ZH Stock — Zhihu Inc ADR

Zhihu Inc ADR (ZH)

Updated October 16, 2026.

ZH is a Stock. Total return is -93.4% over the past 5.6 years, 200.8 points behind SPY at 107.4%.

Zhihu Inc. operates an online content community in China featuring user-generated content across categories including career development, science and technology, business and finance, and entertainment, along with a premium membership program called Yan Selection. The company generates revenue through advertising, content-commerce solutions, vocational training, and technology services. This is an equity security with an unknown distribution profile, appealing primarily to investors seeking exposure to Chinese digital media and content platforms rather than income-focused investors.

ZH performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -93.4% over the past 5.6 years, 200.8 points behind SPY at 107.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -21.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 42.3%.

ZH key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/26/2021

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$3.39 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$267,783,592

Average volume

273214.0

Beta

0.224

Payout ratio

0.0%

Forward P/E

37.3134

EPS

$-0.55

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ZH risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 42.3%.

Who may consider ZH — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ZH does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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