NetEase, Inc.

NTES Communication Services Electronic Gaming & Multimedia

NetEase, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $16.1 billion, up 11.6% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 14.0%, EPS fell 14.4%, free cash flow grew 1.53% and total debt rose 18.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Operating cash flow growth for five consecutive years.

126.06 1.05 −0.83%
Market cap
$81.0B
P/E
17.2×
Fwd P/E
13.1×
Dividend yield
2.32%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
9.21
Beneish M
−2.86
Dividend safety
69/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 1.37
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 —
Insider Ownership 0.61%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 80,960.00
Revenue 17,111.03
Net Income 4,889.71
Free Cash Flow 7,330.26
Net Debt (24,647.55)
Current Ratio 3.45 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.07 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 17.20
Fwd P/E 13.10
P/S ratio 4.72
P/B ratio 3.20
Past 5Y EPS Growth 22.13% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 5.98%
Next Y EPS Growth 16.40% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 11.87% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.14%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 30.56%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 49.76%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 9.44%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 38.11%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 26.50%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.40
Annual Dividend Rate 2.93
Annual Dividend Yield 2.32%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.63
1.16
0.72
0.48
2025 0.56
1.22
0.68
0.57
0.57
2024 2.44
1.08
0.50
0.44
0.44
2023 1.76
0.27
0.47
0.53
0.50
2022 1.52
0.41
0.32
0.36
0.44
2021 0.83
0.06
0.30
0.24
0.23
2020 2.41
0.20
0.23
0.30
1.49
0.20
2019 0.44
0.10
0.14
0.21
0.69
2018 0.33
0.08
0.05
0.12
0.09
2017 0.73
0.20
0.22
0.17
0.14
2016 0.59
0.13
0.15
0.16
0.16
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 18,239 19,271 23,871 26,505
Receivables 905 777 763 847
Inventory 98 78 99 75
Other — — — —
20,098 21,005 25,828 28,307
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 124 99 92 104
ST’ Debt 2,710 1,617 913 1,858
Other 1,882 2,096 2,934 2,844
7,584 6,804 7,489 8,197

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 16.42% 7.36% 4.80%
Cash Flow 19.26% 13.72% 21.78%
Earnings 16.60% 21.16% 17.86%
Book Value 17.95% 13.15% 14.39%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4,435 4,437 — — —
’25 3,973 3,894 3,984 4,256 16,105
’24 3,719 3,507 3,735 3,465 14,425
’23 3,647 3,311 3,738 3,877 14,573
’22 3,716 3,458 3,434 3,383 13,991
’21 3,132 3,179 3,444 3,993 13,747
’20 2,410 2,574 2,748 3,558 11,290
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,991 1,503 — — —
’25 1,668 1,538 1,839 2,211 7,256
’24 1,324 890 1,586 1,636 5,436
’23 874 1,013 1,338 1,752 4,976
’22 723 951 955 1,389 4,017
’21 846 744 980 1,342 3,912
’20 918 678 860 1,358 3,814
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,904 1,492 — — —
’25 1,565 1,469 1,771 2,163 6,969
’24 1,241 813 1,494 1,588 5,135
’23 659 914 1,150 1,653 4,376
’22 584 883 867 1,306 3,640
’21 731 590 884 1,231 3,435
’20 852 526 689 1,246 3,313
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.40 1.60 — — —
’25 2.21 1.87 1.88 1.38 7.50
’24 1.63 1.43 1.44 1.87 6.29
’23 1.51 1.75 1.65 1.42 6.37
’22 1.05 1.19 1.43 0.88 4.47
’21 1.00 0.81 0.73 1.34 3.93
’20 0.77 0.98 0.64 0.37 2.76
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 25.92 43.13 36.92 41.80 53.17 77.97 53.09 75.38 75.85 87.67

