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Kingsoft Cloud Holdings
(NASDAQ:KC)
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Rating:56Neutral
Price Target:
$12.50
▲(32.00% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/20/26
KC scores in the mid-range primarily due to improving fundamentals (stronger operating cash flow and positive EBITDA) and a constructive earnings call highlighting AI-driven growth and a return to operating profitability. The score is held back by continued net losses and thin gross profitability (limiting ROE and free-cash-flow consistency), plus execution/capital-intensity risks from elevated infrastructure costs, large CapEx plans, and chip supply constraints; technicals are supportive but longer-term trend remains mixed, and valuation is weakened by negative earnings.
Positive Factors
AI-led revenue growth
Rapid AI cloud adoption is expanding the company’s higher-value workload base and supporting strong revenue growth. AI represented over 43% of total revenue, creating a structural growth driver if usage and customer deployments continue scaling.
Negative Factors
Thin margins and continued net losses
Despite EBITDA improvement, low gross profitability and negative EBIT and net income show that the business has not yet achieved durable earnings conversion. Margin sensitivity to infrastructure costs and pricing could constrain returns and cash generation.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
AI-led revenue growth
Rapid AI cloud adoption is expanding the company’s higher-value workload base and supporting strong revenue growth. AI represented over 43% of total revenue, creating a structural growth driver if usage and customer deployments continue scaling.
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Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$3.25B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)1.40M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.95
Revenue Growth34.93%
EPS Growth74.60%
CountryUS
Employees15,225
SectorTechnology
Sector Strength88
IndustrySoftware - Services
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-3.54
Shares Outstanding302,119,000
10 Day Avg. Volume1,211,487
30 Day Avg. Volume1,397,381
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.37
Price to Book (P/B)2.12
Price to Sales (P/S)2.07
P/FCF Ratio-21.03
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$16.75Price Target Upside76.87% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering4
EPS Forecast (FY)-2.05
Revenue Forecast (FY)$12.82B
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited provides cloud services to businesses and organizations primarily in China. The company’s product portfolio includes cloud products, such as infrastructure as a service (IaaS) infrastructure, platform as a service (...
How the Company Makes Money
Kingsoft Cloud primarily makes money by selling cloud services under usage-based and contract-based arrangements to business and institutional customers. Its core revenue stream comes from cloud products and solutions, including (1) Infrastructure...
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Aug 19, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Nov 25, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call reflected a predominantly positive transformation driven by AI: record quarterly revenue, rapid AI cloud and MaaS growth, improved margins and a return to operating profitability. Management emphasized strong product and ecosystem momentum, major customer wins and continued large-scale investment in AI compute. Key challenges include enterprise cloud deceleration, elevated infrastructure-related costs (notably large increases in depreciation and IDC costs), supply/ procurement constraints for chips, and heavy near-term CapEx which modestly reduced cash. On balance, the operational and financial progress (notably AI revenue acceleration, margin improvement and operating profit) outweighs the near-term cost and supply headwinds.Positive Updates
Record Revenue and Strong AI-Driven Growth
Total revenue reached a record RMB 3.07 billion, up 31% year-over-year (and ~40% quarter-over-quarter). AI cloud gross billings grew 82% YoY to RMB 1.33 billion, representing ~56% of public cloud revenue and over 43% of total revenue (vs 31% a year ago). Public cloud revenue was RMB 2,358 million, up 45% YoY.
Negative Updates
Enterprise Cloud Deceleration
Enterprise cloud revenue was RMB 714 million, down 1% YoY (RMB 724 million prior year), with deceleration noted over the past two quarters. Management cited upstream supply-driven pricing pressures, seasonality (second-half delivery concentration), and a deliberate shift from project-based to operating-based models (some reclassification into public cloud) as drivers of near-term weakness.
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Q2-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Record Revenue and Strong AI-Driven Growth
Total revenue reached a record RMB 3.07 billion, up 31% year-over-year (and ~40% quarter-over-quarter). AI cloud gross billings grew 82% YoY to RMB 1.33 billion, representing ~56% of public cloud revenue and over 43% of total revenue (vs 31% a year ago). Public cloud revenue was RMB 2,358 million, up 45% YoY.
