Zhihu Inc. Financial Summary

Complete Filing Data

Zhihu Inc. reported Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents of $548.01 million for FY2024.

All values from 10-K, 20-F, and 10-Q filings on SEC EDGAR, organized by financial statement. Scroll each table horizontally for the full history. Blank cells mean Zhihu Inc. did not report that metric for that period in XBRL — often because accounting standards changed which tag a company files under (for example, most companies moved revenue to the ASC-606 tag in 2018), so a metric may continue in a different row. Rows marked * merge those successor tags into one continuous series, preferring the audited value from the newest-standard tag where periods overlap.

Income Statement

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Net Income *-$169.0M-$839.5M-$1.58B-$1.30B-$517.6M-$1.00B
Selling And Marketing Expense$219.1M$2.05B$2.03B$1.63B$734.8M$766.5M
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax$3.60B$4.20B$3.60B$2.96B$1.35B$670.5M
Research And Development Expense$732.6M$901.5M$763.4M$619.6M$329.8M$351.0M
Other Nonoperating Income Expense$5.9M$49.2M$6.0M-$4.4M$11.7M$2.7M
Operating Income Loss-$481.1M-$1.07B-$1.60B-$1.39B-$602.9M-$1.06B
Operating Expenses$364.7M$3.37B$3.41B$2.94B$1.36B$1.37B
Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic-$23.5M-$843.6M-$1.58B-$1.47B-$1.20B-$1.43B
Income Tax Expense Benefit-$9.4M$11.8M$14.2M$5.4M$1.1M$40.0K
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest-$178.4M-$827.7M-$1.56B-$1.29B-$516.5M-$1.00B
Gross Profit$2.18B$2.30B$1.81B$1.55B$757.8M$312.3M
General And Administrative Expense$330.2M$418.5M$622.0M$690.3M$296.2M$253.3M
Cost Of Revenue$1.42B$1.90B$1.80B$1.41B$594.4M$358.2M
Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent$33.0M$45.3M$273.3M-$143.2M-$143.3M-$4.0M
Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit-$414.0K-$3.8M-$2.4M-$1.1M
Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax$33.0M$45.3M$273.3M-$143.2M-$143.3M
Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax$4.5M$45.3M$273.3M-$143.2M-$143.3M
Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest-$136.0M-$794.3M-$1.31B-$1.44B-$660.9M
Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax Attributable To Common Stockholders Basic-$112.5M-$1.31B-$1.61B-$1.34B-$1.44B

Balance Sheet

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018
Stockholders Equity *$4.14B$4.60B$5.65B$6.73B-$5.14B-$3.99B-$2.72B
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents$548.0M$2.11B$4.53B$2.16B$957.8M$900.4M$713.3M
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect$1.89B-$2.42B$2.37B$1.20B$57.5M$187.1M
Accrued Investment Income Of Short Term Investments$58.3M$37.5M$31.5M$6.4M$2.4M$4.9M
Taxes Payable Current$3.0M$21.4M$26.0M$66.2M$7.1M
Short Term Investments$73.8M$1.77B$787.3M$2.24B$1.05B
Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit-$1.22B-$8.71B-$7.86B-$6.28B-$4.95B
Property Plant And Equipment Net$8.5M$10.8M$7.3M$9.9M$8.1M
Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current$163.4M$232.0M$199.2M$272.1M$123.5M
Other Assets Noncurrent$623.0K$8.0M$22.5M$14.1M$6.5M
Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset$7.2M$40.2M$100.1M$126.5M$3.2M
Operating Lease Liability Current$2.4M$42.1M$53.2M$40.5M$2.9M
Liabilities Current$1.52B$1.95B$1.82B$1.90B$1.01B
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity$5.73B$6.80B$7.66B$8.81B$3.76B
Liabilities$1.54B$2.09B$1.96B$2.07B$1.01B
Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment$1.0K-$402.0K-$77.0K-$255.0K-$245.0K
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net$54.5M$122.6M$80.2M$68.3M$23.5M
Employee Related Liabilities Current$275.3M$342.1M$283.5M$313.7M$231.8M
Contract With Customer Liability Current$32.3M$303.6M$355.6M$239.8M$160.0M
Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value$4.00B$2.11B$4.53B$2.16B$957.8M
Assets Noncurrent$248.3M$417.4M$336.4M$471.0M$41.3M
Assets Current$751.4M$6.38B$7.32B$8.33B$3.72B
Assets$5.73B$6.80B$7.66B$8.81B$3.76B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax$1.7M-$20.6M-$65.8M-$339.1M-$195.9M
Accounts Receivable Net Current$57.6M$664.6M$834.3M$831.6M$486.0M
Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities Current$114.5M$1.04B$916.1M$1.03B$501.8M

