Full Truck Alliance Q2 2024 Earnings Results & Report

Full Truck Alliance EPS Results

• Actual EPS: $0.12
• Consensus EPS: $0.11
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$0.01
• One Year Ago EPS: N/A
• EPS Beat Rate: 5 of last 7 quarters

Full Truck Alliance Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $380.38 million
• Expected Revenue: $369.24 million
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$11.14 million
• YoY Revenue Growth: N/A

Full Truck Alliance (NYSE:YMM) Co. Ltd. operates a digital freight platform in China that connects businesses and other cargo shippers with truck drivers. Its platform helps users find and arrange road transportation, matching freight orders with available trucks.

The company was formed in 2017 through the merger of Chinese freight platforms Yunmanman and Huochebang. Its services include freight matching and tools for arranging and managing shipments.

Full Truck Alliance is focused on the Chinese market. Co-founder Zhang Hui serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Full Truck Alliance Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Fulfilled orders grew 22% year-over-year in Q2 (25% in H1), with a record high fulfillment rate of 33.7%, demonstrating strong platform efficiency.
• Average shipper MAUs reached 2.65 million, up 32.8% year-over-year, driven by new SMB acquisitions and improved user experience.
• Total net revenues rose 34.1% YoY to RMB 2.76 billion, led by a 63.4% jump in transaction service revenues, which now account for over 34% of sales.
• Non-GAAP adjusted operating income increased 55.1% YoY to RMB 699 million and adjusted net income rose 34.3% to RMB 971 million, underscoring enhanced profitability.
• Macroeconomic headwinds and extreme weather conditions, including heavy rains and floods, partially offset growth by disrupting shipments in key regions.

Presentation

[Operator]

Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to Full Truck Alliance's second quarter twenty twenty-four earnings conference call. Today's conference is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Thank you, operator. Please note that today's discussion will contain forward-looking statements relating to the company's future performance, which are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability, as established by the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors. Some of these risks are beyond the company's control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those mentioned in today's press release and discussion. A general discussion of the risk factors that could affect FTA's business and financial results is included in certain filings of the company with the SEC. The company does not undertake any obligation to update this forward-looking information, except as required by law. During today's call, management will also discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures for comparison purposes only.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

For a definition of non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial results, please see the earnings release issued earlier today. Joining us today on the call from FTA's senior management side are Mr. Hui Zhang, our Founder, Chairman, and CEO, and Mr. Simon Tai, our CFO. Management will begin with prepared remarks and the call will conclude with a Q&A session. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. In addition, a webcast replay of this call will be available on FTA's investor relations website at ir.fulltruckalliance.com. I will now turn the call over to our Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Mr. Zhang. Please go ahead.

[Hui Zhang, CEO at Full Truck Alliance]

[Foreign language]

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us today on our second quarter twenty twenty-four earnings conference call. Despite the complex and volatile macro environment, we continue to advance the digitalization of the logistics industry in the first half of twenty twenty-four, empowering enterprises to enhance their logistics competitiveness. Amidst the broader industry trend of cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, we leveraged our dual-end platform's flywheel effect to deliver exceptional cost effectiveness and transaction efficiency to our users, driving the company's growth flywheel. Our fulfilled orders in the first half of twenty twenty-four grew by 25% year-over-year, significantly outpacing the single-digit growth in the overall freight market. This exceptional performance demonstrated that our digital and intelligent logistics model is steadily replacing the traditional offline solutions, including appointed truckers and contracted shipments.

[Hui Zhang, CEO at Full Truck Alliance]

[Foreign language]

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Since the second quarter, our key operational initiatives have been highly effective, particularly in terms of shipper user acquisition, enhancing the trucker supply ecosystem, and boosting monetization efficiency. We are committed to becoming the one-stop shipping platform for 30 million small and medium-sized shippers, focusing on acquiring high-quality users through various channels. In the second quarter, our average daily count of shippers fulfilling initial transaction, reaching a new record high. Additionally, we further improved new shippers' user experience through refined operational strategies designed to enhance their transaction frequency and conversion efficiency after their first shipment. As a result, our average shipper MAUs reached 2.65 million, an increase of 32.8% year-over-year. On the trucker side, we focused on a combination of strategies, including premium cargo bidding, tiered trucker rating system, and trucker credit scores...

