Qutoutiao Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 2/6
Qutoutiao has a total shareholder equity of CN¥-2.5B and total debt of CN¥2.2B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to -85.2%. Its total assets and total liabilities are CN¥478.7M and CN¥3.0B respectively. Qutoutiao's EBIT is CN¥33.5M making its interest coverage ratio 0.2. It has cash and short-term investments of CN¥67.7M.
Key information
-85.2%
Debt to equity ratio
CN¥2.17b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 0.2x |
| Cash | CN¥67.70m |
| Equity | -CN¥2.54b |
| Total liabilities | CN¥3.02b |
| Total assets | CN¥478.71m |
Recent financial health updates
Recent updates
Qutoutiao receives Nasdaq notice for minimum bid price requirement
Sep 28China's Qutoutiao gets non-compliance notice from Nasdaq
Sep 15Qutoutiao's Reverse Share Split Spooks Wall Street
Dec 07Could The Qutoutiao Inc. (NASDAQ:QTT) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?
Mar 19
Do Institutions Own Qutoutiao Inc. (NASDAQ:QTT) Shares?
Dec 04
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: QTTO.Y has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering short term liabilities.
Long Term Liabilities: QTTO.Y has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: QTTO.Y has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than a high debt level.
Reducing Debt: QTTO.Y's has negative shareholder equity, so we do not need to check if its debt has reduced over time.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss-making in the past, we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable QTTO.Y has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.
Forecast Cash Runway: QTTO.Y is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, due to free cash flow being positive and growing by 33.7% per year.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/05/02 13:29 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/05/02 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Qutoutiao Inc. is covered by 5 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 |
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| Yi Jing Wei | Citigroup Inc |
| Leo Chiang | Deutsche Bank |
| Thomas Chong | Jefferies LLC |