5 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025,
from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend.
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Growth & profitability
Revenue has declined 4.1% per year over the past 4 years.
Operating margin has expanded, at -18.5% in the latest year.
Financial health
The company is unprofitable; at its current free-cash-flow burn it has roughly 9.2 years of cash runway.
Revenue & net income
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
OperatingInvestingFinancing
Key annual figures
FY
Revenue
Net income
Gross M
Op M
FCF
Total debt
Cash
2025
$393M
-$28M
59.9%
-18.5%
-$52M
—
$482M
2024
$493M
-$23M
60.6%
-13.4%
-$39M
—
$548M
2023
$591M
-$118M
54.7%
-25.5%
-$60M
—
$297M
2022
$523M
-$229M
50.2%
-44.5%
-$162M
—
$656M
2021
$464M
-$204M
52.5%
-47.0%
-$70M
—
$339M
Valuation over time
How the market has priced ZH against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 —
each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves
as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.
The price-to-sales ratio has risen from 0.6× (Mar '23) to 1.8× (Jun '26).
Price / sales (P/S)
P/S
Frequently asked questions
Is ZH growing its revenue and profit?
Over the past 4 years, Zhihu Inc.'s revenue has declined 4.1% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.
How much debt does ZH have?
As of FY2025, Zhihu Inc. reported — of total debt against $482M of cash.
What is ZH's profit margin?
In FY2025, gross margin was 59.9%, operating margin -18.5%, and net margin -7.1%.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.
Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted ·
growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price
against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.