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ZH Financials Zhihu Inc.

5 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

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
-$229M $181M $591M $0 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-47% 7% 61% 0% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$162M -$81M $0 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $328M $656M 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$492M $137M $765M $0 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
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.

Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.2 2.5 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
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.