Overview
- Prosus reported an 84% rise in full-year adjusted EBITDA to $1.3 billion on revenue of $9.7 billion and record free cash flow of $1.5 billion, and raised its dividend by 40%.
- The company says its consumer platforms are profitable across all regions for the first time, marking a pivot from passive investment to running food delivery, marketplaces and fintech services.
- Over the past year Prosus spent about $8.5 billion on acquisitions, including the €4.1 billion purchase of Just Eat Takeaway.com, and now plans to slow large M&A and focus on integrating those assets.
- Management has installed new leadership at Just Eat to cut costs and boost marketing while aiming to replicate the high-margin Latin American commerce model proven by iFood across Europe.
- Prosus plans a cost-conscious technology push that uses open-source AI models to build a transaction-trained large-commerce shopping assistant that links its platforms and lowers operating costs.