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

All of which leverage traffic distribution and benefit allocation to promote healthy capacity growth on the platform. Thanks to the increase in high-quality transportation capacity, our fulfillment rate climbed to a record high of 33.7% in the quarter, up nearly 3.4 percentage points year-over-year. As for monetization, our rapid revenue growth in the quarter validates the platform's immense monetization potential. These accomplishments highlight the irreplaceable value that FTA provides to both truckers and shippers.

[Hui Zhang, CEO at Full Truck Alliance]

[Foreign language]

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

This quarter's solid operational performance resulted in another set of strong financial results, once again exceeding market expectations. Our total net revenues in the quarter reached RMB 2,764 million, up 34.1% year-over-year. Among them, transaction service revenues grew by 63% year-over-year and accounted for more than 34% of our total revenues, becoming a new growth engine as we continue to optimize our revenue structure. Capitalizing on our revenue optimization and operating leverage, we also steadily improved our profits. Non-GAAP adjusted operating income and adjusted net income increased by 55.1% and 34.3% year-over-year to RMB 699 million and RMB 971 million, respectively.

[Hui Zhang, CEO at Full Truck Alliance]

[Foreign language]

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

This July, the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China reiterated the importance of cultivating new quality productive force and reducing logistics costs across society. As a representative of intelligent productive force in the logistics industry, FTA continues to invest in digitalization and intelligent infrastructure construction, while actively promoting the development of new energy transportation capacity. In the first half of 2024, the number of freight orders fulfilled by our electric vehicles increased by 100% year-over-year, and contributed nearly 20% of total order volume. Looking ahead, we are confident that we will continue to lead the logistics industry in cost reduction and efficiency improvement through digitization, intelligence, and green practice, creating greater value for all of our users and society as a whole.

[Hui Zhang, CEO at Full Truck Alliance]

[Foreign language]

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Thank you, everyone. Let me pass the call over to our CFO, Simon, who will provide an update on our second quarter business progress and financial results. Thank you, Mr. Zhang

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

With the number of small and medium-sized direct shippers growing faster than our 688 member shippers, our shipper structure continued to improve, leading to an enhanced overall order structure. In the second quarter, the order contribution from our 688 member shippers and non-member shippers climbed to 48%, breaking the record set last quarter. In addition, higher fulfillment rates among our 688 member and non-member shippers drove the improvement in our overall fulfillment rate. Looking ahead, we are confident there's significant potential to further elevate our fulfillment rate through ongoing product and service upgrades, as well as continued refinement to our freight matching services infrastructure.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Turning to our user base, we continue to make strong progress with our shipper users in the second quarter, as evidenced by our average shipper MAUs reaching 2.65 million, representing an increase of 32.8% year-over-year, and 23.7% quarter over quarter. This quarter's rapid shipper user gain was again attributed to growth among our 688 member shippers and non-member shippers, who are mostly low and medium frequency direct shippers. As we entered the second quarter, we continued to ramp up our new shipper acquisition efforts, leveraging multiple online channels to identify and convert high-quality new shippers. In particular, we focused on the onboarding and retention of new users, making every effort to provide an exceptional fulfillment experience during their first three trials. We expect ongoing growth in our shipper base, thanks to this effective strategy.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Furthermore, we achieved consistently robust shipper activity with our shipper member twelve-month rolling retention rate remaining above 80% in the second quarter. In addition to our success with shippers, our trucker users have become increasingly dependent on our platform, thanks to the value we bring to the trucker cargo matching process. As of the end of the second quarter, the number of active truckers fulfilling orders through FTA over the past twelve months reached 3.98 million, maintaining sequential growth. Additionally, our next month's retention of truckers who responded to orders remained above 85%, indicating continued strong user stickiness. In the second quarter, the average number of quarterly fulfilled orders per active trucker fulfilling orders on a platform reached an all-time high, a testament to their continuously increasing wallet share with FTA. Furthermore, our refinements to our trucker operation strategy are proving effective.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

