Weibo (WB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Weibo Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a social media platform for people to create, discover, and distribute content in the People's Republic of China. It operates in two segments, Advertising and Marketing Services; and Value-Added Services. The company offers discovery products to help users discover content on its platform; self-expression products that enable its users to express themselves on its platform; and social products to promote social interaction between users on its platform. It also provides advertising and marketing solutions, such as social display advertisements; and promoted marketing offerings, such as Fans Headline and Weibo Express promoted feeds, as well as promoted trends and search products that appear alongside user's trends discovery and search behaviors. In addition, the company offers products, such as trends, search, video/live streaming, and editing tools; content customization, copyright contents pooling, and user interaction development; and search list recommendation, trends list recommendation, and Weibo app opening advertisements. Further, it provides back-end management, traffic support, and product services for better displaying and promotion of its account and content; open application platform for other app developers that allows users to log into third-party applications with their Weibo account for sharing third-party content on its platform; and Weibo Wallet, a product that enables platform partners to conduct interest generation activities on Weibo, such as handing out red envelops and coupons. The company was formerly known as T.CN Corporation and changed its name to Weibo Corporation in 2012. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.74 to $7.94
• 50-Day Range: $7.34 to $11.34
• 52-Week Range: $7.03 to $12.40
• Volume: 977,201 shs
• Average Volume: 1.78 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 5.36
• Dividend Yield: 10.23%
• Price Target: $9.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Weibo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Weibo scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 264th out of 654 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Weibo has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Weibo has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -14.20%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Weibo are expected to decrease by -14.20% in the coming year, from $1.62 to $1.39 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Weibo is 5.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.40.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Weibo is 5.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 39.47.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Weibo has a P/B Ratio of 0.55. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.54% of the float of Weibo has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Weibo has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.4, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Weibo has recently decreased by 3.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Weibo is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.61%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Weibo does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Weibo is 68.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Weibo will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.55% next year. This indicates that Weibo will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.54% of the float of Weibo has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Weibo has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.4, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Weibo has recently decreased by 3.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.60

News Sentiment

Weibo has a news sentiment score of 0.60. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.75 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Weibo this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for WB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Weibo to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Weibo insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

41.30% of the stock of Weibo is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

68.77% of the stock of Weibo is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

WB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WB shares performed this year?

Weibo's stock was trading at $9.55 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, WB stock has decreased by 18.1% and is now trading at $7.82.
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How were Weibo's earnings last quarter?

Weibo Co. (NASDAQ:WB) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 22nd. The information services provider reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.10. The firm's revenue was down .5% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Weibo's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Weibo include Polunin Capital Partners Ltd (0.23%), QRG Capital Management Inc. (0.02%), Handelsbanken Fonder AB (0.01%) and IMC Chicago LLC.

How do I buy shares of Weibo?

Shares of WB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Weibo own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Weibo investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Baidu (BIDU), Netflix (NFLX), JD.com (JD) and Micron Technology (MU).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/22/2024
• Record date for 5/15 Dividend: 4/09/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/15 Dividend: 4/09/2025
• Today: 4/22/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/15/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/22/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WB
• CIK: 1595761
• Web: ir.weibo.com
• Phone: 861058983017
• Fax: 86-10-8260-8888
• Employees: 6,150
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $9.75
• High Stock Price Target: $12.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $7.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $1.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 5.36
• Forward P/E Ratio: 4.85
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $342.60 million
• Net Margins: 21.30%
• Pretax Margin: 31.17%
• Return on Equity: 11.03%
• Return on Assets: 5.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.51
• Current Ratio: 3.57
• Quick Ratio: 3.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.09
• Cash Flow: $1.20 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.54
• Book Value: $14.22 per share
• Price / Book: 0.55

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 242,611,000
• Free Float: 142,413,000
• Market Cap: $1.91 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.12