JOYY vs DOYU vs GRND Stock Comparison

Joyy, DouYu International Holdings and Grindr Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
JOYY JOYY Inc.
$82.99 +4.0% 1M +38.8% 1Y
Market cap
$4.16B
P/E
19.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.27B
Div. yield
–
Social Media Technology
7 wins
GRND Grindr Inc.
$13.12 -16.9% 1M -12.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.29B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$509.82M
Div. yield
–
Social Media Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Joyy leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Joyy 7, Grindr 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionJOYYDOYUGRNDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.16B $109.85M $2.29B JOYY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.1x -22.4x 23.9x JOYY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.9x — 22.2x JOYY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.5% -10.8% +32.4% GRND
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.6% -0.9% 18.7% GRND
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.9% — 30.4% GRND
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.5x — 2.4x JOYY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +38.8% -48.9% -12.9% JOYY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.4%/yr -35.6%/yr +5.3%/yr JOYY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.0% 43.0% 44.9% JOYY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 59/100 69/100 GRND

Percentile Scorecard

JOYYDOYUGRND

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisJOYYDOYUGRND
Valuation 54 #77 of 167 86 #24 of 167 60 #68 of 167
Growth 32 #105 of 153 40 #93 of 153 97 #5 of 153
Profitability 47 #81 of 153 46 #83 of 153 95 #9 of 153
Financial Health 83 #31 of 179 66 #62 of 179 23 #139 of 179
Shareholder Returns 69 #30 of 94 – 70 #29 of 94
Overall 57 59 69
  • JOYY ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • DOYU ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • GRND ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodJOYYDOYUGRNDSPY
1 month +4.0%-21.0%-16.9% -0.8%
3 months +10.9%-18.3%-15.2% +3.5%
6 months +41.6%-26.3%-3.2% +7.0%
Year to date +28.2%-46.3%-3.1% +12.2%
1 year +38.8%-48.9%-12.9% +13.0%
3 years +113.7%-59.1%+123.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +28.8%-25.8%+30.8% +23.1%
5 years +64.3%-88.9%+29.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year +10.4%-35.6%+5.3% +11.0%
10 years +53.2%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +4.4%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureJOYYDOYUGRNDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.0%43.0%44.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.2%43.8%45.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.640.850.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.25-1.14-0.29 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -60.4%-91.2%-87.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.3%-49.2%-26.9% -1.8%
52-week high $84.93$7.19$17.95 $779.14
52-week low $54.42$3.47$9.85 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleJOYYDOYUGRND
P/E now vs peer median 20.1xmedian 17.5x -22.5xmedian 17.5x 24.3xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.4x 0.2xmedian 1.4x 4.5xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 29.1xmedian 14.5x —median 14.5x 16.9xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 12.1x —median 12.1x 14.8xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.7x 0.4xmedian 1.7x -194.3xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 7.69median 0.41 0.61median 0.41 0.19median 0.41

