Phoenix New Media Limited American Depositary Shares each representing 48 Class A ordinary shares. (FENG)

FairStock Score: 67/100 — STEADY

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I wear two hats: Buffett for quality, Graham for price. Phoenix New Media is a $21.4M market-cap Chinese internet content company, selling net advertising and paid services. The quality picture is mixed. FairStock's calculations at the $1.41 close on 2026-10-13 show P/B of 0.10, P/E of 3.92, and a Graham Number of $4.03, a 65.01% margin of safety. That is Graham cheap. But cheapness is not a moat. ROE is only 2.69%, ROCE is negative at -0.94%, and the latest provided quarter, 2026-Q2, had a net margin of just 3.02%. Debt is low (D/E 0.04) and Piotroski is 6/9, so survival is not immediately in question. Yet Altman Z-Score of 0.31 flags distress risk in FairStock's calculation. Growth looks strong—provided revenue growth of 21.65% and profit growth of 43.51%, PEG 0.09—but the Lynch category is none because there are only 0 years of filed results, needing 3. I cannot underwrite a durable moat or compounding machine from that. No dividend. Beta -0.19. The stock trades near its 52-week low of $1.39, in a $1.39-$2.43 range. I would need multi-year filed results and improving returns on capital before calling this a true bargain rather than a statistical cheapness.

In plain English: Phoenix New Media is a small Chinese internet content company that sells advertising and paid services. The business is profitable and has very little debt, but it earns only a thin profit on its assets and shows some financial-risk signals. At its 2026-10-13 price of $1.41, the shares look cheap compared with its profits and net assets, though the low price may reflect real risks.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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