Cenntro Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

FREEHOLD, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cenntro Inc. (NASDAQ: CENN) (“Cenntro” or “the Company”), a pioneering innovator in electric commercial vehicles, with advanced, market-validated, and purpose-built vehicle and smart technology products, has reported its financial and operational results for the three months ended March 31, 2025.


First Quarter 2025 Financial and Operational Highlights:

  • First quarter 2025 net revenue of $2.1 million decreased 8.5% compared to $2.3 million for the first quarter 2024.
  • Adjusted EBITDA loss for the first quarter of 2025 of ($4.0) million compared to a loss of ($6.4) million for the first quarter of 2024.
  • Sold 129 Electric Commercial Vehicles in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 34% over the prior year period.
  • Sold 31 Avantier™ vehicles in Europe and South American markets in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 12 vehicles in the first quarter of 2024.
  • Sold 27 iChassis units in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 227 units in the first quarter of 2024.

Peter Wang, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “The first quarter of 2025 was underscored by continued international vehicle sales momentum across our product line. During the quarter we sold a total of 129 Electric Commercial Vehicles, compared to 96 vehicles in the prior year period, a 34% improvement. In the first quarter of 2025, our facility in Ontario, CA, assembled and delivered 14 vehicles to customers on the North American west coast.

“For the iChassis, we sold 27 units in the first quarter of 2025, although these units are not inclusive of the number of vehicles sold because iChassis is not considered a complete vehicle. The iChassis 100 is a smart chassis platform designed and manufactured by Cenntro, serving as a foundational component for autonomous commercial vehicles. At present, we exclusively manufacture autonomous commercial vehicles for third-party contractors in China, and in the 2024 calendar year we delivered more than 900 autonomous driving delivery vehicles incorporating the iChassis 100 in China. With strong demand for the iChassis platform and autonomous vehicle manufacturing capabilities, we are expanding our footprint in China and abroad.

“Several significant orders delivered in the first quarter continued to demonstrate global demand for our purpose-built electric vehicles. In Spain, we received an order for 200 special edition Logistar® 450P electric passenger vans from vehicle provider QEV Technologies, with 34 delivered in the first calendar quarter of 2025, 13 confirmed to deliver in the second calendar quarter of 2025. The LS450P model is a special edition jointly developed by QEV and Cenntro and holding European Union M2 Type Approval. In Japan, we secured an order for 500 customized Metro MR vehicles exclusively for the Japanese market. We believe we are well positioned to capitalize on additional opportunities in this key market, as the Metro MR is uniquely tailored to the requirements of the Japanese market.

“Looking ahead, we are leveraging our innovative capabilities to drive long-term shareholder value through portfolio diversification and the development of new vehicle models that align with market demands. We are focused on expanding our geographic footprint for production, distribution, and service infrastructure, especially in the US market. We expect a significant increase in revenue in the US market as we ramp-up our Ontario facility and introduce additional new models. Globally, we are increasing vehicle delivery efficiency and penetrating new markets where our vehicles are uniquely suited, laying the foundation for new orders and additional market share. As we continue our mission to revolutionize urban mobility through innovative, sustainable electric vehicles, we look forward to providing additional updates and milestones in the months ahead,” concluded Mr. Wang.

First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Net Revenue

Net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025, were approximately $2.1 million, a decrease of approximately $0.2 million or 8.5% from approximately $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in spare-part sales, offset by an increase in vehicle sales and other sales.

Gross Profit

Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2025. was approximately $0.3 million, an increase of approximately $0.1 million from approximately $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in gross profit was caused by an increase in the gross profit of spare-part sales and other sales of approximately $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, offset by a decrease in the gross profit of vehicle sales of approximately $0.09 million.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses were approximately $6.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared with $8.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Selling and marketing expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were approximately $0.8 million, an increase of approximately $0.2 million or approximately 25.7% from approximately $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in selling and marketing expenses in 2025 was primarily attributed to the increase in freight of approximately $0.4 million, offset by the decrease in salary and social insurance, marketing expense and service fees related to European market and distribution channel research of approximately $0.08 million, $0.05 million and $0.07 million, respectively.

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were approximately $4.9 million, a decrease of approximately $1.0 million or approximately 16.6% from approximately $5.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in general and administrative expenses in 2025 was primarily attributed to the decrease in legal and professional fee, salary and social insurance, ROU amortization, office expenses, ROU interest expense and share-based compensation of approximately $0.2 million, $0.1 million, $0.2 million, $0.2 million, $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

Research and development expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were approximately $0.8 million, a decrease of approximately $0.7 million or approximately 48.1% from approximately $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in research and development expenses in 2025 was primarily attributed to the decrease in design and development expenses, salary expense and others of approximately $0.2 million, $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

Net Loss

Net loss from continuing operations was approximately $5.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared with net loss of $7.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Balance Sheet