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsJOYYDOYUGRND
Revenue $2.27B $521.41M $509.82M
Gross profit $789.66M $75.37M $382.05M
Operating income $58.45M $2.42M $151.78M
Net income $207.29M -$4.90M $95.59M
Free cash flow – – $154.02M
R&D $238.84M $16.52M $61.94M
EPS (diluted) $4.08 $-0.16 $0.53
Cash & equivalents $336.99M $316.51M $6.50M
Total debt $94.78M – $386.32M
Shares (diluted) 53.26M 30.18M 178.96M
Enterprise value $1.51B -$1.17B $2.16B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricJOYYDOYUGRND
P/E 20.1x -22.5x 24.3x
P/FCF – – 14.8x
P/Operating cash flow – – 14.8x
P/S 1.9x 0.2x 4.5x
P/B 0.7x 0.4x -194.3x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 0.4x -29.4x
EV/EBITDA 29.1x – 16.9x
EV/EBIT 66.7x -94.9x 17.5x
EV/Revenue 1.7x -0.4x 5.2x
EV/FCF – – 17.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 17.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 7.69 0.61 0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricJOYYDOYUGRND
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.5% -10.8% 32.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.8% -16.8% 31.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.8% 40.4% 33.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.8% -12.9% 32.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 114.9% 106.0% 54.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 49.1% 29.4% 74.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -87.4% 82.2% 272.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -5.0% -37.5% 126.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -85.7% 81.9% 292.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.6% -36.9% 125.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 28.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 60.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 29.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 60.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricJOYYDOYUGRND
Gross margin 34.8% 14.5% 74.9%
EBITDA margin 5.9% – 30.8%
Operating margin 2.6% 0.5% 29.8%
Pretax margin 7.3% 2.3% 24.4%
Net margin 9.6% -0.9% 18.7%
FCF margin – – 30.2%
Operating cash flow margin – – 30.3%
Return on equity 3.2% -1.7% –
Return on assets 2.7% -1.1% 20.5%
Return on invested capital 0.9% – 30.4%
Return on capital employed 0.9% 0.9% 39.7%
Asset turnover 0.3x 1.2x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – – 12.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricJOYYDOYUGRND
Debt / assets 0.6% – 83.5%
Debt / equity 0.0x – -32.9x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.5x – 2.4x
Debt / FCF – – 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 14.5% 39.3% 102.5%
Equity / assets 85.5% 60.7% -2.5%
Interest coverage 142.9x – –
Current ratio 2.0x 2.2x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.7x 2.0x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x 1.9x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.75 0.34 4.93

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricJOYYDOYUGRND
Dividend yield 6.5% – –
Net buyback yield – – 7.0%
Shareholder yield 6.5% 0.0% 7.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusJOYYDOYUGRND
Forward P/E 14.9xFY2026 – 22.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.57FY2026 $0.00FY2026 $0.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.9%FY2026 – +28.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.6% – +44.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.25BFY2026 $565.86MFY2026 $561.84MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.0%FY2026 +3.6%FY2026 +27.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.3% -0.1% +18.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersJOYYDOYUGRND
Held by institutions 39.4% 18.6% 22.9%
Institutions holding 191 33 180
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.7% -5.0% +15.7%
Institutions buying 84 7 98
Institutions selling 73 11 54
Buyers to sellers 1.15 0.64 1.81

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

JOYYDOYUGRND
JOYY 1.00 0.24 0.09
DOYU 0.24 1.00 0.02
GRND 0.09 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, JOYY, DOYU and GRND?

Joyy (JOYY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Joyy (JOYY) $4.16B, DouYu International Holdings (DOYU) $109.85M, Grindr (GRND) $2.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, JOYY, DOYU and GRND?

Joyy (JOYY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Joyy (JOYY) 19.1x, DouYu International Holdings (DOYU) -22.4x, Grindr (GRND) 23.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Joyy (JOYY) is cheapest (Joyy (JOYY) 14.9x, Grindr (GRND) 22.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Grindr (GRND) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Joyy (JOYY) +7.5%, DouYu International Holdings (DOYU) -10.8%, Grindr (GRND) +32.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Grindr (GRND) has the highest net margin (Joyy (JOYY) 9.6%, DouYu International Holdings (DOYU) -0.9%, Grindr (GRND) 18.7%). On return on invested capital, Grindr (GRND) leads (Joyy (JOYY) 0.9%, Grindr (GRND) 30.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Joyy (JOYY) returned the most: Joyy (JOYY) +38.8%, DouYu International Holdings (DOYU) -48.9%, Grindr (GRND) -12.9%. Over five years, Joyy (JOYY) compounded fastest (Joyy (JOYY) +10.4%/yr, DouYu International Holdings (DOYU) -35.6%/yr, Grindr (GRND) +5.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Joyy (JOYY) has been the steadiest (Joyy (JOYY) 31.0%, DouYu International Holdings (DOYU) 43.0%, Grindr (GRND) 44.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, JOYY, DOYU and GRND?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Joyy (JOYY) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.