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Autohome Inc. (ATHM)

Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | Beijing, China | NYSE
20.37 USD +0.07 (0.345%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 4:49 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Autohome is currently broken by a severe disconnect between its generous headline yield and its deteriorating business reality. While the 9% dividend yield looks attractive on paper, the company is burning cash, evidenced by a payout ratio exceeding 135% and negative operating margins. This is a classic value trap where the dividend is likely unsustainable given the -87% earnings growth and shrinking revenue base. The market has already punished this deterioration, as the stock has declined for five consecutive years, erasing nearly half its value since 2018. Although the stock recently crossed above its 50-day moving average, suggesting a minor technical bounce, the underlying fundamentals remain toxic. The options market confirms this pessimism, with traders buying deep protection against further declines rather than betting on a recovery. Until the company demonstrates a path to profitability and a sustainable payout ratio, this remains a high-risk speculative play unsuitable for core portfolios.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_74 ✓0.040357
AutoARIMA0.040963
AutoETS0.040963
MSTL0.041544
AutoTheta0.042784
MSTL_1150.057004
MSTL_74_1150.069767

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_74

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 2.76
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.799
Excess Kurtosis -0.19
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-01
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.234
Revenue per Share 51.785
Market Cap 2,346,031,616
Trailing P/E 14.98
Forward P/E 13.54
Beta 0.22
Profit Margins 18.01%
Website https://ir.autohome.com.cn/

As of July 11, 2026, 4:49 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put volume relative to calls, particularly in the September expiration where ATM implied volatility spikes to 114%. This suggests a fear of a significant downside gap rather than a bullish breakout. Call activity is sparse and concentrated near the money, indicating limited speculative appetite for upside moves despite the stock trading near its 52-week high relative to recent lows.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
3.63% 3.63% 4.76% 3.60%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-02 0.66 3.630363
2024-12-31 1.15 4.431599
2024-07-10 0.57 2.064469
2023-12-28 1.15 4.159132
2023-03-20 0.58 1.923077
2022-03-18 0.53 1.785113
2021-02-24 0.87 0.715814
2020-04-14 0.77 1.068109
2018-01-03 0.76 1.051467
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.86
dividendYield 9.13
exDividendDate 2026-07-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 12.52
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.6167488
lastDividendValue 0.66
lastDividendDate 2026-07-02
dividendDate 2026-07-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.23770183
Address1 CEC Plaza
Address2 18th Floor, Tower B 3 Dan Ling Street Haidian District
All Time High 147.67
All Time Low 15.57
Ask 21.0
Ask Size 600
Average Analyst Rating 2.8 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 769,960
Average Daily Volume3 Month 716,811
Average Volume 716,811
Average Volume10Days 769,960
Beta 0.22
Bid 12.5
Bid Size 200
Book Value 29.145742
City Beijing
Country China
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 20.37
Current Ratio 8.154
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 20.67
Day Low 20.05
Debt To Equity 0.234
Display Name Autohome
Dividend Date 1,785,456,000
Dividend Rate 1.86
Dividend Yield 9.13
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,779,969,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,779,969,600
Earnings Growth -0.865
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.87
Earnings Timestamp 1,779,971,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,414,600
Ebitda 682,816,000
Ebitda Margins 0.11292
Enterprise To Ebitda -21.614
Enterprise To Revenue -2.441
Enterprise Value -14,758,656,000
Eps Current Year 1.30744
Eps Forward 1.5045
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.36
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,950,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 18.179
Fifty Day Average Change 2.191
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.12052368
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -23.770184
Fifty Two Week High 29.92
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.549999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.31918445
Fifty Two Week Low 15.57
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.800001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.30828524
Fifty Two Week Range 15.57 - 29.92
Financial Currency CNY
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,386,772,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.26
Float Shares 59,417,228
Forward Eps 1.5045
Forward P E 13.539382
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 3,876
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.72583
Gross Profits 4,388,859,904
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00204
Held Percent Institutions 0.45703
Implied Shares Outstanding 115,170,911
Industry Internet Content & Information
Industry Disp Internet Content & Information
Industry Key internet-content-information
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,950,400
Last Dividend Value 0.66
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Autohome Inc. operates as an online destination for automobile consumers in the People's Republic of China. The company delivers interactive content and tools to automobile consumers through its websites, autohome.com.cn, che168.com, and ttpai.cn on PCs, mobile devices, mobile applications, and mini apps. It also provides media services, including automaker advertising services and regional marketing campaigns; and leads generation services comprising dealer subscription services, advertising services for individual dealers, and used automobile listing and other platform-based services. In addition, the company offers Autohome Mall, an online transaction platform; and online bidding platform for used automobiles, as well as collects commissions for facilitating transactions of auto-financing and insurance products on its platform. The company was formerly known as Sequel Limited and changed its name to Autohome Inc. in October 2011. Autohome Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
Long Name Autohome Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,346,031,616
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_46365772
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 1,088,934,016
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,293,636,190
Number Of Analyst Opinions 11
Open 20.34
Operating Margins -0.03282
Payout Ratio 1.3569
Peg Ratio 37.12
Phone 86 10 5985 7001
Previous Close 20.3
Price Eps Current Year 15.580065
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.6989014
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.3879886
Profit Margins 0.18009001
Quick Ratio 7.993
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.83333
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0700016
Regular Market Change Percent 0.344835
Regular Market Day High 20.67
Regular Market Day Low 20.05
Regular Market Day Range 20.05 - 20.67
Regular Market Open 20.34
Regular Market Previous Close 20.3
Regular Market Price 20.37
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,803
Regular Market Volume 467,937
Return On Assets 0.01116
Return On Equity 0.0435
Revenue Growth -0.279
Revenue Per Share 51.785
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Shares Outstanding 115,170,911
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0235
Shares Short 2,702,120
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,191,656
Short Name Autohome Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0416
Short Ratio 2.92
Source Interval 15
Symbol ATHM
Target High Price 22.3
Target Low Price 17.0
Target Mean Price 19.25455
Target Median Price 20.0
Total Cash 18,409,490,432
Total Cash Per Share 159.053
Total Debt 56,602,000
Total Revenue 6,046,650,880
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 12.52
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.6167488
Trailing Eps 1.36
Trailing P E 14.9779415
Trailing Peg Ratio 36.9858
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 21.4144
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.0443993
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.048770886
Type Disp Equity
Volume 467,937
Website https://ir.autohome.com.cn/
Zip 100,080