Cheer Holding Reports Full Year 2024 Financial Results

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BEIJING, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cheer Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHR) (“Cheer Holding,” or the “Company”), a leading provider of advanced mobile internet infrastructure and platform services, today announced its financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2024. Operating Highlights For The Year Ended December 31, 2024 Total downloads of CHEERS Apps were approximately 523.3 million as of December 31, 2024, representing a growth of 10.4% from December 31, 2023. Specifically: CHEERS Video CHEERS e-Mall Cheer Real CHEERS Telepathy Financial Highlights For The Year Ended December 31, 2024 Selected Financial Results Revenues Our revenues were about $147.2 million for the year ending December 31, 2024, down approximately $5.1 million or 3.37% from $152.3 million in 2023. This decline was primarily driven by a $4.8 million drop in advertising revenue, as customers reduced their advertising orders in response to cost-saving measures amid a challenging macroeconomic environment. Operating expenses Operating expenses consist of cost of revenues, selling and marketing, general and administrative and research and development expense. Net income As a result of the foregoing, we had a net income of approximately $26.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to a net income of approximately $30.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2023. Cash, cash equivalents and working capital As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, our principal sources of liquidity were cash and cash equivalents of approximately $197.7 million and $194.2 million, respectively. Working capital at December 31, 2024 was approximately $265.7 million. About Cheer Holding, Inc. As a preeminent provider of next-generation mobile internet infrastructure and platform services in China, Cheer Holding is dedicated to building a digital ecosystem that integrates “platforms, applications, technology, and industry” into a cohesive system, thereby creating a new, open business environment for web3.0 that leverages AI technology. The Company is developing a 5G+VR+AR+AI shared universe space that builds on cutting-edge technologies including blockchain, cloud computing, extended reality, and digital twin. Cheer Holding’s portfolio includes a wide range of products and services, such as Polaris Intelligent Cloud, CHEERS Telepathy, CHEERS Open Data Platform, CHEERS Video, CHEERS e-Mall, CheerReal, CheerCar, CheerChat, CHEERS Fresh Group-Buying E-commerce Platform, Digital Innovation Research Institute, CHEERS Livestreaming, variety show series, IP short video matrix, and more. These offerings provide diverse application scenarios that seamlessly blend “online/offline” and “virtual/reality” elements. With “CHEERS+” at the core of Cheer Holding’s ecosystem, the Company is committed to consolidating and strengthening its core competitiveness, and achieving long-term sustainable and scalable growth. For more information, please visit http://ir.gsmg.co/. Safe Harbor Statement Certain statements made in this release are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, are: the ability to manage growth; ability to identify and integrate other future acquisitions; ability to obtain additional financing in the future to fund capital expenditures; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions; costs or other factors adversely affecting our profitability; litigation involving patents, intellectual property, and other matters; potential changes in the legislative and regulatory environment; a pandemic or epidemic; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could affect the Company’s ability to continue successful development and launch of its metaverse experience centers, AI initiatives and technology infrastructure; the possibility that the Company may not succeed in developing its new lines of businesses due to, among other things, changes in the business environment and technological developments, competition, changes in regulation, or other economic and policy factors; disruptions or other business interruptions that may affect the operations of our products and services, the possibility that the Company’s new lines of business may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; other factors, risks and uncertainties set forth in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 10, 2025. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Such information speaks only as of the date of this release. For investor and media inquiries, please contact: Wealth Financial Services LLC Connie Kang, Partner Email: [email protected] Tel: +86 1381 185 7742 (CN) CHEER HOLDING, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) CHEER HOLDING, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (In U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) CHEER HOLDING, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In U.S. dollars in thousands)

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