profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Hello Group
$4.48-3.66% today
-35.7% in 1 year
1-year low $4.391-year high $7.06
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $5.34 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Hello Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from CN¥12.7 billion in 2022 to CN¥10.4 billion in 2025, with CN¥804 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Hello Group handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks CN¥767MCN¥346M
Free cash flow 2025CN¥691M
Bought back its own sharesCN¥767M
Paid as dividendsCN¥346M
Cash vs. debtCN¥5.3B vs. CN¥129M
Hello Group vs. similar companies
Hello Group grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello Group | 5.3× · Cheap | ||
 Alphabet | 26.7× · Fair price | ||
 Meta | 27.1× · Fair price | ||
 Tencent Holdings | 14.2× · Cheap | ||
 Recruit | 49.5× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Hello Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of CNY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,704 | 12,002 | 10,563 | 10,367 | |
| 5,283 | 4,977 | 4,116 | 3,920 | |
| 1,628 | 2,305 | 1,533 | 1,355 | |
| 2,227 | 2,794 | 2,012 | 1,817 | |
| 1,484 | 1,958 | 1,040 | 804 | |
| 7.30 | 9.84 | 5.56 | 4.74 | |
| 41.6% | 41.5% | 39.0% | 37.8% | |
| 12.8% | 19.2% | 14.5% | 13.1% | |
| 11.7% | 16.3% | 9.8% | 7.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of CNY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 15,830 | 16,228 | 18,383 | 13,779 |
| Cash | 5,018 | 5,620 | 4,123 | 5,320 |
| Total debt | 2,768 | 2,286 | 4,581 | 129 |
| Total liabilities | 4,899 | 4,241 | 6,950 | 2,695 |
| 10,777 | 11,805 | 11,245 | 10,878 | |
| 212 | 201 | 187 | 169 | |
| 12.3% | 15.2% | 9.7% | 12.5% | |
| 13.8% | 16.6% | 9.2% | 7.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of CNY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,227 | 2,277 | 1,640 | 1,183 | |
| 80 | 576 | 286 | 493 | |
| 1,146 | 1,701 | 1,354 | 691 | |
| Dividends paid | 841 | 958 | 716 | 346 |
| 392 | 212 | 1,197 | 767 | |
| 401 | 267 | 193 | 163 |
Valuation
- 5.3×
- 0.8×
- –
- 0.4×
- 0.4×
- 6.2×
- –
- 16.1%
- 18.7%
- 8.1%
Profitability
- 37.8%
- 13.1%
- 7.8%
- 17.5%
- 12.8%
- 12.8%
- 7.2%
- 5.8%
- 11.6%
- 7.5%
Growth
- −6.6%
- −13.4%
- −50.4%
- −17.0%
- −7.2%
Financial health
- -2.9×
- 0.01
- 0.9%
- 23.9×
- 4.68
- 4.68
- 0.75
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 23%of 435
Top 48%of 438
Top 6%of 346
Bottom 6%of 439
Top 12%of 440
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $8.10
- Range
- $8.10 – $8.10
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2026 | 0.24 | 0.19 | +23.2% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 0.33 | 0.22 | +52.3% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | -0.08 | 0.27 | −129.6% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 0.29 | 0.19 | +55.7% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | 0.07 | 0.20 | −62.9% |
| Sep 3, 2024 | 0.33 | 0.30 | +10.0% |
| May 28, 2024 | 0.04 | 0.33 | −87.9% |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 0.37 | 0.40 | −7.5% |
8.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$81a year at today's yield, before tax
−17.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.62 in 2019 → $0.30 in 2025
How safe it looks
43.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 50.1%
News
Hello Group projects Q3 revenue of RMB 2.4B–2.5B as domestic decline remains high teensSeeking Alpha · Sep 3, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 3, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
72Pass
Benjamin Graham
100Pass
Philip Fisher
46No pass
Peter Lynch
23No pass
Joel Greenblatt
45No pass
Charlie Munger
55No pass
Terry Smith
41No pass
Questions about Hello Group
Is Hello Group a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Hello Group AI analysis
What does Hello Group do?
Hello Group Inc. provides mobile-based social and entertainment services in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Momo, Tantan, and QOOL. It is in Internet Content & Information.
Does Hello Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 8.1% a year, about 43% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $346 million in dividends.
Is Hello Group stock halal?
No. Hello Group does not pass our halal screen: its cash and confirmed interest-bearing investments are 124% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Hello Group stock done over the past year?
Down 35.7% over the past twelve months, to $4.48. It traded between $4.39 and $7.06 and is 36.5% below its high.
Who are Hello Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Alphabet, Meta, Tencent Holdings and Recruit. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Hello Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.