Company Analysis

Yatsen Holding Limited (YSG)

NYSE: YSG · Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations · Guangzhou, CN · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade6.2
◀ Past 6.3● Present 5.9▶ Future 6.6
2 est.

The grade of Yatsen Holding Limited

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.2/10
◀ Past6.330% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future6.630% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2020.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Yatsen Holding Limited's filings since 2020 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
4.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+31.4% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 1 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Yatsen Holding Limited's 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from CNY 635 million in fiscal 2018 to CNY 4.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 31.4% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 42% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 1 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span31.4%top 22% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 16% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak41.9%bottom 22% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
9.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 9.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 90th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 10% of 16 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 16 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Yatsen Holding Limited's shareholder treatment is put at 9.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 10% of 16 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
7.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -3%: lost 3¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Yatsen Holding Limited lost about 3 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 87 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 8.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 21% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 32% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 15% 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
4.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 43% of 17 in its family; net margin -1.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Yatsen Holding Limited's standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of CNY 4.3 billion in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of -1.9% ranks in the bottom 32%; revenue growth of 5.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • net margin-1.9%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.1%top 47% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
5.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.6/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 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 11 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, 11 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: Yatsen Holding Limited's leadership is put at 5.6 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 11 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?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 31% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Yatsen Holding Limited's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of CNY 765 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 19.9% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3.2% of revenue (bottom 32%); a gross margin of 78.2% (top 3%); research spending of 3.2% of revenue (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets19.9%top 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-3.2%bottom 32% of its family
  • gross margin78.2%top 3% of its family
  • research spending against revenue3.2%top 25% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 50% of 16 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Yatsen Holding Limited's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.1% a year over the last three filed years against 31.4% over all 8, slowing (bottom 16% of its family); the newest year grew 26.7% (top 9%); research spending grew 2.7% a year (top 41%); capital spending grew -6.1% a year (bottom 34%) (its annual reports). Yatsen Holding Limited tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-26.3 points a yearbottom 16% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth26.7%top 9% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending2.7%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-6.1%bottom 34% 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
8.4/10

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

top 16% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 84th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Yatsen Holding Limited's newest year against its own record: revenue of CNY 4.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 32.4% above the CNY 3.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 9% of its family); net income of CNY 81 million against a prior three-year average of CNY 757 million (top 22%); a net margin of -1.9% against -21.6% before (top 16%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace32.4%top 9% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+89%top 22% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+19.7 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

SI Assistanton YSG · research, not advice