When Will Sohucom Limited (NASDAQ:SOHU) Become Profitable?

Sohucom Limited's (NASDAQ:SOHU): Sohu.com Inc. provides online media, search, and game services on personal computers (PCs), mobile devices, and tablets in the People’s Republic of China. The US$1.58b market-cap posted a loss in its most recent financial year of -US$554.53m and a latest trailing-twelve-month loss of -US$579.10m leading to an even wider gap between loss and breakeven. The most pressing concern for investors is SOHU’s path to profitability – when will it breakeven? Below I will provide a high-level summary of the industry analysts’ expectations for SOHU.

According to the industry analysts covering SOHU, breakeven is near. They expect the company to post a final loss in -1, before turning a profit of US$0 in . SOHU is therefore projected to breakeven around a few months from now. How fast will SOHU have to grow each year in order to reach the breakeven point by ? Working backwards from analyst estimates, it turns out that they expect the company to grow 64.44% year-on-year, on average, which signals high confidence from analysts. Should the business grow at a slower rate, it will become profitable at a later date than expected.

Given this is a high-level overview, I won’t go into details of SOHU’s upcoming projects, though, take into account that by and large a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.

One thing I’d like to point out is that SOHU has managed its capital judiciously, with debt making up 10.83% of equity. This means that SOHU has predominantly funded its operations from equity capital, and its low debt obligation reduces the risk around investing in the loss-making company.

Next Steps:

This article is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis on SOHU, so if you are interested in understanding the company at a deeper level, take a look at SOHU’s company page on Simply Wall St. I’ve also put together a list of essential aspects you should further research:

1. Historical Track Record: What has SOHU's performance been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
2. Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Sohu.com’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
3. Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.

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