Hello Group Inc. (MOMO)

Nasdaq: MOMO · Services-Prepackaged Software · Beijing, CN · filing with the SEC since 2014

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Grade5.2

◀ Past 5.8● Present 5.6▶ Future 4.4

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The grade of Hello Group Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.2/10

◀ Past5.825% of the headline

● Present5.635% of the headline

▶ Future4.440% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hello Group Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

3.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hello Group Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from CNY 3.7 billion in fiscal 2016 to CNY 10 billion in fiscal 2025, up 12.1% a year; it rose in 3 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 39% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span12.1%bottom 31% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 6% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 15% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak39.1%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

7.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 7.2% a year. 42% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Hello Group Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 7.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 42% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-08 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 4% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.6/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

7.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 20%: owes 20¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Hello Group Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 28 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 20 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 9.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 13% of its family
return on equitytop 36% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 37% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 218 in its family; net margin 7.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hello Group Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of CNY 10 billion in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 7.8% ranks in the top 33%; revenue growth of -6.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 12% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin7.8%top 33% of its family
three-year revenue growth-6.6%bottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 157 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 157 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Hello Group Inc.'s leadership is put at 4.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 157 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hello Group Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of CNY 5.3 billion against debt of CNY 3 million leaves 38.6% of its assets as net cash, top 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.7% of revenue (bottom 37%); a gross margin of 37.8% (bottom 16%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets38.6%top 16% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.7%bottom 37% of its family
gross margin37.8%bottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hello Group Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -6.6% a year over the last three filed years against 12.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 18% of its family); the newest year grew -1.9% (bottom 15%); research spending grew 14.2% a year (top 30%); capital spending grew 82.9% a year (top 9%) (its annual reports). Hello Group Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Value Added Service at CNY 10 billion (99%), Other Services at CNY 153 million (2%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-18.7 points a yearbottom 18% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-1.9%bottom 15% of its family
three-year growth of research spending14.2%top 30% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending82.9%top 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

3.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 37% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hello Group Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of CNY 10 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 7.6% above the CNY 9.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 22% of its family); net income of CNY 804 million against a prior three-year average of CNY 1.5 billion (bottom 16%); a net margin of 7.8% against 12.6% before (bottom 18%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace7.6%top 22% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-46%bottom 16% of its family
net margin against its prior average-4.9 pointsbottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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