JOYY Inc (JOYY) Key Metrics

NASDAQ: JOYYValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

JOYY valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$4.05B
Enterprise value
$2.63B
P/E (TTM)
19.8
10-yr median 65.5
Forward P/E
9.8
PEG ratio
0.86
Price / sales
1.8
10-yr median 7.9
Price / book
0.6
10-yr median 0.8
EV / EBITDA
15.9
10-yr median 26.9
Dividend yield
4.36%
$5.40 a year
Beta
0.40

JOYY key metrics, 2015–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

JOYY valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio
1.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2015: 146.62016: 75.9 (−48.2%)2017: 117.7 (+55.1%)2018: 79.0 (−32.9%)2019: 55.1 (−30.2%)2022: 18.02023: 9.6 (−46.7%)2025: 1.6
20152025
Price / sales+50.0%
1.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2015: 25.72016: 14.1 (−45.1%)2017: 25.5 (+80.9%)2018: 210.3 (+724.2%)2019: 31.2 (−85.2%)2021: 1.4 (−95.7%)2022: 1.0 (−28.8%)2023: 1.3 (+32.7%)2024: 1.1 (−15.4%)2025: 1.6 (+50.0%)
20152025
Price / book+2.5%
0.5
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2015: 7.22016: 3.3 (−54.2%)2017: 4.2 (+28.3%)2018: 1.4 (−66.0%)2019: 0.9 (−40.0%)2021: 0.6 (−25.6%)2022: 0.4 (−30.0%)2023: 0.6 (+25.4%)2024: 0.5 (−8.7%)2025: 0.5 (+2.5%)
20152025
EV / EBITDA
7.0
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2015: 59.82016: 45.5 (−23.9%)2017: 76.7 (+68.7%)2018: 115.9 (+51.0%)2019: 8.4 (−92.7%)2021: 0.8 (−90.0%)2023: 0.22025: 7.0
20152025
Price / free cash flow+100.8%
21.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2015: 15.02016: 7.6 (−49.4%)2017: 13.6 (+78.7%)2018: 6.5 (−51.9%)2019: 8.2 (+24.9%)2021: 138.9 (+1,599.6%)2022: 9.4 (−93.2%)2023: 13.6 (+44.5%)2024: 10.8 (−20.5%)2025: 21.7 (+100.8%)
20152025
Free cash flow yield−4.6 pts
4.6%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2015: 6.7%2016: 13.2% (+6.5 pts)2017: 7.4% (−5.8 pts)2018: 15.3% (+7.9 pts)2019: 12.2% (−3.1 pts)2021: 0.7% (−11.5 pts)2022: 10.6% (+9.9 pts)2023: 7.4% (−3.3 pts)2024: 9.3% (+1.9 pts)2025: 4.6% (−4.6 pts)
20152025

