Note 3 - Liquidity and Capital Resources

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Notes to Financial Statements

Substantial Doubt about Going Concern [Text Block]

3. Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company incurred operating losses and may continue to incur operating losses, and as a result, to generate negative cash flows as the Company implements its future business plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company incurred a loss from operations of US$1.41 million and a net operating cash outflow of US$0.78 million. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of US$1.76 million and working capital of US$2.45 million, compared with approximately US$0.81 million and US$3.33 million as of December 31, 2024, respectively.

The Company plans to optimize its internet resources cost investment strategy to improve the gross profit margin of its core business and to further strengthen the accounts receivables collection management, and negotiate with major suppliers for more favorable payment terms, all of which will help to substantially increase the cashflows from operations. In addition, as we wind down our search engine marketing distribution service in the PRC, we are seeing an improvement in our gross margins as well as significantly reduced operating expenses that will improve our cash flow and liquidity in the next 12 months. Also, in order to further develop our core business, i.e., our Internet advertising and related marketing service business, broaden and diversify the online marketing channels for customers, reinforce our industry competitive advantage, we are actively seeking to acquire businesses and build teams with AI capabilities and proprietary intellectual properties that enable more accurate marketing solutions and cost efficient content creation. On March 7, 2025, ChinaNet Investment Holding Limited (the “Purchaser”), a British Virgin Islands company and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. acquired the 10,000 shares of Rahula Digital Media (HK) Limited, a Hong Kong company (the "Rahula") that Vickie Chan, an individual (the “Seller”) owned, pursuant to that certain Share Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated March 3, 2025, entered into by and between the Purchaser and the Seller for a total consideration of US$0.6 million. Rahula owns 100% equity interest in Shenzhen Shangye Business Consulting Services Co., Ltd., a People’s Republic of China company (together as “Rahula Group”). Rahula Group is principally engaged in the development and monetization of intellectual property rights on agent management, marketing data management, targeted marketing and mass marketing systems and technologies.

In addition, for the next 12 months from the date hereof, we anticipate to generate additional cash inflows and/or improve our liquidity through the following: (1) our short-term working capital loans provided to unrelated parties will mature within the next 12 months that we anticipate collecting these loan principals and the related interest income within the next 12 months; (2) if at any time we anticipate insufficiency of our working capital, we can apply for revolving credit facility from commercial banks in the PRC to supplement our short-term liquidity deficit. We have not experienced any difficulties in obtaining such credit facility before, and this could result in fixed obligations and incremental cost of interest; (3) equity financing; (4) we plan to reduce our operating costs through optimizing the personnel structure among different offices and reduce our office leasing spaces, if needed. This may incur incremental costs related to employee layoff compensation and contract termination penalty.

Based on the above discussion, we believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, our anticipated new cash flows from operations and investing and financing activities, and our other liquidity improving measures will ensure we have sufficient cash to meet our obligations as they become due within the next 12 months.