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Sohu.com (Sohu.com) Profitability Rank : 3 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sohu.com Profitability Rank?

Sohu.com has the Profitability Rank of 3. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Sohu.com's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.75%. As of today, Sohu.com's Piotroski F-Score is 5.


Competitive Comparison of Sohu.com's Profitability Rank

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Sohu.com's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sohu.com's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Sohu.com's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sohu.com's Profitability Rank falls into.



Sohu.com Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Sohu.com has the Profitability Rank of 3. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Sohu.com's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-5.307 / 141.359
=-3.75 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Sohu.com has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Sohu.com (Sohu.com) Business Description

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Block 3, No. 2 Kexueyuan South Road, Level 18, SOHU.com Media Plaza, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100190
Sohu.com Ltd provides online media, games, and search products and services on PCs and mobile devices in China. The company operates in Sohu and Changyou segments. Sohu is a Chinese language online media content and services provider. Changyou is involved in the development, operation, and licensing of online games for PCs and mobile devices, which include massively multiplayer online role-playing games, casual games, strategy games. In addition, it operates focus.cn, which provides online real estate information and services; and 17173.com website, which provides news, electronic forums, online videos, and other online game information services to game players, as well as offers mobile game distribution services. It generates maximum revenue from the Changyou segment.