JOYY valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

JOYY returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

JOYY debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

JOYY cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

JOYY price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

JOYY key metrics

2015–2025
JOYY Inc key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Valuation
Market capitalization$3.45B$2.42B$2.90B$2.33B$3.55B$4.08B$3.87B$6.88B$2.40B$3.59B
Enterprise value$2.27B$644.2M$83.4M−$703.7M$101.0M$1.15B$1.79B$5.63B$2.03B$3.56B
P/E ratio1.6—9.618.0—55.179.0117.775.9146.6
Price / sales1.61.11.31.01.431.2210.325.514.125.7
Price / book0.50.50.60.40.60.91.44.23.37.2
Price / free cash flow21.710.813.69.4138.98.26.513.67.615.0
Price / operating cash flow11.47.89.87.416.96.26.012.16.912.8
EV / sales1.10.30.0-0.30.08.897.420.911.925.4
EV / EBITDA7.0—0.2—0.88.4115.976.745.559.8
EV / free cash flow14.32.90.4—4.02.33.011.16.414.9
Earnings yield60.8%−6.0%10.4%5.5%−2.3%1.8%1.3%0.8%1.3%0.7%
Free cash flow yield4.6%9.3%7.4%10.6%0.7%12.2%15.3%7.4%13.2%6.7%
Dividend yield4.5%0.0%2.9%6.3%4.5%—————
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)8.4%10.7%12.3%12.2%15.7%0.6%0.8%——4.5%
Share price at fiscal year-end$64.76$41.85$39.70$31.59$45.43$52.79$59.86$113.06$39.42$62.47
Per share
Revenue per share$39.88$38.65$31.00$32.75$33.53$1.69$0.28$4.43$2.80$2.43
Earnings per share$39.40−$2.53$4.13$1.75−$1.03$0.96$0.76$0.96$0.52$0.43
Operating cash flow per share$5.68$5.33$4.04$4.30$2.69$8.48$10.03$9.36$5.73$4.88
Free cash flow per share$2.98$3.87$2.92$3.36$0.33$6.46$9.15$8.32$5.18$4.16
Cash per share$22.70$31.26$45.24$53.47$56.18$48.65$32.16$22.01$12.63$7.56
Book value per share$122.82$81.39$70.50$70.32$70.78$61.20$41.61$26.72$11.95$8.67
Tangible book value per share$77.46$33.46$25.40$24.45$36.98$28.14$37.41$21.98$7.34$7.87
Dividends per share$2.92$0.00$1.15$1.98$2.05—————
Capex per share$2.69$1.46$1.12$0.94$2.37$2.02$0.88$1.05$0.55$0.72
Debt per share$0.59$0.54$6.68$12.32$12.05$10.82$0.02$1.50$6.56$6.95
Shares outstanding53.3M57.9M73.1M73.6M78.1M77.2M64.7M60.8M60.8M57.5M
Change in shares outstanding−8.0%−20.9%−0.7%−5.7%+1.1%+19.4%+6.4%+0.0%+5.7%—
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)37.3%−3.0%5.8%2.4%−1.5%2.0%2.3%5.0%5.2%4.9%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)1.2%1.4%1.5%2.3%−4.2%−4.9%−5.1%14.6%7.5%5.0%
Return on assets (ROA)27.8%−1.8%3.4%1.4%−0.9%1.3%1.6%3.2%2.5%2.2%
Return on tangible assets40.9%−3.1%5.8%2.3%−1.2%1.5%1.4%3.0%2.8%2.3%
Free cash flow margin7.5%10.0%9.4%10.3%1.0%381.6%—187.7%185.4%170.9%
Income quality (OCF / net income)0.14—0.982.46—8.8513.239.7511.0411.46
Financial health
Total debt$31.6M$31.0M$488.5M$907.6M$940.9M$835.3M$997,674$91.1M$398.7M$400.1M
Cash & short-term investments$1.21B$1.81B$3.31B$3.94B$4.39B$3.76B$2.08B$1.34B$767.8M$435.0M
Net debt−$1.18B−$1.78B−$2.82B−$3.03B−$3.45B−$2.92B−$2.08B−$1.25B−$369.1M−$34.9M
Debt / equity0.000.010.090.180.170.180.000.060.550.80
Debt / assets0.000.000.060.100.100.110.000.040.280.35
Net debt / EBITDA−3.65—−6.55−3.74−28.77−21.29−134.33−17.01−8.28−0.59
Current ratio1.850.961.321.512.023.774.283.221.272.62
Quick ratio1.850.961.321.401.903.684.223.221.272.61
Interest coverage107.99.83.45.1-7.7-2.0-22.212.83.11.8
Working capital$745.4M−$117.8M$986.2M$1.57B$2.56B$3.02B$1.84B$1.07B$184.3M$345.9M
Invested capital$5.36B$2.93B$2.34B$2.15B$2.08B$1.80B$613.0M$377.4M$357.7M$464.1M
Tangible asset value$4.19B$1.99B$1.99B$2.13B$2.99B$3.00B$2.90B$1.43B$448.8M$463.7M
Net current asset value$668.9M−$203.9M$878.8M$1.08B$1.58B$2.21B$1.82B$1.06B$179.5M−$60.0M
Graham number$329.97—$80.90$52.62—$36.32$26.64$24.03$11.82$9.12
Graham net-net per share$10.09−$14.83$4.60$9.74$16.01$26.24$25.77$14.38$2.18−$2.82
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$155.5M$0$84.2M$145.9M$160.1M—————
Share buybacks (net)$132.8M$259.4M$273.9M$138.1M$398.6M$24.4M$30.0M——$160.5M
Dividend payout ratio7.4%—27.9%113.2%——————
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow181.4%115.7%167.7%114.9%—4.9%5.1%——67.1%
Capex / revenue6.8%3.8%3.6%2.9%7.1%119.5%310.1%23.6%19.7%29.8%
Capex / operating cash flow47.4%27.4%27.7%21.9%87.9%23.8%8.8%11.2%9.6%14.8%
Capex / depreciation1.360.820.620.421.011.0720.8011.805.631.41
Stock-based compensation / revenue1.2%1.0%1.4%1.8%1.3%103.7%511.5%14.6%13.3%20.4%
R&D / revenue11.6%12.5%13.0%10.9%10.7%26.3%62.1%6.7%8.2%9.3%
SG&A / revenue21.7%21.7%21.7%5.9%8.5%15.1%103.2%4.7%5.9%6.1%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding42.433.942.238.238.2513.32,347.766.794.171.9
Days of inventory on hand——44.375.960.9240.6358.30.44.49.5
Days payables outstanding20.919.215.48.73.765.0321.135.168.685.9
Cash conversion cycle (days)21.614.771.1105.495.4688.92,384.932.029.9-4.5
Receivables turnover8.6110.758.659.579.560.710.165.473.885.08
Payables turnover17.5118.9923.7042.1498.895.621.1410.395.324.25
Inventory turnover——8.244.815.991.521.02872.2983.1938.34
Asset turnover0.280.280.260.270.290.020.010.150.130.12
Average receivables$246.8M$208.1M$262.1M$252.1M$273.8M$183.8M$118.5M$49.3M$43.8M$27.6M
Average payables$77.8M$75.4M$61.4M$37.0M$18.0M$17.0M$14.2M$15.7M$19.9M$20.0M
Average inventory——$176.6M$324.2M$297.3M$62.8M$15.8M$187,291$1.3M$2.2M
Intangibles / total assets32.0%36.9%38.9%37.2%29.0%34.2%7.3%13.0%19.9%4.1%

