profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Sound Group
$10.15-1.26% today
-7.2% in 1 year
1-year low $9.641-year high $18.22
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
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Sound Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from CN¥2.19 billion in 2022 to CN¥3.10 billion in 2025, with CN¥226 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Sound Group handed back 21% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks CN¥29MCN¥30M
Free cash flow 2025CN¥276M
Bought back its own sharesCN¥29M
Paid as dividendsCN¥30M
Cash vs. debtCN¥655M vs. CN¥25M
Sound Group vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound Group | No profit yet | ||
 Alphabet | 27.5× · Fair price | ||
 Meta | 27.1× · Fair price | ||
 Tencent Holdings | 13.1× · Cheap | ||
 Recruit | 59.6× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Sound 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,185 | 2,072 | 2,032 | 3,103 | |
| 716 | 585 | 557 | 905 | |
| 81 | -138 | -88 | 219 | |
| 123 | -101 | -48 | 246 | |
| 87 | -127 | -70 | 226 | |
| 16.00 | -24.00 | -14.00 | 48.00 | |
| 32.8% | 28.3% | 27.4% | 29.2% | |
| 3.7% | -6.7% | -4.3% | 7.1% | |
| 4.0% | -6.1% | -3.4% | 7.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of CNY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 776 | 567 | 521 | 750 |
| Cash | 568 | 495 | 442 | 655 |
| Total debt | 100 | 14 | 20 | 25 |
| Total liabilities | 384 | 277 | 307 | 375 |
| 393 | 299 | 235 | 401 | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 14.3% | -33.4% | -23.9% | 41.5% | |
| 22.0% | -42.3% | -29.6% | 56.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of CNY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | -117 | -26 | 280 | |
| 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | |
| 124 | -124 | -39 | 276 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 0 | 0 | 10 | 29 | |
| 29 | 27 | 14 | 5 |
Valuation
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- 0.7×
- –
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- –
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- 24.3%
Profitability
- 29.2%
- 7.1%
- 7.3%
- 7.7%
- 42.5%
- -0.4%
- 69.2%
- 29.4%
- 54.9%
- 7.7%
Growth
- +12.4%
- +44.2%
- +796.3%
- –
- −3.1%
Financial health
- -2.6×
- 0.06
- 3.3%
- 7,980.6×
- 1.94
- 1.94
- 4.02
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 2%of 436
Bottom 31%of 438
Top 26%of 440
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2025 | -1.51 | – | – |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 1.30 | – | – |
| Jan 25, 2024 | -24.63 | – | – |
| Nov 29, 2023 | -1.51 | -0.05 | −2,920.0% |
| Aug 29, 2023 | 0.03 | -0.05 | +160.0% |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 1.35 | – | – |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 0.84 | -0.74 | +213.8% |
| Sep 29, 2022 | 0.55 | -1.43 | +138.6% |
24.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$243a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
13.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 11.0%
News
China’s hottest stocks these days have one thing in common: names that sound like sheepMarketWatch · Nov 14, 2026Japan’s corporate leaders sound alarm over weak yen — even dollar-earners are voicing concernsCNBC · Sep 17, 2026Insider 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
4/7Passes 4 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
58No pass
Benjamin Graham
68Pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
82Pass
Joel Greenblatt
85Pass
Charlie Munger
59No pass
Terry Smith
59No pass
Questions about Sound Group
Is Sound Group a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 4 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 Sound Group AI analysis
What does Sound Group do?
Sound Group Inc. operates as an AI-powered audio company in the People's Republic of China. It is in Internet Content & Information.
Does Sound Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 24.3% a year, about 13% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $30.3 million in dividends.
Is Sound Group stock halal?
No. Sound Group does not pass our halal screen: its cash and confirmed interest-bearing investments are 231% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Sound Group stock done over the past year?
Down 7.2% over the past twelve months, to $10.15. It traded between $9.64 and $18.22 and is 44.3% below its high.
Who are Sound 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 Sound Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.