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Autohome Inc ADR ATHM

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$25.05 −0.18 (0.71%)
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China’s Leading Online Automobile Platform in Search for the Next Growth Driver

Autohome is China’s largest automobile online media platform in terms of user traffic. The firm started providing media services in 2008 with a focus on new car content and building an active online forum to gain user traffic. According to QuestMobile, its mobile daily active users, or DAUs, reached 68.2 million in December 2023, demonstrating its leadership among automotive platforms.

Price vs Fair Value

ATHM is trading at a 14% discount.
Price
$24.69
Fair Value
$74.30
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
$88.78
5-Star Price
$23.69
Economic Moat
Kwyq
Capital Allocation
Tkkzqml

Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Autohome’s leadership in user traffic would enable the company to maintain a stable growth outlook for the media services and lead generation segments.

Bears

Competition from other auto platforms and other online platforms such as short-video platforms would depress Autohome’s profitability as traffic acquisition cost increases.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$25.23
Day Range
$24.9225.39
52-Week Range
$23.8134.10
Bid/Ask
$25.10 / $27.59
Market Cap
$3.09 Bil
Volume/Avg
310,347 / 405,725

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
10.35
Price/Sales
3.03
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
4.59%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
4.59%
Total Yield
7.48%

Company Profile

Founded in 2008 as a media content platform, Autohome is the leading online automobile platform in China, ranking first among automotive service platforms in terms of mobile daily active users, according to QuestMobile. Through its two websites, autohome.com.cn and che168.com, Autohome delivers comprehensive, independent and interactive content and tools to automobile consumers as well as a full suite of services to automakers and dealers. According to iResearch, the company was the largest online automotive advertising and lead generation service provider with 30% market share, in terms of media services and lead generation revenue, in China’s online auto platform media advertising market in 2019.
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Stock Style Box
Mid Value
Total Number of Employees
5,511

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
ATHM
01024
CAR
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
10.3520.7539.11
Price/Book Value
0.904.274.20
Price/Sales
3.031.8812.48
Price/Cash Flow
9.3113.3837.79
Price/Earnings
ATHM
01024
CAR

Financial Strength

Metric
ATHM
01024
CAR
Quick Ratio
6.211.211.71
Current Ratio
6.311.211.73
Interest Coverage
6.22
Quick Ratio
ATHM
01024
CAR

Profitability

Metric
ATHM
01024
CAR
Return on Assets (Normalized)
7.10%10.90%6,306.37%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
8.95%23.60%9,929.03%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
5.35%17.03%6,778.90%
Return on Assets
ATHM
01024
CAR
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