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CNFinance Holdings Ltd. had $15.5M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 84.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed β37.5% a year on average.
Hi! I read CNFinance Holdings Ltd.βs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
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Are sales growing?
β84.2%
No. Sales fell 84.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
β421.3%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
72.4%
Yes. 72.4% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
3 / 7
Weak. It passes 3 of 7 health tests.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
In plain words: Every quarter, companies publish how much they sold and earned. These are the days CNFinance Holdings Ltd. did it, and the next one. Share prices often move a lot on those days.
Next results
April 29, 2027
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From SEC filings: the results press release (8-K) or, without one, the quarterly or annual report.
KIRA Β· CNFinance Holdings Ltd. had $15.5M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 84.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed β37.5% a year on average. Its operating margin was β163.7%, down 107.3Β pts: of every 100 in sales, about β164 is left after running the business.
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Revenue
Revenue
Margins, % of revenue
Margins, % of revenue
KIRA Β· CNFinance Holdings Ltd. lost $65.4M in fiscal 2025.
Loss periods are shown in red.
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
KIRA Β· Free cash flow was $11.3M in fiscal 2025, 72.4% of revenue.
Cash from operations minus capital spending.
In plain words: Profit on paper is not the same as cash in the bank. Free cash flow is the cash left after paying to run and maintain the business: the money it can hand back to shareholders, save or invest.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
KIRA Β· CNFinance Holdings Ltd. returned $0.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 2% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 6.9%.
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
KIRA Β· No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
KIRA Β· CNFinance Holdings Ltd. has $23.0M more cash than debt.
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably CNFinance Holdings Ltd. can carry it.
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $463M | $292M | $302M | $166M | $52.4M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $888M | $29.3M |
| Debt / equity | 2.1x | 2.5x | 2.5x | 1.6x | 0.1x |
| Interest coverage | β0.5x | β | β | β | β |
| Total assets | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $1.5B |
| Total liabilities | $1.7B | $1.5B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $953M |
| Shareholders' equity | $601M | $563M | $564M | $556M | $511M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $803M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $722M | β$23.0M |
KIRA Β· Its return on capital was β4.1%: every 100 invested in the business earned about β4 in a year.
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
In plain words: How much profit the business makes on the money put into it. A higher percentage means each dollar invested works harder.
Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
KIRA Β· CNFinance Holdings Ltd. passes 3 of 7 financial health tests (Piotroski F-score).
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
In plain words: Nine yes/no tests of financial health, one point each. A green tick is a pass: 7 to 9 points is solid, 0 to 3 is weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | β / 4 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | 5 / 7 | 6 / 7 | 5 / 7 | 3 / 7 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β4.0% | β2.5% | β4.7% | β7.8% | β4.7% | β5.3% | β9.9% | β4.6% | β4.4% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $131M | $298M | $353M | $259M | $163M | $93.3M | $150M | $145M | $98.5M | $15.5M |
| Net interest income | $121M | $296M | $355M | $240M | $163M | $161M | $141M | $146M | $103M | $8.9M |
| Noninterest income | $10.0M | $1.8M | β$1.7M | $18.6M | β | β$68.0M | $9.8M | β$0.8M | β$4.9M | $6.6M |
| Noninterest expense | $70.4M | $133M | $113M | $76.8M | $64.9M | $59.1M | $50.3M | β | β | β |
| Provision for credit losses | $16.8M | $45.4M | $65.5M | $52.5M | $11.2M | β$46.3M | $35.4M | $25.0M | $14.6M | $66.9M |
| Research and development | $1.3M | $0.7M | $0.2M | $0.4M | $1.4M | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.3M | $0.1M | $0.5M |
| Operating income | β | β | β | β | β | β$59.1M | β$50.3M | β$53.8M | β$55.6M | β$25.4M |
| Interest expense | $66.6M | $209M | $294M | $190M | $106M | $120M | β | β | β | β |
| Pretax income | $43.4M | $120M | $175M | $104M | $23.6M | $14.5M | $25.6M | $29.0M | $6.7M | β$81.3M |
| Income tax | $7.9M | $40.8M | $44.9M | $27.0M | $6.9M | $4.4M | $5.5M | $5.8M | $1.5M | β$15.8M |
