Kanzhun Ltd ADR (BZ) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Kanzhun Ltd ADR

BZ in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Kanzhun runs an online recruitment platform in China, built around its BOSS Zhipin app. Job seekers get recommendations, chat directly with recruiters and send resumes once both sides agree, while enterprise users post roles, receive candidate matches and communicate directly with applicants. The company also offers management consultancy and technical services and is based in Beijing.
Where it sits in the stack
Kanzhun holds no seat in either of our indices, so it sits simply within the Communication Services sector of our universe, in the Internet Content & Information group that covers platform and recruitment-style businesses.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Communication Services names based in the US, including Applovin, Reddit, NetEase, Telkom Indonesia, Alphabet, Meta, Chunghwa Telecom and Millicom; the wider market also names Recruit Holdings, owner of Indeed and Glassdoor, as a comparison.
Why Closelook tracks it
Kanzhun carries a Closelook score, with valuation its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no seat in Rubin or Halo and has not yet been quoted in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether momentum recovers from its current soft reading or whether the recent downgrade to Sell signals a longer shift in how the market treats the shares.

Kanzhun Ltd ADR (BZ) trades on US exchanges, classified under Communication Services.

The Closelook company score reads 71/100 composite (momentum 42, quality 81, valuation 84) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for BZ, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by UBS, 2026-09-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for BZ from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation UBS — at Buy Initiated to Buy from Sell 2026-09-21
  • Downgrade UBS — Buy → Sell Downgraded to Sell from Buy 2026-09-16
  • Downgrade Santander — Neutral → Hold Downgraded to Hold from Neutral 2026-09-15

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 downgrades, 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Internet Content & Information · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Internet Content & Information · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against BZ on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.13%, annual · buybacks 143 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What BZ pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.17 USD per share · a 1.13% yield on the 2026-09-22 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-22
  • Last distribution 0.17 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2025-10-08
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.17 USD (partial) first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-10-08
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 553 m USD 12% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 143 m USD 2.2% of today's market value
  • Share count +2.7% in FY2025 912 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 696 m USD · 16% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Communication services in US: −0.1% week · +2.2% month · +6.2% quarter · −2.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLC.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Kanzhun Ltd ADR (BZ)?

Kanzhun Ltd ADR trades as BZ on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Communication Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is BZ in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Kanzhun Ltd ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Kanzhun Ltd ADR's Closelook composite score?

71 out of 100, with momentum 42, quality 81 and valuation 84 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does BZ trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7.5% vs the 50-day and -7.1% vs the 200-day average, 39.7% below the 52-week high and +17.9% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 2 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Kanzhun Ltd ADR do?

Kanzhun runs an online recruitment platform in China, built around its BOSS Zhipin app. Job seekers get recommendations, chat directly with recruiters and send resumes once both sides agree, while enterprise users post roles, receive candidate matches and communicate directly with applicants. The company also offers management consultancy and technical services and is based in Beijing. Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Communication Services names based in the US, including Applovin, Reddit, NetEase, Telkom Indonesia, Alphabet, Meta, Chunghwa Telecom and Millicom; the wider market also names Recruit Holdings, owner of Indeed and Glassdoor, as a comparison.

Where does Kanzhun Ltd ADR sit in the AI build-out?

Kanzhun holds no seat in either of our indices, so it sits simply within the Communication Services sector of our universe, in the Internet Content & Information group that covers platform and recruitment-style businesses. Kanzhun carries a Closelook score, with valuation its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no seat in Rubin or Halo and has not yet been quoted in the diary's editions.

Does Kanzhun Ltd ADR pay a dividend?

Kanzhun Ltd ADR has paid 0.17 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.13% on the 2026-09-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.17 USD on 2025-10-08. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 553 m USD in dividends and bought back 143 m USD of its own shares, 16% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 2.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Kanzhun Ltd ADR recently?

The most recent analyst action on Kanzhun Ltd ADR on the Closelook wire is a initiation by UBS on 2026-09-21 (at Buy). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 downgrades, 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BZ, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Internet Content & Information. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.