During the second quarter, we systemically tested and upgraded certain product features to motivate truckers to bid on orders labeled high quality, achieving faster order acceptance rate, and optimized fulfillment efficiency. Our approach to high-quality order bidding also enabled us to steer truckers towards medium-quality orders, giving us greater control over the distribution of order posting. Going forward, we will delve deeper into the tiered trucker rating system to further improve trucker cargo matching efficiency, which in turn will enhance our overall management of high-quality transportation capacity supply. Turning to our transaction service in the second quarter, revenues from transaction service surged by 63.4% year-over-year to RMB 952 million, mainly driven by three factors: the solid expansion in the number of fulfilled orders, the increased monetized order penetration ratio, and the elevated monetization rate.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Truckers' growing reliance on our platform, coupled with the development of trucker payment habits and the rapid expansion of direct shippers, has set the stage for us to accelerate the realization of our commission model's potential. Our second quarter revenues from transaction service covered 81.1% of all fulfilled orders, an increase of approximately 14 percentage points this year, a year-over-year from 67.1% order coverage in the prior year period. In the second quarter, our monetization amount per order, including transaction commission and trucker membership fee, increased to RMB 23.9 from RMB 21.6 a year ago. Looking ahead to the second half of the year, we plan to steadily enhance both monetization coverage and monetization rate. Before going over, our financial results, I would like to provide a brief update on our share repurchase program.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Since we announced our one-year share repurchase program totaling $300 million on March 13th, 2024, we have repurchased approximately 3.5 million ADS shares, totaling approximately $30.7 million. Moving on to our 2024 second quarter financial results. Our total net revenues in the second quarter were RMB 2,764.3 million, representing a 34.1% increase year-over-year, primarily attributable to an increase in revenues from freight matching services.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Net revenues from freight matching services, including service fees from freight brokerage model, membership fees from listing models, and commissions from transaction services, were RMB 2.3287 billion in the second quarter, representing an increase of 34.4%, 34.4% year-over-year, primarily due to a increase, a significant increase in transaction service, and the continued growth in freight brokerage business. Revenues from freight brokerage service in the second quarter were RMB 1.1648 billion, up 22.7% year-over-year, primarily attributable to an increase in transaction volume due to the continued growth in user demand.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Revenues from the freight listing service in the second quarter were RMB 212.1 million, up 5.6% year-over-year, primarily due to a growing number of paying members. Revenues from the transaction service in the second quarter were RMB 951.9 million, up 63.4% year-over-year, primarily driven by an increase in order volume, penetration rate, and the per order transaction service fee. Revenues from value-added services in the second quarter were RMB 435.6 million, up 32% year-over-year. This increase was due to the growing demand from truckers and shippers for credit solutions and other value-added services.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Second quarter cost of revenues was RMB 1,312.1 million, compared with RMB 975.3 million in the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to an increase in VAT-related tax surcharges and other tax costs, net of grants from government authorities. These tax-related costs, net of government grants, totaled RMB 1,176.3 million, representing an increase of 33.8% from RMB 879.3 million in the same period of 2023, primarily due to the expansion of transaction activities involving our freight brokerage service. Our sales and marketing expenses in the second quarter were RMB 372.3 million, compared with RMB 281.8 million in the same period of 2023.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

The increase was primarily due to an increase in advertising and marketing expenses for user acquisitions, as well as higher salary and benefit expenses. General and administrative expenses in the second quarter were RMB 219.2 million, compared with RMB 201.7 million in the same period of 2023. The increase was primarily due to higher share-based compensation expenses. R&D expenses in the second quarter were RMB 232.1 million, compared with RMB 222.7 million in the same period of 2023. The increase was primarily due to higher share-based compensation expenses, as well as increased investment in technology infrastructure.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Income from operations in the second quarter was RMB 565.4 million, compared with RMB 333.8 million in the same period of 2023. Net income in the second quarter was RMB 840.5 million, an increase of 38% from RMB 609 million in the same period of 2023. On the non-GAAP measures, our adjusted net operating income in the second quarter was RMB 699 million, an increase of 55.1% from RMB 450.7 million in the same period of 2023.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Our adjusted net income in the second quarter was RMB 970.9 million, an increase of 34.3% from RMB 722.7 million in the same period of 2023. Basic and diluted net income per ADS were RMB 0.79 in the second quarter, compared with RMB 0.57 in the same period of 2023. Non-GAAP adjusted basic net income per ADS was RMB 0.92 in the second quarter, compared with RMB 0.68 in the same period of 2023. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted net income per ADS was RMB 0.91 in the second quarter, compared with RMB 0.68 in the same period of 2023.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

