Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $529M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

HUYA

Entertainment · Communication Services

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Data not available

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

HUYA Inc. is a Chinese company that runs one of China's largest live game-streaming platforms. Gamers broadcast themselves playing video games, and viewers watch, chat, and send virtual gifts to their favorite streamers. The platform is similar to Twitch in the United States and serves tens of millions of users across mainland China.

HUYA makes money mainly by selling virtual items and gifts that fans buy to support streamers, with a smaller portion coming from advertising and game-related services. The company operates almost entirely in China and is majority-owned by Tencent, one of China's biggest tech companies, which gives it access to popular game titles and distribution. However, HUYA faces intense competition from rival platform Douyu and short-video apps like Douyin, while China's tightening regulations on gaming and online entertainment remain a significant ongoing risk to its business.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+11.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+141.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3.6B cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

HUYA is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

14.7%

Thin — 14.7% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-0.4%

Losing money on operations — -0.4%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-2.5%

Weak — -2.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+12.9%

Fast-growing sales (+12.9% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

0.0%

Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

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Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

66.05%

no trend

Healthy income — 66.05% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

N/A

no trend

Data not available

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