Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited

NasdaqGS:KC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.2b

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: KC ($9.58) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($1.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KC is trading above our estimate of fair value.

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 Ratio2.2x
SalesCN¥7.28b
Market CapCN¥16.10b

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 Average3.3x
CORZ Core Scientific
7.1x27.9%US$4.0b
FSLY Fastly
2.6x8.6%US$1.4b
VNET VNET Group
0.9x10.3%US$950.4m
GDS GDS Holdings
2.6x15.5%US$3.7b
KC Kingsoft Cloud Holdings
2.2x12.2%US$2.2b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: KC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.2x) compared to the peer average (3.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

26 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KD Kyndryl Holdings
0.5x1.6%US$8.02b
DXC DXC Technology
0.3x-2.0%US$3.73b
RXT Rackspace Technology
0.2x0.4%US$509.75m
UIS Unisys
0.2x3.4%US$468.89m
KC 2.2xIndustry Avg. 2.6xNo. of Companies26PS02.44.87.29.612+
26 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: KC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.2x) compared to the US IT industry average (2.6x).

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 Ratio2.2x
Fair PS Ratio1.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: KC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x).

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$9.58
US$6.88
-28.1%
38.1%US$12.45US$3.87n/a11
Dec ’25US$6.69
US$5.73
-14.3%
27.8%US$9.50US$3.90n/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
+68.0%
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$1.99US$6.6913
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

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 01:51
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 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

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited is covered by 25 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Daley LiBofA Global Research
Xiaodan ZhangChina International Capital Corporation Limited
Liping ZhaoChina International Capital Corporation Limited