Grab Holdings Limited operates a leading super-application, providing a wide array of services including transportation, food and package delivery, financial technology solutions, ...
Grab Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: GRAB) is a leading “super-application” company headquartered in Singapore, serving customers across multiple Southeast Asian markets. The company was founded in 2012 (June 2012) and went public in 2020. Grab’s business model centers on bringing everyday services into a single app experience—starting with core ride-hailing and ...Grab Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: GRAB) is a leading “super-application” company headquartered in Singapore, serving customers across multiple Southeast Asian markets. The company was founded in 2012 (June 2012) and went public in 2020. Grab’s business model centers on bringing everyday services into a single app experience—starting with core ride-hailing and expanding over time into food delivery and broader last-mile logistics, as well as digital payments and financial technology offerings.
From a products and services perspective, Grab operates an integrated platform that helps users request transportation, order food, and arrange deliveries, while also supporting merchant and partner ecosystems. On the fintech side, the company offers payment-related and financial services accessible through the app, aimed at making transactions more convenient for both consumers and businesses. This one-app approach is intended to improve engagement, increase the frequency of app usage, and drive cross-category adoption (for example, users using ride-hailing and then using delivery or payments).
Cost and operations considerations for a super-app typically include technology and platform investment (software development, data/engineering, and operations tooling), customer acquisition and marketing, and the variable costs associated with marketplace services (including support and ecosystem incentives). Grab’s financial metrics (as reflected in the supplied snapshot) show margins and operating performance indicators that are consistent with a large, service-driven marketplace business, where scaling benefits can coexist with significant operating and platform-related expenses. The company also maintains a strong focus on liquidity and working-capital dynamics given its transaction-led model.
Financially, Grab is valued as a public market growth/technology company, with metrics such as market capitalization in the tens of billions of USD and enterprise value that reflect ongoing investment and platform build-out. The company’s leadership structure includes a long-time founder at the helm: Anthony Tan, who is widely recognized as Group CEO and co-founder.
Key people and governance revolve around the founder-led strategy of building a vertically integrated digital ecosystem across transportation, delivery, and fintech. Looking ahead, the company’s “wishes” or strategic direction can be broadly summarized as continuing to deepen penetration in existing Southeast Asian markets, expanding service reliability and convenience, and improving unit economics through a mix of technology efficiencies, merchant/partner monetization, and payments/fintech growth. As a marketplace and platform operator, Grab’s success is closely tied to execution in network effects, service quality, regulatory compliance, and sustainable contribution margins across its service lines.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$3.4B
+20.5%
+4.4%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$268.0M
+355.2%
+85.3%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+43.2%
+2.9%
+0.6%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+6.6%
+435.0%
-75.4%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
+8.0%
+311.8%
+77.5%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$134.0M
-82.7%
+348.3%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+4.0%
-85.6%
+337.8%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
30.5%
+436.4%
+0.5%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
1.75x
-31.1%
-8.8%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Ken Vin Lek: Good day, everyone, and welcome to Grab's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. I'm Ken Lek, Head of Strategic Finance and Investor Relations at Grab. And joining me today are Anthony Tan, Chief Executive Officer; Alex Hungate, President and Chief Operating Officer; and Peter Oey, Chief Financial Officer. During this call, we will be making forward-looking statements, including our business and financial performance. These statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations. Actual results could differ materially due to a number of risks and uncertainties as described on this earnings call, in the earnings release and in our Form 20-F and other filings with the SEC. We do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements. We will also be discussing non-IFRS financial measures on this call. These measures supplement but do not replace IFRS financial measures. Please refer to the earnings materials for a reconciliation of non-IFRS to IFRS financial measures. For more information, please refer to our earnings press release, remarks and supplementary presentations available on our IR website. For today's call, Anthony will deliver opening remarks, after which we will open the floor for questions. As a reminder, we are accepting questions via our IR e-mail at investor.relations@grab.com. Do submit your questions ahead of time, and we will add them to the Q&A queue. With that, I'll hand it over to Anthony.
Ping Yeow Tan: Thanks, Ken. Good day, everyone, and thank you for joining us. We delivered a record second quarter. Adjusted EBITDA grew 54% year-over-year to $168 million, more than twice our revenue growth rate with margin expanding to 16.9% of revenue from 13.3%, our 18th consecutive quarter of adjusted EBITDA growth. On-demand GMV grew 21% year-over-year or 22% on a constant currency basis to $6.5 billion, and group MTUs, monthly transacting users reached another record high of 54 million, even as elevated fuel prices persisted across the region. On the strength of the first half, together with the consolidation of Superbank and the acquisition of Stash, we are raising our full year 2026 guidance, which Peter will take you through in detail. Before turning to the business, a brief update on our Board. As we disclosed on July 6, Dara stepped down from our Board effective that date as we continue to enhance our governance in connection with our proposed acquisition of Foodpanda's Taiwan business. Dara joined us in 2018 in connection with the sale of Uber Southeast Asia business to Grab and has been a valued voice in our boardroom for 8 years. On behalf of the Board and everyone at Grab, I want to thank him personally for his contributions. We maintain ongoing dialogue with Uber in their capacity as a shareholder in Grab. On our core business, we continue to demonstrate our ability to drive on-demand growth acceleration, and we are confident that the structural, long-term moats we are investing in today will …