Sohu.com Limited (SOHU)

Nasdaq: SOHU · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Beijing · filing with the SEC since 2018

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Grade5.6

◀ Past 5.0● Present 6.0▶ Future 5.8

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The grade of Sohu.com Limited

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.6/10

◀ Past5.030% of the headline

● Present6.040% of the headline

▶ Future5.830% 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?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2018.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 77 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sohu.com Limited's filings since 2018 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

2.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-10.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 2 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sohu.com Limited's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2016 to $584 million in fiscal 2025, down 10.9% a year; it rose in 3 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 67% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 2 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-10.9%bottom 13% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 14% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 37% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak67.0%bottom 15% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed

7.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 6.9% a year. 39% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Sohu.com Limited's diluted share count shrank about 6.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 39% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 12% 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?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

7.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 31%: 31¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Sohu.com Limited earned about 31 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. Leverage: it owed about 22 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 11.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 26% of its family
return on equitytop 15% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 44% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 2% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

5.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 46% of 68 in its family; net margin 67.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 68 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sohu.com Limited's standing among 68 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $584 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 67.4% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of -7.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 16% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$584Mtop 50% of its family
net margin67.4%top 5% of its family
three-year revenue growth-7.3%bottom 16% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

4.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 47 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 2026-03-18 (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 47 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 2026-03-18 (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, 47 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: Sohu.com Limited's leadership is put at 4.9 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 2026-03-18 (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 47 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?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

5.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 42% of 68 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sohu.com Limited's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $128 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 7.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.9% of revenue (bottom 40%); a gross margin of 77.5% (top 25%); research spending of 42.4% of revenue (top 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets7.8%bottom 36% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-0.9%bottom 40% of its family
gross margin77.5%top 25% of its family
research spending against revenue42.4%top 17% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

4.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 41% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sohu.com Limited's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -7.3% a year over the last three filed years against -10.9% over all 10, speeding up (top 9% of its family); the newest year grew -2.4% (bottom 20%); research spending grew -1.7% a year (bottom 49%); capital spending grew -59.2% a year (bottom 5%) (its annual reports). Sohu.com Limited reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Entertainment at $506 million (87%), Marketing Services at $60 million (10%), Product and Service Other at $19 million (3%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+3.6 points a yeartop 9% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-2.4%bottom 20% of its family
three-year growth of research spending-1.7%bottom 49% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-59.2%bottom 5% 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

8.1/10

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

top 19% of 54 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 54 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sohu.com Limited's newest year against its own record: revenue of $584 million in fiscal 2025 came in 8.1% above the $540 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 34% of its family); net income of $394 million against a prior three-year average of $49 million (top 7%); a net margin of 67.4% against -8.1% before (top 16%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace8.1%top 34% of its family
net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 7% of its family
net margin against its prior average+75.5 pointstop 16% 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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