DIDIY vs ZH
DiDi Global Inc. and Zhihu Inc., side by side — 5 fiscal years reported in CNY, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | DIDIY | ZH |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CNY 192.4B | CNY 2.7B |
| Net income | CNY 493.5M | CNY -195.2M |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 59.9% |
| Net margin | 0.3% | −7.1% |
| Return on equity | 0.5% | −4.9% |
| Diluted EPS | CNY 0.41 | −CNY 0.80 |
| Dividend / share | — | — |
| Payout ratio | — | — |
| Free cash flow | CNY 5.3B | CNY -364.9M |
| Equity | CNY 97.8B | CNY 3.8B |
| Net debt / equity | −0.27× | −0.88× |
| Current ratio | 2.29× | 3.73× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | — | 15.2% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | — | — |
DIDIY bills 70.0× the revenue of ZH, and ZH closed the last reported year at a loss.
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
Revenue by year
5 years side by side
| Fiscal year | DIDIY | ZH |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | CNY 192.4B | CNY 4.2B |
| FY2022 | CNY 140.8B | CNY 3.6B |
| FY2021 | CNY 173.8B | CNY 3.0B |
| FY2020 | CNY 141.7B | CNY 1.4B |
| FY2019 | CNY 154.8B | CNY 670.5M |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | DIDIY | ZH |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | CNY 493.5M | CNY -839.5M |
| FY2022 | CNY -23.8B | CNY -1.6B |
| FY2021 | CNY -49.3B | CNY -1.3B |
| FY2020 | CNY -10.5B | CNY -517.5M |
| FY2019 | CNY -9.7B | CNY -1.0B |