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Zhihu (ADR)

Hosts a China-focused content community monetized through memberships, marketing, and content-related services.

$2.85
After-hours close−0.00 (−0.18%)
At close$2.86(−6.70%)
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Zhihu Inc.ZHCommunication Services

Runs a China-focused online content community where creators and users exchange knowledge, experience, and insights. Revenue comes from paid membership, marketing services, IP operations, and selected content-related services.

Built around an online Q&A-origin community, the platform lets creators and users exchange knowledge, experience, and insights across content verticals and formats. Its monetization spans paid membership, marketing services, IP operations, and selected content-related services. Premium offerings include Yanyan Story, audiobooks, and audio dramas; marketing services serve advertisers seeking its professional user base and trusted-content environment.

Substantially all revenue and long-lived assets are in China, making the company's operating base geographically concentrated. Founder Yuan Zhou remains chairman and CEO. Operations and the ADS are shaped by the evolving interpretation and enforcement of PRC laws and regulations.

Company facts

CEOYuan Zhou
ListedMar 26, 2021
ExchangeNYSE
HeadquartersBeijing, China
CountryChina
Employees1,154
CIK0001835724
ISINUS98955N2071

Key statistics

Market cap$230.5M
EPS (ttm)−$0.5565
P/E (ttm)−5.12
ROE-7.9%
P/B0.4269
P/S0.6273
Dividend yield
Beta1.07vs XLC 0.44

Year to date −14.3% · Average volume (30d) 196.4K

Analysts

No analyst consensus on record.

Earnings

EPS

Estimate−$0.01
Reported−$0.07−501.4%

Revenue

Estimate$104.6M
Reported$101.6M−2.9%

History

Report dateEPS estEPSSurpriseRevenue estRevenueSurpriseNext session
Aug 26, 2026Q2 FY26−$0.01−$0.07−501.4%$104.6M$101.6M−2.9%−2.53%
Jun 3, 2026Q1 FY26−$0.02$91.4M$94.4M+3.3%+1.98%
Mar 25, 2026Q4 FY25−$0.01−$0.37−3,127.4%$91.9M$92.0M+0.1%−4.59%
Nov 25, 2025Q3 FY25−$0.08−$0.03+62.5%$640.4M$92.5M−85.5%−1.35%
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Financial highlights

12 quartersQ1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26
Revenue$108.4M$105.6M$98.0M$94.4M$96.4M$102.4M
Gross profit$67.0M$66.0M$60.1M$50.6M$57.4M$58.4M
Operating income−$7.8M−$13.4M−$14.9M−$20.2M−$9.3M−$11.3M
Net income−$1.5M$10.7M−$6.9M−$30.6M−$5.6M
Diluted EPS−$0.02$0.13−$0.08−$0.38−$0.02−$0.07
Gross margin61.8%62.5%61.3%53.6%59.6%57.0%
Operating margin-7.2%-12.7%-15.1%-21.4%-9.7%-11.0%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY21 $440.4M · FY22 $537.6M · FY23 $628.2M · FY24 $536.0M · FY25 $406.5M

Revenue by product · FY25

Membership$229.0M · 56%
Advertising$125.6M · 31%
Service, Other$54.5M · 13%

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $642.1M · Total debt $18.9M · Total assets $752.2M · Shareholders' equity $545.3M

Dividends

No dividends on record.

Ownership

Institutions 15.16%Insiders

Shares outstanding 80.87M · Float 30.31M · 37.5% free float

Insiders — filings are in the shares behind the receipt.

This listing is a depositary receipt and the Form 4 positions here are filed in the shares behind it, a different unit from the share count and in a ratio the filings never state, so no insider percentage is shown.

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% outstandingFormFiled
Plus Channel Limited25.43M10.00%13DDec 29, 2025
Acadian Asset Management LLC3.23M4.00%13FMay 13, 2026
FIL Ltd1.94M2.40%13FMay 15, 2026
E Fund Management (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.664.7K0.82%13FApr 8, 2026
State Street Corp611.1K0.76%13FMay 15, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

DateInsiderRoleSharesAvg price
Jun 5, 2026Li-Lan Chengdirector−360$2.85
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Peers

  • Bilibili (ADR)

    Video-community rival in creator content, memberships, live streams, and ads

  • Weibo (ADR)

    Public social-content and advertiser competitor

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