MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex on Tuesday reported a 55% decrease in adjusted net income in 2021 but said it expects total group revenues to continue their upward trajectory this year to reach 490-500 billion roubles ($6.50-$6.63 billion).
Yandex’s adjusted net income stood at 8 billion roubles last year, down 55% on a like-for-like basis and now including its Yandex.Market e-commerce venture. The company said annual profit was impacted by investments into high-growth segments of the business, such as e-commerce and media services.
Yandex said total e-commerce gross merchandise volume (GMV) should double in 2022, while GMV in its ride-hailing and car-sharing business should reach 700-720 billion roubles in 2022.
Total revenues were up 54% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2021, and increased by the same amount over the full year to 356.2 billion roubles, above company guidance of 340-350 billion roubles.
($1 = 75.4250 roubles)
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov and Alexander Marrow; Editing by Katya Golubkova)
