Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM)Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | Beijing, China | NYSE
3.07 USD
-0.01
(-0.163%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 3.11 +0.04 (1.303%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 5:05 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Cheetah Mobile is currently broken by deteriorating fundamentals and a lack of capital allocation discipline. Despite a recent year-over-year price recovery, the company reported a wider-than-expected loss in Q4 2025, accompanied by a downgrade in guidance that signals slow growth ahead. The balance sheet remains fragile with negative operating margins and a return on equity well below zero, indicating that the business is consuming capital rather than generating it. Management's decision to convert millions of dollars worth of RSUs into Class B shares instead of returning cash to shareholders or buying back stock at these depressed prices is a significant red flag, suggesting insiders believe the current valuation is not a bargain worth retaining. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecast leaning slightly negative due to recent noise, the stock offers no compelling entry point for either value or growth investors. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.140684 |
| MSTL | 0.179334 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.181344 |
| AutoETS | 0.181348 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 31% |
| H-stat | 282.15 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.088 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.84 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2020-06-21 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2020-06-21 |
| Revenue per Share | 37.291 |
| Market Cap | 95,288,584 |
| Forward P/E | 17.06 |
| Beta | 1.82 |
| Profit Margins | -21.02% |
| Website | https://www.cmcm.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m. EDT: Options activity is sparse and lacks directional conviction. Call volume is negligible across all expirations, while put activity is similarly minimal. The implied volatility surface shows elevated premiums for near-term protection relative to longer-dated strikes, suggesting a defensive posture rather than a speculative bet on a specific breakout. There is no significant unusual flow or concentrated positioning at specific strikes to indicate a strong consensus on upside or downside moves.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-22 | 7.2 | 66.666665 |
| 2019-09-12 | 2.5 | 12.853470 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.40175098 |
| Address1 | Building No. 11 |
| Address2 | Wandong Science & Tech Cultural Innovati No.7 Sanjianfangnanli Chaoyang District |
| All Time High | 183.15 |
| All Time Low | 1.41 |
| Ask | 3.11 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 11,680 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 21,216 |
| Average Volume | 21,216 |
| Average Volume10Days | 11,680 |
| Beta | 1.817 |
| Bid | 3.0 |
| Bid Size | 1,000 |
| Book Value | 7.4056096 |
| City | Beijing |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,483,142,400 |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 3.07 |
| Current Ratio | 1.277 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 3.1929 |
| Day Low | 3.07 |
| Display Name | Cheetah Mobile |
| Dividend Date | 1,594,252,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,742,986,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,742,986,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,758,630,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,757,334,600 |
| Ebitda | 31,547,500 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.027420001 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -26.539 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | -0.728 |
| Enterprise Value | -837,235,328 |
| Eps Forward | 0.18 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.22 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,592,784,000 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 4.2234 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.1534002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.27309754 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -40.1751 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 9.44 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.37 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6747882 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.65 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.41999984 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.1584905 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.65 - 9.44 |
| Financial Currency | CNY |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,399,555,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 7,351,662 |
| Forward Eps | 0.18 |
| Forward P E | 17.055555 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 851 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.70502996 |
| Gross Profits | 811,094,016 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.09852 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.017280001 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 31,038,627 |
| Industry | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Disp | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Key | internet-content-information |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,592,784,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 7.2 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,662,076,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:5 |
| Long Business Summary | Cheetah Mobile Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides internet services, artificial intelligence (AI), and other services in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Japan, and internationally. The company offers internet products that include Duba Anti-virus applications, such as anti-virus and anti-malware, K+ defense, and membership services; Yuanqi Wallpaper, including desktop beautification, wallpaper management, and wallpaper creation. Its AI and other offerings include delivery and reception robots, Global to B services, and AI-powered business applications. In addition, the company offers Duba.com, a personal start page; artificial intelligence technologies; image viewer; and office optimization software. It serves mobile advertising networks and partners, e-commerce companies, mobile application developers, and mobile game developers, as well as individual customers. The company was formerly known as Kingsoft Internet Software Holdings Limited and changed its name to Cheetah Mobile Inc. in March 2014. Cheetah Mobile Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. |
| Long Name | Cheetah Mobile Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 95,288,584 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_253748612 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -253,168,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 95,443,777 |
| Open | 3.1929 |
| Operating Margins | -0.10922 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.25 |
| Phone | 86 10 6292 7779 |
| Post Market Change | 0.03999996 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.3029304 |
| Post Market Price | 3.11 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,976,700 |
| Previous Close | 3.075 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.4145506 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.082828596 |
| Profit Margins | -0.21021 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.81 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.00500011 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.162605 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.1929 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 3.07 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 3.07 - 3.1929 |
| Regular Market Open | 3.1929 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 3.075 |
| Regular Market Price | 3.07 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,969,196 |
| Regular Market Volume | 975 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01873 |
| Return On Equity | -0.106639996 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.0 |
| Revenue Per Share | 37.291 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 10,224,887 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0004 |
| Shares Short | 13,432 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 19,473 |
| Short Name | Cheetah Mobile Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0015 |
| Short Ratio | 0.39 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | CMCM |
| Total Cash | 1,290,089,984 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 41.563 |
| Total Debt | 0 |
| Total Revenue | 1,150,430,976 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.22 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 6.122635 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -3.052635 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.49858192 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 975 |
| Website | https://www.cmcm.com |
| Zip | 100,024 |