| Net income | $35.4M | $78.8M | $130M | $77.4M | $16.6M | $10.1M | $20.1M | $23.2M | $5.3M | β$65.4M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.03 | $0.06 | $0.09 | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.02 | β | β |
| Diluted shares | 1.23B | 1.33B | 1.39B | 1.47B | 1.53B | 1.53B | 1.53B | 1.45B | 1.28B | 1.37B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $57.2M | $190M | $200M | $188M | $162M | $107M | $137M | $241M | $105M | $11.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.3M | $2.9M | $2.2M | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.6M | $13.4M | $16.2M | $1.1M | $0.5M |
| Free cash flow | $54.9M | $187M | $198M | $187M | $162M | $106M | $123M | $225M | $104M | $11.3M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $1.0M | $1.6M | $2.0M | $1.6M | $0.9M | $0.6M | $0.3M | $0.2M | $1.6M | $2.2M |
| Stock-based compensation | β | $27.0M | $6.0M | $2.3M | $9.0M | $2.9M | $0.9M | $1.1M | $2.1M | β |
| Share buybacks | β | β | β | β | β | β | $13.0M | $4.3M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| Dividends and buybacks | β | β | β | β | β | β | $13.0M | $4.3M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $33.6M | $183M | $460M | $339M | $346M | $463M | $292M | $302M | $166M | $52.4M |
| Total debt | β | β | β | β | β | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $888M | $29.3M |
| Loans, net | β | $2.5B | $2.2B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.2B | β | β | β |
| Deposits | β | β | β | β | $16.7M | $24.1M | $20.0M | $22.1M | $17.9M | $8.2M |
| Inventory | β | β | β | β | $284M | $286M | $251M | $247M | β | β |
| Property and equipment, net | β | $3.5M | $2.8M | $1.3M | $0.7M | $0.5M | $0.3M | $1.1M | $25.7M | $25.4M |
| Goodwill | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Intangible assets | β | $0.5M | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.4M | β | β |
| Total assets | β | $2.8B | $2.8B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $1.5B |
| Total liabilities | β | $2.5B | $2.4B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $953M |
| Shareholders' equity | $161M | $281M | $443M | $517M | $572M | $601M | $563M | $564M | $556M | $511M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | β | β | β | β | β | β63.3% | β33.4% | β37.2% | β56.4% | β163.7% |
| EBITDA margin | β | β | β | β | β | β62.7% | β33.2% | β37.0% | β54.8% | β149.4% |
| Net margin | 27.1% | 26.5% | 36.8% | 29.9% | 10.2% | 10.8% | 13.4% | 16.0% | 5.3% | β421.3% |
| FCF margin | 42.0% | 62.9% | 56.0% | 72.4% | 99.4% | 114.0% | 81.9% | 155.1% | 105.7% | 72.4% |
| Net interest share of revenue | 92.3% | 99.4% | 100.5% | 92.8% | 100.0% | 172.8% | 93.5% | 100.6% | 104.9% | 57.2% |
| Efficiency ratio | 53.9% | 44.6% | 31.9% | 29.7% | 39.8% | 63.3% | 33.4% | β | β | β |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β | β | β | β2.9% | β2.3% | β2.6% | β3.4% | β4.1% |
| Return on equity | 22.0% | 35.6% | 35.9% | 16.1% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 0.9% | β12.3% |
| Return on assets | β | 2.8% | 4.6% | 3.3% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% | β3.7% |
| Return on tangible equity | 22.0% | 28.1% | 29.4% | 15.0% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 0.9% | β12.8% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 128.2% | 18.6% | β26.7% | β37.1% | β42.7% | 61.2% | β3.7% | β32.0% | β84.2% |
| Net income growth | β | 122.4% | 65.1% | β40.5% | β78.5% | β39.2% | 98.8% | 15.6% | β77.4% | β1,346.5% |
| EPS growth | β | 107.0% | 58.3% | β44.4% | β77.7% | β32.8% | 71.8% | 15.7% | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | 241.6% | 5.6% | β5.4% | β13.7% | β34.3% | 15.8% | 82.4% | β53.7% | β89.2% |
| Share count change | β | 8.2% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 3.9% | 0.0% | 0.1% | β5.3% | β11.3% | 6.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Debt / equity | β | β | β | β | β | 2.1x | 2.5x | 2.5x | 1.6x | 0.1x |
| Interest coverage | β | β | β | β | β | β0.5x | β | β | β | β |
| Loans / deposits | β | β | β | β | 7,723.8% | 5,514.3% | 5,996.1% | β | β | β |
| Provision / loans | β | 1.8% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 0.9% | β3.5% | 3.0% | β | β | β |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 8.9% | 11.2% | 1.1% | 3.2% |
| Stock comp / revenue | β | 9.1% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 5.5% | 3.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 2.1% | β |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | β | β | β | 10.6% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 2.2% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | β | β | β | β | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β4.0% | β2.5% | β4.7% | β7.8% | β4.7% | β5.3% | β9.9% | β4.6% | β4.4% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001733868). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. Filed in CNY under US GAAP and converted to US$: income and cash-flow lines at each period's average exchange rate, balance-sheet lines at the period-end rate. The ADS ratio could not be read from the filing, so market cap and valuation are not shown. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
