Investment Rating - The report maintains a "Buy" rating for the company with a target price of $2.84 per ADS [2][5]. Core Views - The company is expected to enhance its content strategy by focusing on short dramas, which is anticipated to drive a recovery in advertising and traffic [2]. - The GAAP net profit forecasts for 2024, 2025, and 2026 are adjusted to 764 million, 1.26 billion, and 1.93 billion respectively, down from previous estimates due to fluctuations in content supply affecting membership revenue [2]. - The report highlights a significant decline in revenue for Q4 2024, with expectations for a rebound in Q1 2025 driven by new quality content releases [7]. Financial Summary - Revenue Forecasts: The company's revenue for 2024 is projected at 29.225 billion, with a year-over-year decline of 8.31%. For 2025 and 2026, revenues are expected to be 29.560 billion and 30.648 billion respectively, showing slight growth [4][8]. - Profitability Metrics: The GAAP net profit for 2024 is forecasted at 764 million, with a significant year-over-year decrease of 60.32%. The net profit is expected to recover to 1.26 billion in 2025 and 1.93 billion in 2026 [4][12]. - Earnings Per Share: The earnings per share are projected to be 0.79, 1.31, and 2.01 for 2024, 2025, and 2026 respectively [4][12]. - Gross Margin: The gross margin is expected to be 24.88% in 2024, slightly improving to 25.24% in 2025 and 25.74% in 2026 [4][12]. - Valuation Ratios: The adjusted P/E ratio for 2024 is 20, decreasing to 12 in 2025 and further to 8 in 2026 [4][12].
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