Zhihu Inc. (ZHIHF) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2025)
Zhihu (ZHIHF) posted Return on Invested Capital of 1.1% for Q4 2025, down 67.4% sequentially from 0.66% in Q3 2025, and down 113.0% YoY from 8.49% in Q4 2024.
Zhihu Inc. (ZHIHF) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Zhihu (ZHIHF) has 5 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 1.1% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 113.0% year-over-year to 1.1% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 1.1% (down 113.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital slipped to 1.1% in Q4 2025 per ZHIHF's latest filing, from 0.66% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Invested Capital was 0.03% in Q4 2024, with the low at 1.1% in Q4 2025.
- Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.0% recorded in 2022.
- Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital gained 10 bps in 2022 and sank 113 bps in 2025.
- Zhihu's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2021, then increased by 27 bps to 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 47 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 1835 bps to 0.03% in 2024, then slumped by 4323 bps to 1.1% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows ZHIHF's Return on Invested Capital at 1.1% in Q4 2025, 0.66% in Q3 2025, and 0.36% in Q2 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -2.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -77.66% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -28.32% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.05% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.05% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.08% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.04% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.01% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.06% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.07% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.08% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -0.11% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.00% |