Why raise 1.1 billion yuan if you can give employees a bonus of 800 million yuan? Anke innovation staff said: The market has misunderstandings about “dividends”

Source: Visual China

Blue Whale News, February 26 (Reporter Zhai Zhichao)Recently, a PPT picture with Anke Innovation Anker logo was widely circulated on the Internet. The picture shows that Anke Innovation bonuses will reach 800 million yuan in 2024, and the number of employees with annual income exceeding one million will reach 494.

From the data point of view, from 2022 to 2024, the total package of Anke’s innovative business sharing bonuses will explode, reaching 250 million yuan, 470 million yuan and 800 million yuan respectively. It is expected that the bonuses will exceed 1 billion yuan in 2025. The number of people with annual incomes exceeding one million has climbed from 209 in 2022 to 494 in 2024.

Data shows that Anke Innovation is an intelligent hardware equipment company established in 2011. It entered the market under the Anker brand. Its main products initially covered smart digital peripheral products such as mobile power supplies, chargers, and data cables. Now they involve charging and energy storage, and intelligence. There are three categories of innovative products and smart audio and video products. The company previously entered the European and American markets through Amazon. In 2012, it established a R & D center in Shenzhen, and later listed on the A-share GEM in 2020.

In terms of performance, in recent years, Anke Innovation’s revenue and profits have shown steady growth. From 2021 to 2023, revenue was 12.574 billion yuan, 14.251 billion yuan and 17.507 billion yuan respectively; net profit attributable to the parent company was 982 million yuan, 1.143 billion yuan and 1.615 billion yuan. As of the third quarter of 2024, Anke’s innovation revenue was 16.449 billion yuan, an increase of 39.56% over the same period last year; net profit attributable to the parent company was 1.472 billion yuan, an increase of 21.29% over the same period last year.

Just when netizens praised Anke Innovation for being generous to its employees, some investors put forward different voices.

Some netizens questioned whether the company used this to hype its brand image? Another investor said that why did the company raise 1.1 billion yuan from the market after paying such a large amount of 800 million yuan in bonuses to employees?

In response, Blue Whale News reporter called the Anke Innovation Investor Hotline as an investor. The staff member said that the pictures were not circulated through the company. The above actions were an incentive to employees. Currently, many rumors on the Internet are not true. Then, we also want to make a clarification. This does not represent the company’s position on this matter. Then we don’t have much to reply to this. Please understand.” rdquo;

“The company has relevant systems for operating sharing rewards to employees, which can be inquired from publicly disclosed information.& rdquo; The above-mentioned staff said.

It is understood that in early February this year, Anke Innovation announced that the company’s application for issuing convertible corporate bonds to unspecified objects has been approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the total amount of funds raised will not exceed 1.105 billion yuan. The funds raised are mainly used for the research and development and industrialization of portable and household energy storage products, new generation intelligent hardware products, and intelligent warehousing upgrades.

In this regard, the above-mentioned staff member said that the dividend in the market is a name for it by self-media, not the company’s definition of it. It is essentially a reward for employees ‘work incentives. From our perspective, Anke Innovation is a light asset-light enterprise. If it was another company, if they used 1 billion yuan or 800 million yuan to buy buildings, land and build factories, everyone might think it was normal, but for a light asset company, we don’t want to make assets so heavy, which is not conducive to the rapid operation of the company. Our essence is that we still hope that the company can develop better.& rdquo;

“At the same time, the company’s funds have many directions to invest. We also stated some very clear directions for investment in the prospectus. Then from our perspective, talent is the company’s most valuable asset. If there are no good employees to work for the company, we will not be able to make so much money and provide good returns to shareholders. The ultimate goal is to provide better returns for investors, which is why we need to recruit so many outstanding talents. Only in this way can the company continue to become stronger and bigger.& rdquo; The above-mentioned staff member added.

Judging from the dividend data, Anke Innovation’s dividend amount in recent years has shown a steady growth trend. From 2021 to 2023, the dividend amounts will be 325 million yuan, 488 million yuan, and 813 million yuan respectively.

Source: chioce Financial Terminal

If you delve deeper into the equity structure, you will find that Anke Innovation’s equity is relatively concentrated. As of the end of the third quarter of 2024, the top ten shareholders held 79.44% of the company’s shares. Among them, Chairman Yang Meng holds 43.78%, accounting for nearly half of the total, and General Manager Zhao Dongping holds 11.94%.