As of June thirtieth, 2024, the company had cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investments, long-term time deposits, and wealth management products with maturities over one year of RMB 26.8 billion in total, compared with RMB 27.6 billion as of December thirty-first, 2023. For our third quarter, 2024 business outlook, we expect our total revenues to be between RMB 2.78 billion and RMB 2.82 billion, representing a year-over-year growth rate of approximately 21.9% to 24.6%. This forecast reflects the company's current and preliminary view on the market and operational conditions, which are subject to change and cannot be predicted with reasonable accuracy as of the date hereof.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

That concludes our prepared remarks. We'd now like to open the call to Q&A. Operator, please go ahead.

[Operator]

We will now begin the question-and-answer session. To ask a question, you may press star, then one on your telephone keypad. If you are using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, please press star, then two. For the benefit of all participants on today's call, if you wish to ask your question to management in Chinese, please immediately repeat your question in English. At this time, we will pause momentarily to assemble our roster... Our first question comes from Ronald Keung with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.

[Ronald Keung, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs]

Thank you, Simon. Thank you, management. And, we see that the fulfilled order grew around 22% in the second quarter, still much faster than overall freight market, but growth rate has slowed versus the first quarter. So, what were the factors behind drivers? And, based on the trend so far, can you share how do you view order volume growth into the third quarter and for the full year? Thank you.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Thank you, Ronald. Our robust order volume growth in Q2 was primarily driven by three main factors: our expanding shipper user base, product and operational strategy optimization that drove continued improvements in user activities, and incremental volume from new business. This was partially offset a little bit by the overall demand weakness in the road freight since Q2, and extreme weather conditions in May and June, particularly the prolonged heavy rains in eastern and southern part of China, as well as flooding in the south and drought in the north. From a user base perspective, we continue to efficiently acquire users in the second quarter.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Our average number of monthly active shippers increased by 32.8% year-over-year to 2.6865 million, extending the first quarter's accelerated growth trajectory. Our operations team concentrated on all-round support from new shippers, which improved the user engagement from registration to their first shipment, posting, and fulfillment. For our product and operational strategies, this quarter, we focused on increasing the proportion of priced orders from shippers and optimizing premium cargo bidding for truckers. Encouraging shippers to post price orders has increased truckers' willingness to accept orders, enhancing matching efficiency. This was particularly true for professional shippers, whose fulfillment rates improved significantly. Notably, the proportion of price orders posting reached 60% in the quarter.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

We also continued refining our premium cargo bidding feature to strengthen truckers' perception of high-value orders. This product is designed to reward truckers with access to better orders after completing an average or below-average order, which motivates them to stay active and increase their fulfillment frequency on the platform. The new business, the bulk, less-than-truckload and short-haul segments continue to grow rapidly and contribute to our business volume. Given the industry trend toward LTL and our unique user advantage in this segment, we expect substantial future growth in the LTL business.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Looking ahead to the coming third quarter, despite the ongoing impact of extreme weather and the macro environment, we remain confident that increasing online penetration, driven by user growth and product enhancement, will enable us to achieve order volume growth of over 20% for the full year. Thank you.

[Ronald Keung, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs]

Thank you, Simon.

[Operator]

The next question comes from Eddie Wang with Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.

