Kuaishou Technology Valuation

Is KUAS.F undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KUAS.F when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KUAS.F ($5.37) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($11.26)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KUAS.F is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KUAS.F?

Key metric: As KUAS.F is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for KUAS.F. This is calculated by dividing KUAS.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is KUAS.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.9x
EarningsCN¥14.97b
Market CapCN¥163.46b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does KUAS.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for KUAS.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average38.7x
PINS Pinterest
95.8x28.9%US$19.6b
BIDU Baidu
10.4x5.5%US$29.6b
MTCH Match Group
13.2x8.4%US$8.2b
NBIS Nebius Group
35.5xn/aUS$6.5b
KUAS.F Kuaishou Technology
10.9x16.9%US$174.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KUAS.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x) compared to the peer average (38.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KUAS.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Interactive Media and Services Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YALA Yalla Group
4.8x5.9%US$645.01m
CHR Cheer Holding
0.8xn/aUS$25.61m
MI NFT
3.1xn/aUS$14.44m
No more companies available in this PE range
KUAS.F 10.9xIndustry Avg. 25.9xNo. of Companies5PE020406080100+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KUAS.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x) compared to the US Interactive Media and Services industry average (25.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KUAS.F's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KUAS.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate KUAS.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst KUAS.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$5.37
US$8.51
+58.5%
15.2%US$10.91US$6.12n/a32
Dec ’25US$5.78
US$8.54
+47.7%
15.3%US$11.01US$6.17n/a33
Nov ’25n/a
US$8.58
0%
17.6%US$11.75US$5.41n/a33
Oct ’25US$7.00
US$8.47
+21.0%
17.5%US$11.94US$5.84n/a32
Sep ’25US$4.99
US$8.41
+68.6%
17.0%US$11.82US$5.78n/a32
Aug ’25US$5.47
US$9.83
+79.6%
14.9%US$12.47US$6.40n/a32
Jul ’25n/a
US$10.09
0%
12.6%US$12.41US$7.02n/a31
Jun ’25US$7.24
US$10.14
+40.1%
13.1%US$12.43US$7.05n/a32
May ’25n/a
US$9.87
0%
14.1%US$12.32US$6.98n/a32
Apr ’25n/a
US$9.90
0%
14.2%US$12.37US$7.01n/a32
Mar ’25US$6.02
US$10.21
+69.5%
16.8%US$14.49US$6.38n/a31
Feb ’25US$5.18
US$10.30
+99.0%
16.6%US$14.60US$6.43n/a32
Jan ’25US$7.00
US$11.10
+58.4%
12.3%US$14.61US$8.74US$5.3731
Dec ’24n/a
US$11.17
0%
11.7%US$14.60US$8.74US$5.7832
Nov ’24n/a
US$11.04
0%
11.5%US$14.44US$8.81n/a31
Oct ’24n/a
US$11.10
0%
11.2%US$14.44US$8.82US$7.0031
Sep ’24US$8.45
US$11.12
+31.6%
11.3%US$14.43US$8.85US$4.9932
Aug ’24US$8.35
US$10.93
+30.9%
13.5%US$14.20US$7.92US$5.4734
Jul ’24US$6.97
US$10.77
+54.5%
14.1%US$14.04US$7.69n/a34
Jun ’24US$6.89
US$11.04
+60.1%
13.9%US$14.40US$7.88US$7.2433
May ’24US$6.50
US$11.16
+71.7%
15.6%US$15.52US$7.86n/a33
Apr ’24US$7.57
US$11.29
+49.1%
15.9%US$15.64US$7.92n/a32
Mar ’24US$6.66
US$11.36
+70.5%
13.5%US$15.47US$8.76US$6.0233
Feb ’24n/a
US$11.71
0%
11.9%US$15.93US$9.28US$5.1832
Jan ’24US$9.05
US$10.95
+21.0%
18.6%US$15.57US$7.57US$7.0033

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/03 09:07
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Kuaishou Technology is covered by 57 analysts. 35 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Sau Shing ChowABCI Securities Company Limited
Jiong ShaoBarclays
Yanfang JiangBenchmark Company