Quick Update for Kingsoft Cloud (KC) Investors

By Kim Brooks • Tuesday, May 23 12:20 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at Kingsoft Cloud today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -9.4%. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited provides cloud services to businesses and organizations in China.
Kingsoft Cloud has moved 47.5% over the last year compared to 6.4% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 41.0%
KC has an average analyst rating of hold and is -39.87% away from its mean target price of $7.16 per share
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $-1.45
Kingsoft Cloud has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -3.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.54 and its forward P/E ratio is -8.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.12 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Kingsoft Cloud is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 27.16 and an average P/B of 6.23
Kingsoft Cloud has on average reported free cash flows of $-830590000.0 over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 11.5%

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