[Eddie Wang, Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Morgan Stanley]

Simon, thank you for taking my question. My question is regarding the active shipper MAU. So in second quarter, the monthly active shipper reached two point six five million, so marking a year-over-year increase of around 33%, and a quarter-over-quarter growth of twenty four percent. So what were the main driver behind this growth? And is the user structure still trending towards to the direct shippers? Thank you.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Thank you, Eddie. The second quarter strong user growth momentum was mainly driven by our effective user acquisition strategies. Our ongoing investment in online channels, in branding campaigns, and offline truck sticker advertising brought a steady stream of high quality new users to our platform. Additionally, seasonal factors played a role, as some shipments delayed during the Chinese New Year holiday were shipped during the busy shipping season in Q2, resulting in higher shipping demand. On the user structure perspective, the proportion of direct shippers continues to rise. In Q2, monthly active direct shippers increased by more than 38% year-over-year, and direct shippers contributed approximately 48% of the total fulfilled orders.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Similar to previous quarters, the majority of the new shipper users are small to medium-sized business owners who have a higher likelihood of placing and fulfilling orders. They also prioritize timely response and quality transportation services, further boosting fulfillment rates. On the other hand, direct shippers naturally tend to have a lower order frequency than professional shippers. To increase new direct shippers' order frequency, we continue to enhance the trucker credit rating system to improve overall service quality and standards. Leveraging our advantages in pricing, matching efficiency, and trucker management capabilities, we aim to provide better service than those offline brokers that these users previously relied on.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

And also, we are strengthening our user coverage with a more comprehensive array of services, including the less-than-truckload, short haul, and TMS systems to cater to a wider range of shipping needs for small to medium-sized shippers and increase the usage frequency. And looking ahead, as we expand, as our brand exposure and awareness continue to rise, we expect a growing number of small to medium-sized business owners to join our platform, driving sustained order volume growth in the rest of the year.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from Julie Li with CICC. Please go ahead. You may be muted. Julie Li with CICC.

[Julie Li, Analyst at CICC]

Hello.

[Operator]

Please go ahead.

[Julie Li, Analyst at CICC]

Oh, okay. [Foreign language]

[Analyst]

How was trucker group overall activity in the second quarter? Has the continually increase in commission rate negatively affected the trucker's activity level? And what are our key strategies and priorities for trucker operation currently? Thank you.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Thank you, Brian. Our average monthly active member of truckers responding to orders remained about three million in the second quarter, with quarterly growth of more than 8%, ensuring an adequate carrier capacity supply. The number of days that truckers search for freight on our platform and the order fulfillment frequency per active trucker also grows in this quarter. Within our existing tiered trucker rating system, we continue to deepen truckers' reliance on our platform by refining product features across various scenarios. As we mentioned earlier, one of our key projects in the second quarter was the rollout of our premium cargo bidding function.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Previously, high quality freight orders on our platform were often fulfilled before many truckers had the chance to bid, leading to a perception that high quality freight sources were in short supply. This negatively affected both our matching efficiency and fulfillment rates. With the launch of the premium cargo bidding, our platform now tags and holds high quality freight orders to give more truckers enough time to review and bid on those orders. By extending these orders exposure time, we built and reinforced the perception that our platform has plenty of good freight orders, and this also creates a fair order bidding environment, which increases trucker user stickiness and improve overall fulfillment rates.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

In terms of optimizing service scenarios, we have capitalized on the ongoing trend towards LTL shipping and created a dedicated carpool, LTL carpool zone to improve trucker efficiency in consolidating loads. In addition to help truckers report empty spaces, we launched our carpool assistant, which enables more accurate identification of carpooling needs and increase its success rate. We're confident with the effective and refined operational strategies in place, we can ensure an overall positive experience for trucker users on the platform and help them increase their income. Thank you.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from Charlie Chen with China Renaissance. Please go ahead.

