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Item 11 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Autohome Inc. · 20-F · FY 2025 · Period ended Dec 31, 2025
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Interest Rate Risk
Our exposure to interest rate risk primarily relates to the interest income generated by excess cash, which is mostly held in interest-bearing bank deposits and adjustable-rate investments. We have not used derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio. Interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. We have not been exposed to, nor do we anticipate being exposed to, material risks due to changes in market interest rates. However, our future interest income may fall short of expectations due to changes in market interest rates. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Foreign Exchange Risk
Substantially all of our revenues and expenses are denominated in RMB. We do not believe that we currently have any significant direct foreign exchange risk and have not used any derivative financial instruments to hedge exposure to such risk. Although our exposure to foreign exchange risks should be limited in general, the value of your investment in our ADSs will be affected by the exchange rate between U.S. dollar and RMB because the value of our business is effectively denominated in RMB, while our ADSs will be traded in U.S. dollars.
Any significant appreciation or depreciation of the RMB may however materially affect the value of, and any dividends payable on, our ADSs in U.S. dollars. To the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars into RMB for our operations, appreciation of the RMB against the U.S. dollar would have an adverse effect on the RMB amount we receive from the conversion. Conversely, if we decide to convert RMB into U.S. dollars for the purpose of making payments for dividends on our ordinary shares or ADSs or for other business purposes, appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the RMB would have a negative effect on the U.S. dollar amounts available to us.
As of December 31, 2025, we had RMB-denominated cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investments and long-term financial products of RMB16.4 billion, and U.S. dollar-denominated cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments of US$723.5 million. Assuming we had converted RMB16.4 billion into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of RMB6.9931 for US$1.00 as of December 31, 2025, our U.S. dollar
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cash balance would have been US$3.1 billion. If the RMB had depreciated by 10% against the U.S. dollar, our U.S. dollar cash balance would have been US$2.8 billion instead.