Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited
$9.10-0.9%YTD-15.2%1Y-25.5%
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What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Software - Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KC.
Software - Services
Industry quiet this week — Verisk's analytics data business earns monopoly-like returns on insurance, energy, and financial services data while QCLS holds early-stage rights to laser computing for cryptocurrency mining. No shared structural catalyst; each name trades on company-specific drivers.
Top industry ETF
$XLKTechnology Select Sector SPDR
+27.5%YTD
+47.9%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
-17.6How 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
-2.1%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
-4.5%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
-5.1%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
1.8Same 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
-12.2%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
14.9%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
0.8Total 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
Q1 2026May 27, 2026$-0.10$-0.11+12.6%
Q4 2025Mar 25, 2026$-0.05$-0.09+41.4%
Q3 2025Nov 19, 2025$0.02$-0.10+120.0%
Q2 2025Aug 20, 2025$-0.16$-0.160.0%
Next earningsWed, Aug 19·consensus EPS $-0.09
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$2.7B+37.2%12.8%-6.1%$-1.20—
Q4 FY25$2.8B+23.7%16.9%6.5%$-0.52$-3.7B
Q3 FY25$2.5B+31.4%15.4%-5.9%$-0.02$1.7B
Q2 FY25$2.3B+24.2%14.4%-13.9%$-1.80$1.5B
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$12.6B$10.9B – $14.0B-$2.50-$2.87 – -$2.257
FY27$15.7B$11.9B – $18.6B-$1.62-$2.70 – -$0.5414
FY28$19.1B$16.6B – $21.2B-$1.13-$1.81 – -$0.5710
FY29$18.6B$16.1B – $20.6B$0.02$0.02 – $0.025
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.0.7×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.8%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.-30.8%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.-30.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatHigh float · 295.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.4% 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.β1.955-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.
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
Bears are Losing Control Over Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Here's Why It's a 'Buy' NowDown 31.2% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why You Should You Buy the Dip in Kingsoft Cloud (KC)Kingsoft Cloud Q1: AI Capex Spending Needs To Be Justified Over The Next Few QuartersKingsoft Cloud: Bullish About Q1 Revenue Acceleration And Promising ProspectsKingsoft Cloud Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
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