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AIFU Inc.

$AIFU·$71M·Insurance - Brokers·Financial Services
$11.11-1.8%YTD+331.7%1Y-87.4%
Price updated 5h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
AIAIFU
$AIFUAIFU Inc.
$11.11-1.77%25 posts1×
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On X

The complete picture of $AIFU on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

25X posts · last 7 days
Sep 29Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $AIFU's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level, louder than 52% of tracked names.

AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $AIFU — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Broken storyWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

A $60M Chinese insurance broker ADR up 290% YTD and down 91% in a year — a thin-float scrum, not an investable business.

AIFU is the archetypal shell-adjacent ADR — a $60M market-cap Chinese insurance broker whose last reported quarter was Q4 2023, whose float is 1.35M shares, and whose price action is dominated by concentrated ownership and announced placements.

  • Expansion Group Ltd owns 63.37% of the shares and YS Management Company owns another large block — on a float that small, every private placement, Form 3, or 13D/A amendment moves the tape 10%+ in a session.
  • The September 24 announcement of a $135M non-brokered private placement is 2.2x the current market cap, which guarantees dilution and signals that whoever supplies the cash is pricing a very different valuation than the public market.
  • Short interest rose 119% in the latest reporting period, implying that even in a thin-float setup there are traders willing to pay for downside — probably because the operating fundamentals (TTM revenue growth missing, operating margin -287%) do not support the $10.22 print.

There is nothing here to analyse as a business — the right stance is to acknowledge the chart is being painted by the placement, the 63% holder, and short-sellers, and nothing in the data stream backs the YTD return as fundamental.

What to watch: Terms, buyers, and lockups on the $135M private placement; any 20-F or interim financial filing that would restore reporting cadence; further 13D/A amendments from Expansion Group or YS Management.

On the calendar: Full-year earnings expected 2027-03-24

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Chinese insurance agency and claims-adjusting firm serving individuals and businesses, integrating AI into distribution workflows.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Insurance - Brokers sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $AIFU.

Insurance - Brokers · Financial Services

Hard P&C market pricing is the structural tailwind for brokers — commission income grows with premium volumes without underwriting risk. Organic growth in commercial lines (cyber, D&O, specialty) is outpacing personal lines as corporate risk complexity expands; M&A among mid-market brokers (Gallagher, Acrisure, Assured Partners) is consolidating the fragmented distribution layer.

What this means for $AIFU

Partial — Chinese insurance agency and claims-adjusting firm serving individuals and businesses, integrating AI into distribution workflows.

Top industry ETF

$XLFFinancial Select Sector SPDR
-0.5%YTD
+7.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-0.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-147%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-287%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-1.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-150%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
49.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q3 2024Nov 19, 2024$4.95——
Q4 2023Mar 20, 2024$-28.73——
Q3 2023Nov 20, 2023$1.74——
Q2 2023Aug 30, 2023$0.78——
Next earningsWed, Mar 24·consensus EPS $5.13

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY23$603.4M-21.4%36.5%2.7%$-0.30$42.3M
Q3 FY23$634.6M+1.6%37.1%5.2%$0.58$12.8M
Q2 FY23$1.1B+61.1%28.5%7.6%$0.25$52.4M
Q1 FY23$827.7M+20.6%33.2%7.3%$0.21$-18.7M

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.17%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-46.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-9.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 1.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.975-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentOct 14SC 13D/A
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentOct 14SC 13D/A
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentSep 28SC 13D/A
AI summary

Expansion Group Ltd (BVI), 100% owned by Ileana Zhao, filed Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D on AIFU Inc., reporting beneficial ownership of 10,250,013 shares (63.37% of 16,175,748 total outstanding ordinary shares) as of September 24, 2026, comprising 13 Class A and 10,250,000 Class B ordinary shares. Ileana Zhao is also named as an individual filer reporting the same aggregate holding. Funds sourced from personal funds. This is a routine update on a majority controlling stake; no change in control intent is disclosed.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentSep 28SC 13D/A
AI summary

YS Management Company Limited (Hong Kong), 100% owned by Yif Liu, filed Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D on AIFU Inc., reporting beneficial ownership of 4,826,333 Class A ordinary shares (29.84% of 16,175,748 total outstanding) as of September 24, 2026. Yif Liu is also named as an individual filer with the same aggregate. Funds sourced from personal funds. This is a routine 13D amendment for a significant minority holder with no activist intent disclosed.

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 253
AI summary

Shanyu Chang, newly appointed Chief Financial Officer of AIFU Inc., filed a Form 3 initial statement of beneficial ownership on August 25, 2026, with a triggering event date of August 4, 2026. No securities of AIFU are currently beneficially owned by Chang. This is a routine administrative Section 16 filing triggered by Chang's appointment as CFO, with a roughly three-week lag between the triggering event and the filing date.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

AIFU Inc. – Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:AIFU) Stock Short Interest Rises 119.2%defenseworld.net·19d agoAIFU Announces $135.0 Million Non-Brokered Private Placementglobenewswire.com·22d ago

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