Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$3.12
-0.95% today
1Y Change
-8.78%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Zhihu Inc. (ZH) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $1.75B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $3.12 and down 8.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -26.7%, EPS growth of -25.4%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -26.7%, EPS -25.4%, free cash flow -50.0% with operating margin -13.8% and ROIC -9.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ZH price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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Normalized return
SPY
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Relative to SPY
ZH Max Drawdown
-51.85%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$2.9B
-20.4% YoY
FY Net Income
-$1.3B
+20.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
-$246.4M
+45.0% YoY
Revenue Growth
-26.7%
EPS Growth
-25.4%
Gross Margin
60.0%
Net Margin
-6.9%
Income statement
CNY
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.7B | 3.6B | 4.2B | 3.7B | 2.9B |
| Gross Profit | 1.6B | 2.2B | 2.3B | 1.8B | 1.5B |
| Operating Income | -371M | -488M | -1.1B | -1.6B | -1.4B |
| EBITDA | -371M | -159M | -803M | -1.6B | -1.3B |
| Net Income | -188M | -174M | -844M | -1.6B | -1.3B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
CNY
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.4B | 4.0B | 2.1B | 4.5B | 2.2B |
| Total Assets | 5.2B | 5.7B | 6.8B | 7.7B | 8.8B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.3B | 1.5B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 2.1B |
| Shareholder Equity | 3.8B | 4.1B | 4.6B | 5.7B | 6.7B |
| Total Debt | 72M | 19M | 46M | 97M | 123M |
| Net Debt | -3.3B | -4.0B | -2.1B | -4.4B | -2.1B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
244M
+44.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
2M
+73.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
246M
+45.0% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
60.0%
Operating Margin
-13.8%
Net Margin
-6.9%
ROE
-4.7%
Debt / Equity
0.02x
Next Step
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