Zhihu, who was just listed in US stocks in March this year, also has news that it plans to list in Hong Kong.
In response, Zhihu responded that he had not heard of the news.
It is worth noting that the current performance of the stock price is poor. Since the high point on June 30, the company's stock price has been "halved" within six months. In addition, Zhihu was interviewed by the Beijing Internet information office according to law.
frequent re listing rumors
Recently, a news that "Zhihu plans to go public in Hong Kong in the near future, or submit IPO documents in January next year" once again aroused the market's attention to Zhihu.
However, Zhihu quickly responded to the media that he had not heard of the news.
It was known that it was listed on US stocks in March this year, but its share price had fallen 44.42% as of December 23.
This is not the only recent rumor about Zhihu's re listing. It is also reported that Zhihu will dismantle the vie structure and list in China. According to tianyancha data, on December 21, the investors of Beijing wise world Technology Co., Ltd., a domestic entity subsidiary of Zhihu, changed. First, some natural person shareholders withdrew, and second, Xiamen Siyuan Investment Management Co., Ltd., Beijing Sogou Information Service Co., Ltd., Beijing innovation ark Technology Co., Ltd Shenzhen Litong industrial investment fund Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of Tencent, also withdrew completely. Third, there are only Li Dahai and Zhou Yuan, the founder of Zhihu, among the shareholders.
Source: tianyancha
Tianyan check shows that at present, Zhou Yuan's personal shareholding has reached 99.31% in the shareholder column of Beijing wise world Technology Co., Ltd.
Source: tianyancha
In this regard, Zhihu responded on December 23 that Beijing wise world Technology Co., Ltd. is Zhihua Inc., an overseas listed entity of Zhihu. For the domestic affiliated companies, this structural change is a normal change of Zhihu's corporate governance and a standard operation after the listing of Zhongyu company. The actual controller, important shareholders and their shareholding ratio of Zhihu have not changed.
I know it's "a little annoying" this year
This year, Zhihu's days are not quiet.
In terms of share price, from March to June 30 this year, its share price once reached US $13.849, an increase of 42.74% compared with the beginning of listing. Unexpectedly, after the high light period, the stock price fell all the way. At present, the latest stock price is only $5.280. Compared with the high on June 30, its stock price has fallen nearly 60%.
On December 20, the Beijing Network Information Office announced that Zhihu was interviewed and punished according to law, and ordered Zhihu to rectify immediately in view of the repeated problems of information prohibited by laws and regulations. The person in charge of zhihu.com said that he would deeply learn lessons, strictly implement various rectification requirements, and suspend relevant functions during the rectification period.
Source: Official wechat of Beijing Internet Information Office
In addition, in terms of performance, Zhihu's loss is still expanding. According to the third quarterly report, Zhihu realized a revenue of 824 million yuan in the third quarter, a year-on-year increase of 115.1%; The gross profit was 425 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 93.1%; The gross profit margin was 51.6%, a year-on-year decrease of 5.9 percentage points; The net loss was 270 million yuan, an increase of 145% year-on-year and a decrease of 16% month on month.
However, Tianfeng Securities Co.Ltd(601162) in the analysis of the research report, it is known that it is a scarce platform with characteristics, users and revenue are in the high growth stage, and it is optimistic about the company's community barriers and future commercialization space. Considering the changes of the overall external environment and the company's financial report in the third quarter, the company slightly reduced its revenue from 2021 to 2023 to RMB 2.967 billion, 5.348 billion and 8.527 billion, with a year-on-year growth rate of 119%, 80% and 59% respectively; The loss range of non GAAP of the company is increased. It is estimated that the net profit of non GAAP from 2021 to 2023 will be -901 million, - 923 million and - 356 million yuan respectively.
(China Securities Journal)
