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JOYY

JOYY Inc. American Depositary Shares (JOYY) fair value

Communication Services · Internet Content & Information · NASDAQ · United States
$83.35-0.08%
Market cap $4.1BNext earnings 2026-11-18Updated Oct 20, 2026
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Our verdict
Trades 8% above our fair value
Price
$83.35
Model fair valueConfidence: good
$77.29
Model range
$66.16 to $88.43
Fair value $77.29
Price $83.35
2 models fit JOYY Inc. American Depositary Shares and they agree: 2 of 2 land within 15% of the average.
Two or more of our models back this value.
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Valued as a growth company: Discounted cash flow, P/E comparison, and EV/EBITDA comparison.
ACCE opinionJOYY Inc. American Depositary Shares (JOYY)
Fair value (2 models)
$77.29
ACCE price target
$85.00
Rating
Fairly valued
Horizon
12 months
Fair value published on 20 Oct 2026, 15:04 CEST; previously $78.33 since 11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
ACCE price target published on 11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Rating published on 20 Oct 2026, 15:04 CEST.
Price used: $83.35 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: P/E comparison and EV/EBITDA comparison.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
Price vs fair value
7.8% above
-7.3% to fair value
ACCE score
67
out of 100
Analysts
93% buy
14 covering
P/E
20.2x
forward 9.8x
1-year return
+40.1%
Dividend yield
6.47%

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Overview

ACCE thesis

JOYY Inc. runs live-streaming and short-video platforms in China and abroad, monetizing mainly through virtual gifting and advertising, with its Bigo Live app being the best-known overseas product. The business is growing revenue at 16.3%, and a 34.8% gross margin with a 2.3% operating margin shows that most of the gross profit is still being absorbed by operating costs, so the earnings leverage case rests on that gap narrowing. The stock trades at 19.8 times trailing earnings but only 9.8 times forward earnings, a sharp compression that implies the market expects a meaningful step-up in profitability, which is the first thing to verify. Negative return on equity of -25.5% and a non-index listing mean the balance sheet, cash generation and China regulatory exposure deserve a closer read before any position is sized. At a 4.1 billion dollar market cap with a 67 score, it is worth a deeper look mainly to test whether the forward earnings estimate is credible.

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Where JOYY's valuation models land
Price
$83.35
Model fair value
$77.29
Model range
$66.16 to $88.43
Fair value $77.29
Price $83.35
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Bullish93% buy · 14 covering analysts
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Recent performance

1 week
+0.9%
1 month
+3.7%
3 months
+12.7%
6 months
+41.9%
YTD
+28.7%
1 year
+40.1%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
20 Oct 2026, 15:04 CESTRatingFairly valuedfirst publication$83.96
20 Oct 2026, 15:04 CESTFair value$77.29$78.33$83.96
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$85.00first publication$81.05
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$78.33$89.63$81.05
7 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$89.63$88.43$80.50
4 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$88.43$90.87$79.19
27 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$90.87$93.38$79.77
24 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$93.38$91.50$81.05
22 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$91.50$93.07$78.73
19 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$93.07$91.36$78.88

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Valuation horizon: 12 months from the publication date.

Conflicts of interest. ACCE Investments is operated by Adrien Chantreuil, who may hold personal positions in the securities analysed. Positions are declared on each security. ACCE receives no payment from the companies analysed or from any intermediary for this analysis.

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Snapshot

Growth52Value72Quality47Momentum97Total67
Valuation
Trailing P/E
20.2x
Forward P/E
9.8x
PEG
no data
P/B
0.61x
EV / Revenue
1.2x
Book value/sh
$131.73
Enterprise value
$2.6B
Profitability
ROE
-25.5%
FCF yield
3.89%
ROIC
26.2%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
0.00
Dividend yield
6.47%
Beta
0.40

Price

+39.4% · 1Y

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Answered from JOYY Inc. American Depositary Shares fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 50% of peers
low 0.0x20.2xhigh 40.3x
ROEbetter than 0% of peers
low -25%-25%high 282%
Div yieldbetter than 100% of peers
low 0.0%6.5%high 6.5%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
JOYY JOYY Inc. American Depositary Shares$83.35$778% above20.2x-25.5%4767
2371.T Kakaku.com, Inc.¥3760.00--40.3x30.6%8970
SEK.AX SEEK LimitedA$13.69A$788% above--12.7%5255
RMV.L Rightmove plc£5.39£429% above19.2x282.4%10069
BILI Bilibili Inc. American Depositary Shares$13.48$141% below26.4x10.1%5255
AUTO.L Autotrader Group plc£5.42£54% above16.1x60.2%9664
9626.HK Bilibili Inc.HK$106.20HK$15130% below26.6x10.1%5254

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  • PR Newswire•Oct 13, 2026
    BIGO Ads Joins Google AdMob as a Bidding Partner
  • PR Newswire•Aug 26, 2026
    JOYY Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results: Total Revenues Increase to US$590.8 Million, Driven by Growth Across Core Businesses
  • PR Newswire•Aug 26, 2026
    JOYY Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results: Total Revenues Increase to US$590.8 Million, Driven by Growth Across Core Businesses
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5 filings of 32
August 2026
Aug 26
6-KForeign current reportPeriod 2026-08-26
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May 2026
May 26
6-KForeign current reportPeriod 2026-05-26
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April 2026
Apr 28
20-FForeign annualPeriod 2025-12-31
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