[Charlie Chen, Head Managing Director in Research at China Renaissance]

[Foreign language] Thanks, management, for taking my question. I have only one question regarding the Entrusted Shipment. How did the Entrusted Shipment business progress in the second quarter of this year? What is the overall operational strategy for this transaction type in the second half of this year? Thank you.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Thank you, Charlie. The entrusted shipment business grew rapidly in the second quarter, with fulfilled orders accounting for more than 6% of total order volume. This is also a new record high. We see that our pricing strategy optimization was one of the main drivers of this rapid order growth, volume growth. By integrating algorithm and additional business logic, we created a more comprehensive and accurate pricing model. Effective control of the price premium has entitled both shippers and truckers to enjoy more balanced freight prices, which in turn has stimulated more order matching and fulfillment on both ends. Second, the influx of new users also has led to an increase in entrusted shipment orders, which has a lower barrier to entry for posting and a more hands-on customer service team.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

These features are well suited to new shippers' needs, making entrusted shipments their preferred choice. Operationally, we are currently focusing on our tiered trucker rating system to ensure the quality of entrusted shipment transportation. This includes functions like delayed order displays, which shows entrusted shipment orders to quality truckers first and then to median tier truckers after a delay, ensuring that the platform has sufficient transportation capacity. In addition, those risky truckers, such as those who have received serious complaints, are excluded from viewing entrusted shipment orders. As we move through the year, we expect ongoing improvement in product optimization, pricing, strategy, and user experience, among other aspects, all of which contribute to the rapid growth of order fulfillment in the entrusted shipment business. Thank you.

[Charlie Chen, Head Managing Director in Research at China Renaissance]

Thank you.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from Thomas Chong with Jefferies. Please go ahead.

[Thomas Chong, Managing Director and Head of China Internet at Jefferies]

Thanks management for taking my question. My question is about LTL, less-than-truckload business. Can management comment about the order volume growth in the second quarter? Did the industry trend from FTL to LTL continue in the second quarter? And how do we position in the sector going forward? Thank you.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

Thank you, Thomas. The LTL business alone grew about 47% year-over-year in the second quarter. Again, outpacing the full truckload. The other contribution of LTL continued to rise from the previous quarter, reaching approximately 28% in the quarter. The relative outperformance of LTL in recent quarters was attributable to several main factors. The general industry shift toward LTL and the increased online penetration rate resulting from our platform's enhanced product features. First, the recent adjustments in the supply chain structure have led large manufacturers in sectors such as automotive, auto parts and equipment, to establish regional warehouses, ultimately boosting shipping frequency and a gradual increase in LTL demand. Also, in response to economic conditions, small and medium-sized enterprises are increasingly using large-sized LTL shipping to reduce inventory and improve turnover efficiency.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

We find that most of our FTL shippers also require large-ticket LTL shipping, meaning there is a significant overlap between these user groups, which minimizes our platform's user acquisition costs. Second, the major LTL players in the market are currently offline, dedicated route operators, which with very low online penetration. On the shipper side, we have already established a massive direct shipper user base, giving us an inherent advantage in user volume. As enterprise users are typically price sensitive, they tend to save logistics costs wherever possible, and our platform's intermediate-free model effectively helps shippers reduce costs. This quarter, we launched a carpooling zone for our LTL business, enhancing shippers' awareness of low-cost carpooling and boosting their cargo consolidation efficiency by precisely identifying their carpooling needs.

[Simon Chong Cai, CFO at Full Truck Alliance]

This initiative improved truckers' income levels and led to an increase in the online penetration rate, for our platform's large-sized LTL business. Looking ahead, we will continue to focus on enhancing carpooling and matching efficiency, user experience, and the penetration rates in the LTL business to address increasing user demand. We also believe that the LTL business will continue to play an increasingly important role in our platform's, future business development. Thank you.

[Operator]

That concludes the question and answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to management for any additional or closing comments.

[Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations at Full Truck Alliance]

Thank you once again for joining us today. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at Full Truck Alliance directly or TPG Investor Relations. Our contact information for IR in both China and the U.S. can be found in today's press release. Have a good day.

[Operator]

The conference is now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.

Participants

Executives

• Mao Mao, Head of Investor Relations
• Hui Zhang, CEO
• Simon Chong Cai, CFO

Analysts

• Ronald Keung, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
• Eddie Wang, Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Morgan Stanley
• Julie Li, Analyst at CICC
• Analyst
• Charlie Chen, Head Managing Director in Research at China Renaissance
• Thomas Chong, Managing Director and Head of China Internet at Jefferies