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 54.52 75.53 71.08 65.00 103.53 134.33 108.77 118.90 114.50 159.55
People
People Employees 17,248 19,762 24,648 20,797 28,239 32,064 31,119 29,128 26,028 25,382
Revenue/emp, $m 0.32 0.42 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.43 0.45 0.50 0.55 0.63
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 5,499 8,315 9,768 8,509 11,290 13,747 13,991 14,573 14,425 16,105
Gross margin, % 56.74 47.90 42.29 53.27 52.92 53.62 54.68 60.95 62.50 64.29
EBT 2,001 2,000 1,301 2,353 2,356 3,312 3,516 4,797 4,893 5,839
EBT margin, % 36.40 24.05 13.32 27.66 20.87 24.09 25.13 32.92 33.92 36.25
Net income 1,699 1,667 942 1,935 1,890 2,664 2,786 4,135 4,145 4,976
Depreciation 47 123 303 375 530 514 414 430 331 321
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 8.38 12.64 15.10 13.21 17.08 20.67 21.44 22.65 22.54 25.27
Earnings 2.55 2.50 1.38 4.74 2.80 3.98 4.52 6.44 6.36 7.58
Cash flow 3.40 2.78 3.02 3.84 5.77 5.88 6.16 7.74 8.49 11.39
Capex (0.25) (0.59) (1.55) (0.73) (0.76) (0.72) (0.58) (0.93) (0.47) (0.45)
Free cash flow 3.15 2.19 1.47 3.11 5.01 5.16 5.58 6.80 8.02 10.94
Book value 8.44 10.85 10.35 13.96 19.24 23.42 24.15 28.02 30.48 37.03
Shares, m 656 658 647 644 661 665 653 643 640 637
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 16.54 28.93 33.15 13.08 34.35 25.90 16.66 14.43 13.83 18.55
P/S 5.21 5.51 3.12 4.64 5.61 4.92 3.57 4.08 3.96 5.45
P/B 5.17 6.42 4.55 4.39 4.98 4.35 3.17 3.30 2.93 3.72
EV/Sales 4.26 4.73 2.51 3.66 4.56 4.01 2.61 3.02 2.74 4.02
EV/FCF 5.41 7.47 7.97 9.12 15.55 16.07 10.02 10.06 7.69 9.30
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 2,231 1,827 1,951 2,473 3,814 3,912 4,017 4,976 5,436 7,256
Capex (164) (387) (1,001) (469) (502) (477) (377) (601) (300) (287)
Free cash flow 2,067 1,440 951 2,004 3,313 3,435 3,640 4,376 5,135 6,969
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 4,376 5,871 4,888 6,731 9,362 9,826 10,841 12,514 14,201 18,339
Total debt 550 1,018 1,987 2,457 3,062 3,237 3,992 2,770 1,676 913
Net debt (5,191) (6,519) (5,981) (8,344) (11,731) (12,520) (13,430) (15,469) (17,595) (22,958)
Shareholders’ equity 5,540 7,137 6,694 8,991 12,720 15,579 15,765 18,024 19,510 23,597
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 22.72 17.08 7.59 21.22 9.77 11.54 12.00 16.17 15.34 16.50
ROIC 325.80 188.89 100.62 191.35 140.75 52.63 76.15 95.48 132.30 501.39
ROE 33.21 25.97 12.94 38.90 17.03 18.69 18.81 24.52 21.68 22.40
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

NetEase, Inc. vs peers in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NTES NetEase, Inc. $81.0B 17.2× 13.1× +13.96% (above 0%: growing) −14.36% (below 0%: shrinking) +1.53% (above 0%: growing) 70.47% 40.16%
TTWO Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. $39.2B — (loss-making) 124× +2.00% (above 0%: growing) n/m −182.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 57.53% (2.31%) Compare
RBLX Roblox Corporation $36.5B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +35.89% (above 0%: growing) n/m +67.05% (above 0%: growing) 80.12% (15.59%) Compare
PLTK Playtika Holding Corp. $831.5M — (loss-making) 6.4× +5.04% (above 0%: growing) +44.44% (above 0%: growing) −90.17% (below 0%: shrinking) 73.62% 18.41% Compare
DDI DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR $680.1M 5.5× 4.7× +11.17% (above 0%: growing) +50.00% (above 0%: growing) +24.80% (above 0%: growing) 75.54% 38.72% Compare
GRVY GRAVITY Co., Ltd. $463.6M 8.2× — −17.14% (below 0%: shrinking) +60.28% (above 0%: growing) +3,467.78% (above 0%: growing) 32.33% 17.04% Compare
SOHU Sohu.com Inc. $328.7M 1.5× — (loss-making) +7.34% (above 0%: growing) n/m +65.84% (above 0%: growing) 78.64% (13.50%) Compare
FIRY Firy Inc. $192.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +22.92% (above 0%: growing) n/m +15.94% (above 0%: growing) 87.38% (69.59%) Compare
GDEV GDEV Inc. $190.2M 2.7× 2.8× −18.54% (below 0%: shrinking) +1,000.00% (above 0%: growing) +4,744.48% (above 0%: growing) 84.44% 21.72% Compare
Median of peers $571.9M 4.1× 5.5× +6.19% +55.14% +45.32% 77.09% 7.37%

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NetEase, Inc. (NTES) key facts

  • Strength: NetEase, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $16.1 billion, up 11.6% from fiscal 2024.
  • NetEase, Inc. (NTES) is an Electronic Gaming & Multimedia company in the Communication Services sector, traded in the US as an ADR.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NTES traded at $126.06, a market capitalization of $81.0 billion.
  • NetEase, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $2.93 per share, a yield of 2.32%, with a payout ratio of 40.4%.
  • Return on equity was 22.4% and debt-to-equity 0.07.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 9 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 9.21 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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