# Sohu.com Limited (SOHU) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Communication Services / Internet Media & Services. Price $12.93, market value $389 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 1.5×** (5-yr avg 0.9×, 3-yr avg 1.1×). Sohu.com Limited trades at 1.5× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 0.9×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Communication Services median in the September 2026 study was 21.1×.
- **Price / sales: 0.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.6×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.3×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -1.4%** (5-yr avg -5.4%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 65.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 65.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 78.5%**. Sohu.com Limited keeps 78.5% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, the kind of margin that comes with software, brands or pricing power.
- **Operating margin: -6.7%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: 67.4%**. 67.4% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 30.8%**. 30.8% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on assets: 14.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 14.0% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -2.4%** (3-yr -7.3%/yr, 5-yr -4.9%/yr). Revenue fell 2.4% over the last year, against -4.9% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 546.0%**. Earnings per share rose 546.0%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.

## Financial health
- **Current ratio: 2.90** (quick 2.90). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 2.90 times.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.38**. A Z-score of 2.38 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Sohu.com Limited does not currently pay a dividend, but it returned 13.9% of its market value through buybacks over the last year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -13.8%** (YTD -17.9%, 3-mo -8.0%). The shares are down 13.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -25.3%** (11.4% above the low). Trading 25% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 50**. An RSI of 50 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.59** (volatility 32%). Beta of 0.59 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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