The stock price of Zhihu Inc ADR (NYSE: ZH) has jumped by 0.65 compared to previous close of 4.61. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -8.12% in its stock price over the last five trading days. prnewswire.com reported 2025-03-26 that BEIJING, March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Zhihu Inc. (“Zhihu” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ZH; HKEX: 2390), a leading online content community in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Fourth Quarter 2024 Highlights Total revenues were RMB859.2 million (US$117.7 million) in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared with RMB1,138.3 million in the same period of 2023.
Is It Worth Investing in Zhihu Inc ADR (NYSE: ZH) Right Now?
Moreover, the 36-month beta value for ZH is 0.10. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for ZH is 83.04M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.79% of that float. On March 26, 2025, ZH’s average trading volume was 801.65K shares.
ZH’s Market Performance
The stock of Zhihu Inc ADR (ZH) has seen a -8.12% decrease in the past week, with a -14.07% drop in the past month, and a 28.89% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.73%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 7.24% for ZH. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -8.81% for ZH’s stock, with a 26.09% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of ZH
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for ZH stocks, with CLSA repeating the rating for ZH by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for ZH in the upcoming period, according to CLSA is $1.50 based on the research report published on December 14, 2022 of the previous year 2022.
JP Morgan, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see ZH reach a price target of $1.50, previously predicting the price at $1.80. The rating they have provided for ZH stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on May 16th, 2022.
Goldman gave a rating of “Neutral” to ZH, setting the target price at $4.70 in the report published on April 11th of the previous year.
ZH Trading at 3.64% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought ZH to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -26.58% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 7.24%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.73%, as shares sank -15.93% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +40.99% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, ZH fell by -10.10%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +31.21% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.08. In addition, Zhihu Inc ADR saw 31.07% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at ZH starting from Li Dahai, who proposed sale 1,106,198 shares at the price of $1.27 back on Nov 08 ’24. After this action, Li Dahai now owns shares of Zhihu Inc ADR, valued at $1,401,291 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for ZH
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.17 for the present operating margin
- 0.6 for the gross margin
The net margin for Zhihu Inc ADR stands at -0.09. The total capital return value is set at -0.15. Equity return is now at value -7.83, with -5.51 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -1.05 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 4.77. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of -0.05. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.85for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.65. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.51.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Zhihu Inc ADR (ZH) has been mixed in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