Cash and cash equivalents were approximately $8.5 million as of March 31, 2025, compared with $12.5 million as of December 31, 2024.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations was approximately ($4.0) million in the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared with Adjusted EBITDA of $(6.4) million in the three months ended March 31, 2024.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (or net loss) before net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization as further adjusted to exclude the impact of stock-based compensation expense and other non-recurring expenses including expenses related to TME Acquisition, expenses related to one-off payment inherited from the original Naked Brand Group, impairment of goodwill, convertible bond issuance fee, loss on redemption of convertible promissory notes, loss on exercise of warrants, and change in fair value of convertible promissory notes and derivative liability. We present Adjusted EBITDA because we consider it to be an important supplemental measure of our performance and believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. Management believes that investors’ understanding of our performance is enhanced by including this non-GAAP financial measure as a reasonable basis for comparing our ongoing results of operations.

US-GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) TO ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)

 

(Unaudited)

 

Net loss

 

$

(5,362,267

)

 

$

(7,755,896

)

Interest (income)/ expense, net

 

 

118,688

 

 

 

(73,242

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

(11,632

)

 

 

(11,990

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

550,278

 

 

 

490,540

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

739,651

 

 

 

906,327

 

Change in fair value of convertible promissory notes and derivative liability

 

 

3,129

 

 

 

705

 

Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations

 

$

(3,962,153

)

 

$

(6,443,556

)

Represents a non-GAAP financial measure.

About Cenntro

Cenntro (NASDAQ: CENN) is a pioneering maker and provider of electric commercial vehicles (“ECVs”). Cenntro’s purpose-built ECVs are designed to serve a variety of commercial applications inclusive of its line of class 1 to class 4 trucks. Cenntro is building a globalized supply-chain, as well as the manufacturing, distribution, and service capabilities for its innovative and reliable products. Cenntro continues to evolve its products capabilities through advanced battery, powertrain, and smart driving technologies. For more information, please visit Cenntro’s website at: www.cenntroauto.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication contains «forward-looking statements» within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. Such statements may be, but need not be, identified by words such as «may,» «believe,» «anticipate,» «could,» «should,» «intend,» «plan,» «will,» «aim(s),» «can,» «would,» «expect(s),» «estimate(s),» «project(s),» «forecast(s),» «positioned,» «approximately,» «potential,» «goal,» «strategy,» «outlook» and similar expressions. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding assembly and distribution capabilities, decentralized production, and fully digitalized autonomous driving solutions. All such forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs, expectations and assumptions, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied in this communication. For additional risks and uncertainties that could impact Cenntro’s forward-looking statements, please see disclosures contained in Cenntro’s public filings with the SEC, including the «Risk Factors» in Cenntro’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2025 and which may be viewed at www.sec.gov.

CENNTRO INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of shares)

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

2025

 

 

December 31,

2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

$

8,536,714

 

 

$

12,547,168

 

Restricted cash, current

 

 

 

 

 

197,674

 

 

 

273,291

 

Short-term investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,505

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

 

 

 

3,096,130

 

 

 

3,281,865

 

Inventories

 

 

 

 

 

25,276,095

 

 

 

24,012,504

 

Prepayment and other current assets

 

 

 

 

 

18,098,574

 

 

 

18,075,415

 

Amounts due from related parties – current

 

 

 

 

 

11,798

 

 

 

11,729

 

Assets held for sale, current

 

 

 

 

 

7,723,541

 

 

 

7,708,969

 

Total current assets

 

 

 

 

 

62,940,526

 

 

 

65,916,446

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term time deposit

 

 

 

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

700,000

 

Long-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

3,730,271

 

 

 

3,710,663

 

Investment in equity security

 

 

 

 

 

26,861,031

 

 

 

26,604,319

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

 

 

 

17,593,328

 

 

 

17,401,006

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

6,196,476

 

 

 

6,225,302

 

Right-of-use assets

 

 

 

 

 

9,332,719

 

 

 

9,948,831

 

Other non-current assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

1,987,621

 

 

 

2,059,747

 

Total non-current assets

 

 

 

 

 

66,401,446

 

 

 

66,649,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

$

129,341,972

 

 

$

132,566,314

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

 

 

 

$

4,812,536

 

 

$

5,135,710

 

Short-term loans and current portion of long-term loans

 

 

 

 

 

237,296

 

 

 

249,614

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

3,935,863

 

 

 

3,647,503

 

Contractual liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

5,102,793

 

 

 

4,121,305

 

Operating lease liabilities, current

 

 

 

 

 

3,578,744

 

 

 

3,426,067

 

Convertible promissory notes

 

 

 

 

 

9,952,000

 

 

 

9,952,000

 

Deferred government grant, current

 

 

 

 

 

100,647

 

 

 

100,060

 

Amounts due to related parties

 

 

 

 

 

1,087,470

 

 

 

