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Autohome Inc. ATHM
Autohome Inc. (ATHM) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend (safety: at-risk). FY2025 revenue was $922.6M at a 22.4% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -1.91 — grey zone (between the usual thresholds). A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.624 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.588 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.027 |
| Equity / liabilities | 5.741 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATHM | Autohome Inc. | 4/9 | 12.22 | — | -4.3% |
| EVTC | EVERTEC, Inc. | 7/9 | 2.88 | 11.9 | +10.2% |
| CARG | CarGurus, Inc. | 7/9 | 7.44 | 19.1 | +13.7% |
| SSTK | Shutterstock, Inc. | 7/9 | 0.56 | 11.5 | +5.8% |
| NRDS | NERDWALLET, INC. | 7/9 | 6.63 | 12.3 | +21.7% |
| RAMP | LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. | 6/9 | 9.25 | 15.7 | +9% |
| GDRX | GoodRx Holdings, Inc. | 6/9 | -0.18 | 31.2 | +0.6% |
About Autohome Inc.
Autohome Inc. operates as an online destination for automobile consumers in the People's Republic of China. The company delivers interactive content and tools to automobile consumers through its websites, autohome.com.cn, che168.com, and ttpai.cn on PCs, mobile devices, mobile applications, and mini apps. It also provides media services, including automaker advertising services and regional marketing campaigns; and leads generation services comprising dealer subscription services, advertising services for individual dealers, and used automobile listing and other platform-based services. In addition, the company offers Autohome Mall, an online transaction platform; and online bidding platform for used automobiles, as well as collects commissions for facilitating transactions of auto-financing and insurance products on its platform. The company was formerly known as Sequel Limited and changed its name to Autohome Inc. in October 2011. Autohome Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
FAQ
Is ATHM financially healthy?
Autohome Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does ATHM pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Autohome Inc. pays a dividend with a 102.7% payout ratio, rated “at-risk” for safety.
How profitable is ATHM?
In FY2025, Autohome Inc. had a net margin of 22.4% and a return on equity of 6.3%.
Is ATHM overvalued or undervalued?
Autohome Inc. trades at about 54.7× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 19.9×–101.1×, median 49.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ATHM?
The average Wall-Street price target for Autohome Inc. is $19.25, about 16.2% below the recent price, from 11 analysts.
Is ATHM a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Autohome Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.