Computed from JOYY's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed April 28, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

JOYY valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), JOYY traded at 1.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 65.5. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 19.8 and the forward P/E is 9.8. JOYY earned a return on equity of 37.3% and a return on invested capital of 1.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $31.6 million of debt and $1.2 billion in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $1.2 billion. It returned $288.3 million to shareholders: $155.5 million in dividends and $132.8 million in share buybacks, 181% of free cash flow. The share count fell 7.4% from 57.5M to 53.3M over 9 years.

See the JOYY income statement, the JOYY chart for price history, or the JOYY stock overview for the latest quote and news.

JOYY key metrics FAQ

What is JOYY's P/E ratio?

JOYY's trailing P/E ratio is 19.8 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 9.8. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 1.6, compared with a 10-year median of 65.5.

What is JOYY's EV/EBITDA?

JOYY's enterprise value was 7.0 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $2.3 billion, EBITDA $322.5 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 15.9.

What is JOYY's return on equity?

JOYY's return on equity (ROE) was 37.3% in fiscal 2025: net income of $2.1 billion on average shareholders' equity of $5.6 billion.

What is JOYY's ROIC?

JOYY's return on invested capital was 1.2% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does JOYY have?

JOYY had total debt of $31.6 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.00 and more cash than debt.

What is JOYY's dividend yield?

JOYY's forward dividend yield is 4.36%. JOYY paid $155.5 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($2.92 per share), a payout ratio of 7.4%.

Does JOYY buy back its shares?

Yes. JOYY spent $132.8 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −8.0% over the year, to 53.3M..

What is JOYY's free cash flow yield?

JOYY generated $158.9 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 4.6% on its market value at year-end ($3.4 billion).

What is JOYY's current ratio?

JOYY's current ratio was 1.85 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.85 times current liabilities.

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