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Zhihu Inc. (2390.HK)

HKD8.43 +0.07 (+0.84%)
CN HKSE Communication Services Internet Content & Information
Address A5 Xueyuan Road 100083
Beijing, CN
CEO Yuan Zhou
IPO 2022-04-22
ISIN KYG989MJ1017

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Also trades on Hong Kong Stock Exchange · 2390.HK (HKD) New York Stock Exchange · ZH (USD)
Description

Zhihu Inc. operates a prominent online content community in the People's Republic of China, providing a platform where users can discover inspiration, find solutions, make informed decisions, and engage in enjoyable activities. Beyond this core offering, the company also furnishes a variety of services, including technology and business support, consulting, information transmission, software and information technology solutions, marketing intelligence, professional training, and general internet services. Additionally, it holds an audio-visual content permit. Established in 2010, Zhihu Inc. is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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HKD8.43 +0.07 (+0.84%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
44.2K
Beta
0.28
Float Shares
129.77M
Free Float %
52.9%
Price Performance
1D5D1M3M6M YTD1Y3Y5Y10YMax
+8.38% +10.40% +0.98% +1.97% -8.91% -3.16% -18.02% -51.41% -66.20% -66.20% -66.20%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (6 ratings, all time) Buy
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
8.43
Ratings Trend (MoM) 67% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 2 0
Hold 1 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
1.95
Grey zone
Piotroski F-Score
3 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
3 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
C+
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
1 / 5
Low
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
4 / 5
High
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Internet Content & Information: +9.7%
    -23.6% Q1'26: -11.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Internet Content & Information: +26.9%
    -282.5% Q1'26: +9.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Internet Content & Information: +23.2%
    -20.2% Q1'26: +0.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Internet Content & Information: +12.7%
    -13.9% Q1'26: -9.7% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Internet Content & Information: +7.3%
    Q1'26: +59.1% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Internet Content & Information: +0.3%
    -70.8% Q1'26: -5.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Internet Content & Information: -1.09×
    -0.20× Q1'26: -0.11× (vs Q1'25)
Valuation Multiples From To
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Theoretical Return — If Invested Today

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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
Projection years:
Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (1.39) × ERP
WACC = 89% × Ke + 11% × Kd (4.2%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Current price: 8.43
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2021
actual
Dec 2022
actual
Dec 2023
actual
Dec 2024
actual
Dec 2025
actual
Dec 2026
3 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
6 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
2 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
2.96B
est: 3.64B (-18.6%)
3.60B
est: 3.98B (-9.5%)
4.20B
est: 4.51B (-7.0%)
3.60B
est: 3.56B (+1.1%)
2.75B
est: 2.74B (+0.4%)
2.48B
2.46B – 2.49B
-9.5% YoY
2.50B
2.31B – 2.72B
+0.9% YoY
2.53B
2.42B – 2.65B
+1.1% YoY
EBITDA
-1.37B
est: -1.24B (-10.2%)
-1.58B
est: -1.36B (-16.0%)
-1.05B
est: -1.54B (+32.1%)
-456.19M
est: -1.00B (+54.5%)
-361.94M
est: -771.59M (+53.1%)
-698.19M
-702.49M – -691.61M
+9.5% YoY
-704.35M
-766.45M – -651.71M
-0.9% YoY
-711.80M
-745.88M – -681.44M
-1.1% YoY
EBIT
-1.39B
est: -1.27B (-9.3%)
-1.60B
est: -1.39B (-15.1%)
-1.07B
est: -1.58B (+32.1%)
-481.08M
est: -1.03B (+53.1%)
-380.94M
est: -790.22M (+51.8%)
-715.05M
-719.44M – -708.30M
+9.5% YoY
-721.35M
-784.95M – -667.44M
-0.9% YoY
-728.99M
-763.89M – -697.89M
-1.1% YoY
Net Income
-1.30B
est: -1.43B (+8.9%)
-1.58B
est: -1.29B (-22.3%)
-843.64M
est: -887.05M (+4.9%)
-171.80M
est: -71.06M (-141.8%)
-192.90M
est: -4.11M (-4,592.4%)
-2.90M
-3.08M – -2.74M
+29.5% YoY
7.15M
6.76M – 7.60M
+347.0% YoY
-6.30M
-6.70M – -5.95M
-188.1% YoY
SGA
2.33B
est: 2.48B (-6.1%)
2.65B
est: 2.71B (-2.4%)
2.47B
est: 3.08B (-19.8%)
1.93B
est: 2.27B (-15.0%)
1.50B
est: 1.75B (-14.0%)
1.58B
1.57B – 1.59B
-9.5% YoY
1.60B
1.48B – 1.74B
+0.9% YoY
1.61B
1.54B – 1.69B
+1.1% YoY
EPS
-5.41
est: -5.21 (-3.8%)
-5.18
est: -4.72 (-9.8%)
-2.82
est: -3.24 (+13.0%)
-0.63
est: -0.89 (+29.1%)
-2.41
est: -0.05 (-4,590.8%)
-0.04
-0.04 – -0.03
+29.5% YoY
0.09
0.08 – 0.09
+347.0% YoY
-0.08
-0.08 – -0.07
-188.1% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-06-04 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 4/5
2026-06-03 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-06-02 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-06-01 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-29 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-28 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-27 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-26 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-22 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-21 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-20 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-19 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-18 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-15 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-14 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-13 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-12 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-11 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-08 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-07 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-06 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-05 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-04 C+ 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-30 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-29 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-28 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-27 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-24 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-17 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-19.69M
OE per share TTM
-0.08
Owner's Yield
-1.03%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
6.41%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
2.1%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

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Top institutional holders

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ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock

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Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

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Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

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Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
-201.9K
Shares Outstanding
245.14M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

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Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Dachuan Sha Chief Investment Officer male
Han Wang Chief Financial Officer male
Yee Wa Lau Company Secretary female
Yuan Zhou Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer male
ESG Score History

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