Cheche Group Reports First Half 2026 Unaudited Financial Results

Cheche Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CCG) ("Cheche", "the Company" or "we"), China's leading auto insurance technology platform, today announced its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026.

Partnerships with New Energy Vehicle (NEV) companies numbered 18 in the first half 2026 and led to 1,049,000 policies with corresponding written premium of RMB3.2 billion (US$472.0 million), representing an increase of 29.5% and 23.7%, respectively, compared to the prior-year period.

Net revenues decreased 34.4% to RMB885.0 million (US$130.4 million) as we have been proactively restructuring business portfolio to focus on high-margin segments. Gross margin increased to 6.5% from 4.9% in the prior-year period, driven by an improved business mix, with NEV premiums increasing to 31.0% of total written premiums from 22.5% in the prior-year period.

"In the first half of 2026, Cheche made meaningful progress in reshaping our business for the next phase of growth," said Lei Zhang, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Cheche. "We made deliberate choices to shift away from lower-margin, less strategic revenue streams and concentrate our resources on the business and capabilities where we believe we can create greater long-term value through technology, data and differentiated solutions. As a result, while net revenues declined 34.4% to RMB885.0 million, gross margin expanded by 160 basis points, reflecting a fundamentally stronger revenue mix.

"This transformation is now visibly expressed in our recent launch of the ABAO Agent Family – a suite of five specialized AI agents, built on Cheche's proprietary vertical insurance large language model that spans the full NEV insurance lifecycle from dynamic pricing to claims processing. Together with our Cheche Score and proprietary NEV intelligent pricing model, ABAO marks our strategic evolution from a digital insurance transaction platform into an AI-driven insurance infrastructure provider. These capabilities are deepening our relationships with insurance carrier partners, improving the economics of our core operations and expanding the ways in which our technology can be applied.

Net Revenues were RMB885.0 million (US$130.4 million), representing a 34.4% year-over-year decrease from the prior-year period as a result of the restructuring of our business portfolio. Cost of Revenues decreased 35.5% year-over-year to RMB827.6 million (US$122.0 million) from the prior-year period due to a decline in net revenues and higher gross margin driven by the restructuring of our business portfolio. Gross profit decreased 12.6% to RMB57.5 million (US$8.5 million) compared to the prior-year period due to the decrease of net revenues, partially offset by the improved business structure which led to a higher gross margin. Selling and Marketing Expenses decreased 4.3% to RMB35.6 million (US$5.3 million) from RMB37.3 million in the prior-year period, mainly due to the decrease in staff cost and share-based compensation expenses. Excluding share-based compensation expenses, selling and marketing expenses were RMB34.5 million (US$5.1 million), a decrease of 2.5% compared to the prior-year period. General and Administrative Expenses increased 55.4% to RMB57.9 million (US$8.5 million) from RMB37.3 million for the prior-year period due to the recognition of RMB35.1 million...