QZ9 Stock Overview

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the commercial offering of chess related activities worldwide. More details

QZ9 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	0/6

Risk Analysis

Earnings have declined by 39.9% per year over past 5 years

Does not have meaningful revenue (€2M)

Volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the German market

Does not have a meaningful market cap (€23M)

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for World Chess
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£0.032
52 Week High	UK£0.19
52 Week Low	UK£0.024
Beta	1.79
1 Month Change	1.59%
3 Month Change	-34.69%
1 Year Change	33.33%
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	28.00%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	QZ9	DE Entertainment	DE Market
7D	1.6%	3.6%	0.8%
1Y	33.3%	42.0%	14.6%

Return vs Industry: QZ9 underperformed the German Entertainment industry which returned 38.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: QZ9 exceeded the German Market which returned 14% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is QZ9's price volatile compared to industry and market?
QZ9 volatility
QZ9 Average Weekly Movement	11.2%
Entertainment Industry Average Movement	5.4%
Market Average Movement	6.5%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.9%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: QZ9's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: QZ9's weekly volatility has decreased from 19% to 11% over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of German stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2012	30	Ilya Merenzon	www.worldchess.com

World Chess PLC, through its subsidiaries, engages in the commercial offering of chess related activities worldwide. It organizes tournaments; operates FIDE Online Arena, the official online gaming platform of International Chess Federation and other sports; engages in lifestyle and social activities; and provides merchandises related to chess. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

World Chess PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do World Chess's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
QZ9 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€27.67m
Earnings (TTM)	-€3.80m
Revenue (TTM)	€2.43m

11.4x

P/S Ratio

-7.3x

P/E Ratio

Is QZ9 overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
QZ9 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€2.43m
Cost of Revenue	€1.54m
Gross Profit	€889.62k
Other Expenses	€4.68m
Earnings	-€3.80m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.0053
Gross Margin	36.55%
Net Profit Margin	-155.91%
Debt/Equity Ratio	147.4%

How did QZ9 perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/16 11:26
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

World Chess PLC is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Brendan D’Souza	Allenby Capital Limited