26,226

 

Liabilities held for sale, current

 

 

 

 

 

2,200,535

 

 

 

2,455,539

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

31,007,884

 

 

 

29,114,024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term loans

 

 

 

 

 

339,307

 

 

 

362,386

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

166,865

 

 

 

171,558

 

Deferred government grant, non-current

 

 

 

 

 

1,760,797

 

 

 

1,776,957

 

Derivative liability – investor warrant

 

 

 

 

 

12,139,517

 

 

 

12,137,087

 

Derivative liability – placement agent warrant

 

 

 

 

 

3,456,528

 

 

 

3,455,829

 

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

 

 

 

 

 

7,038,916

 

 

 

7,588,971

 

Total non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

24,901,930

 

 

 

25,492,788

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

 

 

$

55,909,814

 

 

$

54,606,812

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock (No par value; 30,866,614 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid in capital

 

 

 

 

 

406,496,754

 

 

 

405,757,103

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

 

 

 

(324,544,650

)

 

 

(318,890,314

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

(8,631,181

)

 

 

(9,029,499

)

Total equity attributable to shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

73,320,923

 

 

 

77,837,290

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

111,235

 

 

 

122,212

 

Total Equity

 

 

 

 

$

73,432,158

 

 

$

77,959,502

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

 

$

129,341,972

 

 

$

132,566,314

 

CENNTRO INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for number of shares)

 

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,143,058

 

 

$

2,342,918

 

Cost of goods sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,821,531

)

 

 

(2,173,711

)

Gross profit

 

 

 

 

 

 

321,527

 

 

 

169,207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Selling and marketing expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

(776,717

)

 

 

(617,961

)

General and administrative expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,934,168

)

 

 

(5,916,071

)

Research and development expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

(784,178

)

 

 

(1,509,921

)

Total operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,495,063

)

 

 

(8,043,953

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Loss from operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,173,536

)

 

 

(7,874,746

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

OTHER EXPENSE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Interest (expense) income, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

(118,688

)

 

 

73,242

 

Loss from long-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

(39

)

 

 

(13,870

)

Change in fair value of convertible promissory notes and derivative liability

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,129

)

 

 

(705

)

Gain from early termination of lease contract

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,138

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of equity securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

256,712

 

 

 

234,887

 

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net

 

 

 

 

 

 

404,191

 

 

 

(245,179

)

(Loss) gain from cross-currency swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

(36,140

)

 

 

5,933

 

Other income, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

295,592

 

 

 

52,552

 

Net loss from continuing operations before taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,373,899

)

 

 

(7,767,886

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,632

 

 

 

11,990

 

Net loss from continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,362,267

)

 

 

(7,755,896

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

(303,390

)

 

 

(1,474,327

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,665,657

)

 

 

(9,230,223

)

Less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,321

)

 

 

(72

)

Net loss attributable to the Company’s shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

$

(5,654,336

)

 

$

(9,230,151

)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

391,162

 

 

 

(1,001,245

)

Unrealized holding gains for available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,500

 

 

- 

 

Total comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,266,995

)

 

 

(10,231,468

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Less: total comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10,977

)

 

 

(144

)

Total comprehensive loss to the Company’s shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

$

(5,256,018

)

 

$

(10,231,324

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,866,614

 

 

 

30,828,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per common share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations – basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.17

)

 

 

(0.25

)

Discontinued operations – basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

(0.05

)

Net loss per common share – basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.18

)

 

 

(0.30

)

CENNTRO INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(4,954,514

)

 

$

(8,864,876

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

 

 

(519,893

)

 

 

(327,589

)

Cash dividend from long-term investment

 

 

 

 

 

55,645

 

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

 

20,3332

 

 

 

5,264

 

Proceeds from interest and redemption of equity securities

 

 

 

 

 

573,441

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(499,561

)

 

 

306,761

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from bank loans

 

 

148,330

 

 

 

 

Repayments to bank loans

 

 

(183,727

)

 

 

 

Loans proceed from third parties

 

 

561,886

 

 

 

 

Repayment of loans to third parties

 

 

(360,000

)

 

 

 

Loans proceed from related parties

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

1,166,489

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

65,434

 

 

 

(429,029

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

(4,221,152

)

 

 

(8,987,144

)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

12,960,488

 

 

 

29,571,897

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

8,738,336

 

 

$

20,584,753

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

8,536,714

 

 

 

20,154,305

 

Restricted cash

 

 

197,674

 

 

 

329,185

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period, held for sale

 

 

3,948

 

 

 

101,263

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the statement of cashflow

 

 

8,738,336

 

 

 

20,584,753

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

14,138

 

 

$

130,500

 

Income tax paid

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

Contacts

Investor Relations Contact:
Chris Tyson

MZ North America

[email protected]
949-491-8235

Company Contact:
[email protected]
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