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Financials Zhihu Inc.

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US98955N2071

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 01:56:25 2024-05-23 pm EDT 		5-day change 1st Jan Change
3.675 USD -4.55% Intraday chart for Zhihu Inc. -5.99% -34.41%
Apr. 26 Zhihu to Change ADS Ratio MT
Apr. 10 Beijing ModelBest Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it has received funding from Primavera Capital Group, Hubble Technology Venture Capital Co., Ltd., Beijing Shunxi Venture Capital Fund Management Co.,Ltd., Zhihu Inc. and other investors CI

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 19,760 5,586 3,981 2,692 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 17,603 1,060 1,874 1,083 1,158 1,018
P/E ratio -11.5 x -3.46 x -4.71 x -5.24 x -22.6 x -94.7 x
Yield - - - - - -
Capitalization / Revenue 6.68 x 1.55 x 0.95 x 0.72 x 0.64 x 0.62 x
EV / Revenue 5.95 x 0.29 x 0.45 x 0.29 x 0.27 x 0.23 x
EV / EBITDA -21.4 x -0.88 x -2.12 x -1.85 x 29.7 x -
EV / FCF -39.3 x -0.95 x -4.42 x -2.7 x -18.6 x 10.5 x
FCF Yield -2.54% -105% -22.6% -37% -5.36% 9.54%
Price to Book 2.51 x 1 x 0.88 x 0.65 x 0.68 x 0.63 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 93,584 103,826 99,834 96,566 - -
Reference price 2 211.1 53.80 39.88 27.88 27.88 27.88
Announcement Date 3/14/22 3/22/23 3/26/24 - - -
1CNY in Million2CNY
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 - 2,959 3,605 4,199 3,728 4,217 4,337
EBITDA 1 - -820.8 -1,205 -882.7 -584 39 -
EBIT 1 - -1,391 -1,604 -1,072 -613.1 -223.1 -34.3
Operating Margin - -46.99% -44.49% -25.54% -16.44% -5.29% -0.79%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 - -1,293 -1,564 -827.7 -415.4 -117.5 17.54
Net income 1 -517.6 -1,469 -1,581 -843.6 -457.3 -124.5 12.39
Net margin - -49.66% -43.86% -20.09% -12.26% -2.95% 0.29%
EPS 2 -110.2 -18.36 -15.54 -8.460 -5.317 -1.236 -0.2942
Free Cash Flow 1 - -447.7 -1,116 -424 -401.1 -62.09 97.14
FCF margin - -15.13% -30.95% -10.1% -10.76% -1.47% 2.24%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) - - - - - - -
FCF Conversion (Net income) - - - - - - 784.2%
Dividend per Share 2 - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 3/5/21 3/14/22 3/22/23 3/26/24 - - -
1CNY in Million2CNY
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3
Net sales 1 823.5 1,019 743.2 836 911.7 1,114 994.2 1,044 1,022 1,138 898.6 862.5 836.8
EBITDA -317.6 -370.3 -642.8 -455.3 -273.2 166.7 - - - - - - -
EBIT 1 -322.5 -375.2 -648.2 -460.7 -278.6 -216.3 -216.7 -327.2 -350.1 -178.2 -246 - -
Operating Margin -39.16% -36.82% -87.21% -55.1% -30.56% -19.42% -21.8% -31.34% -34.25% -15.65% -27.38% - -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) -269.5 -380.3 -611.9 -480.6 -294.9 -176.8 - - - - - - -
Net income 1 -269.8 -383.3 -614.3 -487 -300.2 -179.7 -181.4 -279.1 -278.7 - -210 - -
Net margin -32.77% -37.61% -82.65% -58.25% -32.92% -16.13% -18.24% -26.73% -27.26% - -23.37% - -
EPS -5.460 -3.900 -6.120 -9.540 -5.880 -1.740 - - - - - - -
Dividend per Share - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 11/22/21 3/14/22 5/25/22 8/30/22 11/30/22 3/22/23 5/24/23 8/23/23 11/29/23 3/26/24 - - -
1CNY in Million
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 - - - - - - -
Net Cash position 1 - 2,157 4,526 2,107 1,609 1,534 1,674
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - - - - -
Free Cash Flow 1 - -448 -1,116 -424 -401 -62.1 97.1
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) - -94.2% -19.3% -12.9% -7.67% -0.91% 4.47%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) - -11.9% -14.5% -9.12% -6.11% -0.39% -1.36%
Assets 1 - 12,358 10,883 9,249 7,490 31,865 -913
Book Value Per Share 2 - 84.10 53.60 45.20 42.80 40.90 44.10
Cash Flow per Share 2 - -5.500 -5.490 -8.330 -6.520 -1.500 1.490
Capex 1 - 7.44 0.71 8.49 20.7 27.3 22.4
Capex / Sales - 0.25% 0.02% 0.2% 0.56% 0.65% 0.52%
Announcement Date 3/5/21 3/14/22 3/22/23 3/26/24 - - -
1CNY in Million2CNY
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Analysts' Consensus

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Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
8
Last Close Price
27.88 CNY
Average target price
58.48 CNY
Spread / Average Target
+109.78%
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