Ryde Group Limited: A Look at Singapore’s Super Mobility AppRyde Group Limited (NASDAQ: RYDE) , a Singaporean tech company founded in 2014, has set its sights on becoming a “super mobility app,” integrating ride-hailing, carpooling, and parcel delivery under one platform. It aims to simplify urban transportation and logistics, catering to both individual users and businesses.
Ryde’s business operates in two key segments.
First, the mobility services segment, which started with carpooling and later expanded to ride-hailing options like RydeX, RydeXL, and RydeLUXE. This segment also includes tailored services like RydeFLASH for fast rides and RydePET for pet transport, demonstrating the company’s flexibility in meeting diverse user needs.
The second segment is quick commerce, which focuses on parcel delivery through RydeSEND, catering to e-commerce and F&B businesses. The acquisition of Meili Technologies Pte. Ltd. in early 2023 boosted Ryde’s capabilities in this space.
The market potential for Ryde is strong. Singapore’s mobility market, expected to grow at a CAGR of 26.7% and reach USD 6 billion by 2027, offers a significant opportunity. Likewise, the quick commerce sector is projected to grow from USD 6.4 billion in 2022 to USD 13.5 billion by 2027, driven by digital adoption and convenience-focused consumer behaviour. Ryde’s approach of integrating these services positions it well for growth.
Financially, Ryde has shown promising revenue growth, increasing from S$6.2 million in 2021 to S$8.8 million in 2022, with further growth in the first half of 2023 to S$5.2 million. However, profitability remains elusive, with net losses widening from S$1.2 million in 2021 to S$5 million in 2022, continuing into 2023 with a S$4 million loss in the first half.
These losses are primarily due to increased spending on incentives, tech development, and expansion efforts. The balance sheet shows a need for more capital, with liabilities reaching S$12.9 million by mid-2023 and limited cash reserves of S$2.3 million.
Ryde’s strategic plans include diversifying services and improving user experience. The acquisition of Meili reflects its ambitions for growth, and future strategies may involve more partnerships, joint ventures, or acquisitions. While its vision aligns well with market trends, achieving profitability will require disciplined cost management, and strong user engagement.
In summary, Ryde offers exciting growth potential as it seeks to redefine urban transportation and logistics. It has the ingredients to become a strong player in Southeast Asia, but success will depend on its ability to execute strategically while managing costs and securing sufficient capital to support its expansion plans.
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$SOFI heavy insider buying from CEOI think Anthony Noto is looking at the weekly chart too.
Seeing a bullish cross on the MACD. RSI is extremely oversold and looks to have bottomed out. And SOFI looks like it's battling with the upper bound of this parallel channel.
Once it fights through it and closes above it, it should easily hit $7.70.
The sweet spot for the majority of people to get out from being underwater is right around the VWAP and what I would consider the next big target, $13.94. (Circled)
Bank charter approved, go long $SOFISOFI has been successful in achieving a bank charter through the acquisition of California-based community lender Golden Pacific Bancorp.
It has been consolidating on the weekly chart for almost a whole year now. With the MACD curling up & histogram turning white heading towards green while the RSI is heading to test 50, I really like this set-up.
Some say it is priced in already. I highly doubt that. This stock could easily hit a $25 billion market cap (roughly the market cap of HBAN, which I say would be a reasonable comparison/achievable target since HBAN is a plain vanilla regional bank) with the combination of having a super app with the backbone of a bank charter. If it were to hit that market cap, SOFI would be trading at roughly $30.98. More than a double from here.
It seems to be the perfect time to go long. The combination of student loan management, IPO access, banking, crypto, stock trading, etc all in one app gives it a significant edge. If it can catch some momentum and pass $50, then it could be headed much higher.
An extremely bullish case would be SOFI reaching PYPL like numbers. SOFI's total assets increased from Sept 21 to Dec 21, while PYPL's decreased. On the day Dec 31st, 2021, PYPL had roughly 8.22x the assets of SOFI. Just throwing out a rough number, with net interest margins being added into the revenue basket for SOFI because of the bank charter and the potential to continue to increase its AUM and total assets then you could throw out a share price of $112.70 ($13.71 * 8.22).
Volume has been steadily increasing indicating increased interest and coverage. Oops. EBITDA somehow was from UCTT on the initial post and Tradingview won't let me edit it, no worries. Here is the chart with SOFI's EBITDA has shown some recent upward momentum.
This is just a theory, not financial advice, please do your own DD.