Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited

NasdaqGS:KC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.1b

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate KC's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate KC's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KC?

Key metric: As KC is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for KC. This is calculated by dividing KC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is KC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.6x
SalesCN¥7.02b
Market CapCN¥7.66b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does KC's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for KC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2x
VNET VNET Group
0.9x10.4%US$987.8m
FSLY Fastly
1.7x8.0%US$941.4m
RXT Rackspace Technology
0.2x0.7%US$539.3m
BASE Couchbase
5.3x14.4%US$1.0b
KC Kingsoft Cloud Holdings
1.6x10.4%US$1.1b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: KC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.6x) compared to the peer average (2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does KC's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US IT Industry?

27 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KD Kyndryl Holdings
0.4x1.7%US$6.51b
DXC DXC Technology
0.3x-1.9%US$3.83b
RXT Rackspace Technology
0.2x0.7%US$539.34m
UIS Unisys
0.3x3.4%US$511.20m
KC 1.6xIndustry Avg. 2.0xNo. of Companies27PS02.44.87.29.612+
27 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: KC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.6x) compared to the US IT industry average (2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

KC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.6x
Fair PS Ratio1.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: KC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x).

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 KC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$6.53
US$4.99
-23.6%
26.4%US$6.59US$2.26n/a10
Nov ’25US$2.81
US$3.91
+39.2%
27.5%US$6.36US$2.32n/a10
Oct ’25US$3.19
US$3.91
+22.5%
29.1%US$6.42US$2.34n/a9
Sep ’25US$2.33
US$3.92
+68.1%
27.7%US$6.32US$2.30n/a10
Aug ’25US$2.49
US$4.20
+68.5%
20.1%US$6.19US$2.99n/a10
Jul ’25US$2.48
US$4.35
+75.4%
21.7%US$6.19US$2.99n/a11
Jun ’25US$2.83
US$4.21
+48.9%
24.4%US$6.20US$2.57n/a12
May ’25US$3.12
US$4.36
+39.6%
22.7%US$6.20US$2.57n/a12
Apr ’25US$3.15
US$4.76
+51.0%
26.2%US$7.61US$2.58n/a12
Mar ’25US$2.86
US$5.18
+81.2%
27.2%US$7.63US$1.98n/a12
Feb ’25US$2.60
US$5.35
+105.7%
26.8%US$7.69US$1.99n/a13
Jan ’25US$3.78
US$5.55
+46.8%
24.8%US$7.72US$2.00n/a13
Dec ’24US$4.37
US$5.53
+26.6%
24.8%US$7.70US$1.99n/a13
Nov ’24US$4.81
US$5.60
+16.5%
25.6%US$7.69US$1.95US$2.8111
Oct ’24US$4.93
US$5.60
+13.7%
25.6%US$7.69US$1.95US$3.1911
Sep ’24US$5.76
US$5.52
-4.1%
25.3%US$7.70US$1.95US$2.3312
Aug ’24US$6.73
US$5.84
-13.2%
34.0%US$10.06US$1.85US$2.4912
Jul ’24US$6.10
US$5.75
-5.7%
35.5%US$10.14US$1.87US$2.4811
Jun ’24US$5.33
US$5.75
+7.9%
35.5%US$10.14US$1.87US$2.8311
May ’24US$5.61
US$6.95
+23.8%
43.9%US$13.42US$1.87US$3.1211
Apr ’24US$8.89
US$6.56
-26.2%
41.7%US$10.65US$1.89US$3.1511
Mar ’24US$4.02
US$4.92
+22.4%
47.9%US$10.80US$1.96US$2.8610
Feb ’24US$5.19
US$4.92
-5.2%
47.9%US$10.80US$1.96US$2.6010
Jan ’24US$3.83
US$4.75
+24.1%
48.9%US$10.49US$2.74US$3.7810
Dec ’23US$2.91
US$4.88
+67.6%
46.2%US$10.19US$2.66US$4.3710
Nov ’23US$2.75
US$6.72
+144.3%
93.6%US$24.29US$2.53US$4.8110

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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