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Company Guidance
Management reiterated a disciplined investment posture, keeping full‑year CapEx guidance unchanged at RMB 15.0 billion, noting H1 capitalized CapEx and lease assets of RMB 6.2 billion (over 75% of prior year full‑year CapEx) and Q2 CapEx/ROU additions of RMB 3.3 billion (vs. RMB 2.9 billion in Q1 and RMB 2.8 billion a year ago); cash and cash equivalents were RMB 4,674 million as of June 30 (down from RMB 4,904 million at March 31); shareholders also approved combined connected‑transaction caps with Xiaomi of RMB 10 billion for 2026–2027 (up 39%); management said it will continue to invest in AI infrastructure, expand MaaS and product offerings, manage credit and liquidity risk, and improve compute utilization, operating efficiency, profitability and cash generation/ROIC going forward.Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
44
Neutral
Balance Sheet
55
Neutral
Cash Flow
50
Neutral
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 10.29B | 9.56B | 7.79B | 7.05B | 8.18B | 9.06B |
| Gross Profit | 1.53B | 1.50B | 1.34B | 850.17M | 429.54M | 351.29M |
| EBITDA | 2.07B | 2.03B | -487.77M | -1.08B | -1.37B | -668.37M |
| Net Income | -966.14M | -936.25M | -1.97B | -2.18B | -2.66B | -1.59B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 28.46B | 26.75B | 17.59B | 15.07B | 17.32B | 21.08B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 4.90B | 6.12B | 2.74B | 2.26B | 4.67B | 6.71B |
| Total Debt | 7.00B | 6.47B | 5.20B | 1.72B | 1.35B | 1.62B |
| Total Liabilities | 19.46B | 17.43B | 12.09B | 7.82B | 7.73B | 9.59B |
| Stockholders Equity | 9.00B | 9.32B | 5.17B | 6.89B | 8.80B | 10.60B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 11.03M | -941.34M | -3.05B | -2.13B | -1.25B | -1.44B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 4.75B | 3.80B | 628.42M | -169.07M | 188.97M | -708.87M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -5.67B | -4.53B | -3.62B | -673.19M | -32.87M | -421.62M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 3.64B | 4.18B | 3.26B | -227.85M | -1.15B | 2.21B |
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Technical Analysis
Neutral
9.47
Price Trends
10.49
Positive
12.69
Negative
12.57
Negative
Market Momentum
0.29
Positive
51.34
Neutral
44.58
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For KC, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 9.47 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 11.36, below the 50-day MA of 10.49, and below the 200-day MA of 12.57, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 0.29 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 51.34 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 44.58 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for KC.
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Risk Analysis
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings disclosed 98 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Kingsoft Cloud Holdings reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
77 Outperform | $7.23B | -3,164.77 | -0.26% | ― | 35.91% | 94.31% | |
77 Outperform | $5.99B | 28.41 | 82.40% | 1.44% | 19.77% | -19.22% | |
61 Neutral | $37.18B | 12.37 | -10.20% | 1.83% | 8.50% | -7.62% | |
59 Neutral | $4.94B | 59.13 | 5.51% | ― | 30.16% | ― | |
58 Neutral | $4.75B | -379.81 | -0.30% | ― | 13.03% | -150.40% | |
56 Neutral | $3.25B | -37.46 | -12.16% | ― | 34.93% | 74.60% |
* Technology Sector Average
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Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Corporate Events
Kingsoft Cloud Confirms June Share Capital Stability and Public Float Compliance
Jul 7, 2026
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited reported to U.S. regulators in a July 7, 2026 Form 6-K that it had submitted a monthly return to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange detailing movements in its authorized share capital and issued shares for June 2026. The ...
Kingsoft Cloud Keeps Share Capital Stable, Confirms HKEX Float Compliance in May 2026
Jun 4, 2026
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings reported in a June 4, 2026 filing that its authorized share capital and issued share count remained unchanged in May 2026, with 40 billion authorized ordinary shares and 4,531,784,801 issued shares and no treasury shares. T...
Kingsoft Cloud Q1 2026 Revenue Surges on AI Demand Despite Wider Net Loss
May 27, 2026
For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, Kingsoft Cloud reported total revenue of RMB2,703.7 million, up 37.2% year over year, driven by strong AI demand and deeper penetration in Xiaomi, Kingsoft ecosystem and enterprise customers. Public cloud reve...
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