So-Young International Inc.
SYAnalytical Summary
So-Young International Inc. faces fundamental challenges with weakness in Profit Margin (%) and Operating Margin (%). Investors should exercise caution and monitor for improvement in key metrics.
9-Year Financial Trajectory
AnnualBullish Indicators
- Debt to EquityDebt to Equity is in the top quartile (lower is better)
Bearish Risks
- Operating Margin (%)Operating Margin (%) is in the bottom quartile
- Profit Margin (%)Profit Margin (%) is in the bottom quartile
Health Breakdown
Statement lens
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| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 20-F ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth YoY (%) |
8.4%
Fair
↑
Fair
Improving
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-30%)
|
-4.8%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-140%)
|
15.7%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+31%)
|
-31.3%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-361%)
|
33.8%
Excellent
Excellent
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+182%)
|
20.0%
Good
Good
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+66%)
|
— | — | — |
| Net Income Growth YoY (%) |
57.1%
Excellent
Excellent
Year-over-year change in net income |
N/M | N/M |
-622.7%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in net income |
N/M |
-96.5%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in net income |
— | — | — |
| FCF Growth YoY (%) |
-337.8%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
N/M | N/M | N/M |
-51.9%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
-63.7%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
— | — | — |
| Revenue CAGR 3Y (%) |
6.1%
Fair
↑
Fair
Improving
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
-8.9%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
2.1%
Caution
Caution
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
3.3%
Caution
Caution
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
— | — | — | — | — |
| Revenue CAGR 5Y (%) |
1.9%
Caution
Caution
Compound annual revenue growth over 5 years |
4.0%
Caution
Caution
Compound annual revenue growth over 5 years |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 20-F ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Margin (%) (%) |
-18.8%
Weak
→
Weak
Stable
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-194%)
|
-42.6%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-313%)
|
-4.1%
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-120%)
|
-8.2%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-141%)
|
-1.9%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-110%)
|
-4.4%
Weak
Weak
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-122%)
|
12.6%
Fair
Fair
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-37%)
|
— | — |
| Effective Tax Rate (%) (%) |
-0.3%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
0.2%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
-229.8%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
24.1%
Fair
↑
Fair
Improving
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
-129.4%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
-4886.7%
Excellent
Excellent
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
22.0%
Fair
Fair
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
— | — |
| Profit Margin (%) (%) |
-15.9%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-206%)
|
-40.2%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-368%)
|
1.4%
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-91%)
|
-5.2%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-135%)
|
-0.5%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-103%)
|
0.4%
Weak
Weak
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-97%)
|
15.3%
Good
Good
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
At sector avg
|
— | — |
| FCF Margin (%) (%) |
-6.9%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-1.7%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
1.5%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-9.0%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
5.0%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
13.8%
Fair
Fair
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
33.3%
Excellent
Excellent
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— | — |
| FCF / Net Income (x) |
0.43x
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
0.04x
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.06x
Fair
↓
Fair
Declining
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.72x
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
-10.06x
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
30.82x
Excellent
Excellent
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
2.17x
Excellent
Excellent
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
— | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 20-F ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on Invested Capital (%) |
-18.5%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-33.9%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-8.2%
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-3.1%
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-3.1%
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-108.9%
Weak
Weak
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
4.3%
Caution
Caution
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— | — |
| Return on Capital (%) (%) |
-10.8%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-22.8%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-1.9%
Weak
→
Weak
Stable
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-3.2%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-1.0%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-1.7%
Weak
Weak
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
4.5%
Caution
Caution
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— | — |
| Return on Common Equity (%) (%) |
-15.6%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-184%)
|
-32.1%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-273%)
|
0.9%
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-95%)
|
-2.6%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-114%)
|
-0.3%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-102%)
|
0.2%
Weak
Weak
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-99%)
|
6.7%
Caution
Caution
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-64%)
|
— | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 20-F ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt to Equity (x) |
0.03x
Excellent
→
Excellent
Stable
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Below avg (-94%)
|
0.04x
Excellent
Excellent
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Below avg (-92%)
|
0.01x
Excellent
Excellent
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Below avg (-97%)
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Debt (USD) | $-54.11M | $-70.96M | $-55.82M | $-100.68M | $-209.01M | $-172.73M | $-127.08M | — | — |
| Debt / EBITDA (x) |
-0.17x
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
-0.12x
Excellent
Excellent
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
-1.99x
Excellent
Excellent
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 20-F ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working Capital (USD) | $100.18M | $149.90M | $166.41M | $199.91M | $206.35M | $341.02M | $357.74M | — | — |
| Total Equity (USD) | $222.12M | $251.96M | $344.25M | $362.16M | $383.86M | $397.91M | $379.59M | — | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 20-F ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales/Revenue/Turnover (USD) | $217.84M | $200.94M | $210.99M | $182.38M | $265.58M | $198.47M | $165.42M | — | — |
| Depreciation Expense (USD) | $8.18M | $6.29M | $6.49M | $6.83M | $4.72M | $2.16M | $880.00K | — | — |
| Net Income, GAAP (USD) | $-34.65M | $-80.76M | $3.00M | $-9.50M | $-1.31M | $891.00K | $25.38M | — | — |
| Operating Cash Flow (USD) | $-15.07M | $-3.51M | $3.17M | $-16.36M | $13.23M | $27.46M | $55.13M | — | — |
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Signals
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Debt to Equity is in the top quartile (lower is better)
Operating Margin (%) is in the bottom quartile
Profit Margin (%) is in the bottom quartile
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