Cash Flow Statement

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Share Based Compensation$8.1M$164.7M$373.9M$548.5M$180.1M$179.7M
Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised$159.0K$4.5M$19.6M$23.0M$9.3M$11.4M
Proceeds From Sale Maturity And Collection Of Shortterm Investments$10.41B$6.58B$12.05B$5.23B$6.59B$2.28B
Proceeds From Maturity Of Term Deposits$1.95B$2.05B$5.77B$3.02B$2.32B$336.3M
Payments To Acquire Short Term Investments$9.11B$7.53B$10.55B$6.42B$6.15B$3.55B
Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment$2.7M$8.5M$714.0K$7.4M$2.0M$4.5M
Payments For Placement Of Term Deposits$673.4M$2.68B$3.57B$4.95B$2.33B$1.16B
Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities-$38.4M-$415.5M-$1.11B-$440.2M-$244.4M-$715.5M
Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities$351.1M-$1.68B$3.49B-$3.14B$430.1M-$2.10B
Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities-$403.9M-$365.1M-$108.4M$4.88B$9.3M$3.00B
Increase Decrease In Right Of Use Assets-$4.5M-$59.9M-$26.4M$123.3M-$22.7M-$26.4M
Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets-$63.3M$41.7M-$87.1M$134.4M$17.1M$10.1M
Increase Decrease In Other Noncurrent Assets-$9.0K-$13.1M-$382.0K$7.7M-$412.0K-$142.0K
Increase Decrease In Other Current Liabilities-$1.4M$2.7M-$8.5M$34.3M$28.9M-$6.6M
Increase Decrease In Other Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities-$183.4M$220.2M-$15.9M$524.2M$214.8M$38.6M
Increase Decrease In Operating Lease Liability-$26.6M-$50.8M-$26.1M$119.8M-$22.7M-$23.8M
Increase Decrease In Employee Related Liabilities-$65.4M$56.9M-$36.5M$81.4M$25.0M$66.0M
Increase Decrease In Due To Related Parties-$45.1M$7.4M-$65.3M$33.2M-$57.9M$13.1M
Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Liability-$8.2M-$87.1M$78.2M$79.4M$52.9M$42.0M
Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable$955.0K-$4.7M-$40.8M$59.0M$20.0K$2.4M
Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable-$208.2M-$64.4M$132.8M$374.7M$257.1M$62.6M
Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents$14.9M$42.5M$101.5M-$100.2M-$137.5M$7.5M
Depreciation Depletion And Amortization$3.0M$24.9M$25.2M$21.5M$19.6M$20.2M

Per-Share & Share Counts

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Earnings Per Share Diluted$-0.63$-2.82$-5.19$-6.12$-18.36$-22.99
Earnings Per Share Basic$-0.63$-2.82$-5.19$-6.12$-18.36$-22.99
Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic273.6M299.1M304.8M240.2M65.3M62.2M
Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding273.6M299.1M304.8M240.2M65.3M62.2M

Other Metrics

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Interest Income Deposits With Financial Institutions$115.0M$158.7M$68.1M$31.3M$24.8M$28.7M
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax$1.0M$97.0K$71.7M-$16.7M$62.7M-$9.2M
Term Deposits In Bank Current$43.9M$1.59B$948.4M$2.82B$1.09B
Provision For Doubtful Accounts$4.2M$34.5M$32.6M$16.8M$7.2M
Investment Income Net$5.9M$70.4M$59.2M$56.1M$25.0M
Gain Loss From Change In Fair Value Of Financial Instruments$78.4M-$5.2M-$176.7M$27.8M-$68.8M
Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value$59.3M$164.7M$373.9M$548.5M$180.1M$179.7M

Most recent annual filing with the SEC: April 15, 2025

Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 8, 2026.