battery swapping service rebate | — | 1,661 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ 14,320 | $ 10,232 |
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1 This is a non-IFRS measure, see Use of Non-IFRS Financial Measures for a description of the non-IFRS measures and Reconciliation of IFRS Financial Metrics to Non-IFRS for a reconciliation of the Company's non-IFRS financial measures to their most directly comparable IFRS measures. |
2 On March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the company classified |
3 The three months ended March 31, 2024 battery upgrade initiatives amount includes retrieval and other attributable costs which previously were not reported in our unaudited Reconciliations of IFRS Financial Metrics to Non-IFRS tables in the first quarter of 2024. |
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