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Hello Group Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Hello Group Inc. had return on equity of 7.3%, an operating margin of 13.1%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 4.68. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025
Gross margin6.5%64.8%77.4%56.3%50.7%46.4%50.1%46.9%42.5%41.6%41.5%39.0%37.8%
Operating margin−299.1%−58.4%4.2%26.1%27.4%24.4%20.9%16.8%−16.4%12.8%19.2%14.5%13.1%
Net margin−298.1%−56.8%10.2%26.3%24.2%21.0%17.5%14.0%−20.0%11.7%16.3%9.8%7.8%
Free-cash-flow margin−265.8%−32.8%32.6%38.2%30.0%23.0%30.9%19.7%10.0%9.0%14.2%12.8%6.7%
Return on equity—−12.2%3.0%26.4%38.1%31.0%23.9%15.2%−23.2%13.3%16.8%8.8%7.3%
Return on assets−14.8%−9.4%2.7%22.1%30.8%20.2%14.3%9.5%−14.3%8.4%12.0%5.9%5.1%
Asset turnover0.050.170.260.841.270.960.820.680.710.720.740.600.66
Current ratio10.5512.237.005.394.574.696.064.673.742.473.741.884.68
Debt to equity—0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%24.2%16.2%20.9%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)—————57.8x45.2x32.1xn/m19.5x37.0x12.0x18.7x
Effective tax rate——0.7%3.5%17.4%20.3%22.8%26.1%—27.7%23.8%46.3%50.7%
R&D as % of revenue112.9%20.7%17.4%5.7%3.9%5.7%6.4%7.8%7.8%7.9%7.4%7.6%7.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue101.7%19.5%10.1%1.3%2.5%1.8%1.1%0.8%0.7%0.6%4.8%2.7%4.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income——319.3%145.5%124.1%109.6%177.1%140.6%—77.2%86.9%130.3%85.9%
Dividends ÷ net income——————29.5%53.4%—56.7%48.9%68.9%43.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow——————16.7%49.2%117.2%107.6%68.8%141.3%158.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

6 of 6 checks passed · December 31, 2025
What it owns · $2.0bn
Short-term assets $1.4bnLonger-term assets $578m
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.0bn
Short-term liabilities $297mLonger-term liabilities $88mShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.4bn of assets due within a year against $297m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.4bn short-term assets against $88m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $761m of cash against $448,000 of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 0% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $169m of operating cash flow against $448,000 of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $194m against $10m of interest.

From Hello Group Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Hello Group Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q). How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Hello Group Inc.