Cheetah Mobile Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

Cheetah Mobile's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -37.5%, while the Software industry saw earnings growing at 20% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 39.3% per year.

Key information

-37.5%

Earnings growth rate

-36.7%

EPS growth rate

Software Industry Growth17.3%
Revenue growth rate-39.3%
Return on equity-21.5%
Net Margin-74.9%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Little Excitement Around Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s (NYSE:CMCM) Revenues As Shares Take 27% Pounding

Jan 09
Little Excitement Around Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s (NYSE:CMCM) Revenues As Shares Take 27% Pounding

Cheetah Mobile: Deep Pockets Required For Robotics, LLM App Space

Dec 29

Benign Growth For Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) Underpins Stock's 27% Plummet

Jul 11
Benign Growth For Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) Underpins Stock's 27% Plummet

Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) Held Back By Insufficient Growth Even After Shares Climb 44%

May 23
Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) Held Back By Insufficient Growth Even After Shares Climb 44%

Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s (NYSE:CMCM) Share Price Boosted 27% But Its Business Prospects Need A Lift Too

Mar 29
Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s (NYSE:CMCM) Share Price Boosted 27% But Its Business Prospects Need A Lift Too

There's No Escaping Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s (NYSE:CMCM) Muted Revenues Despite A 27% Share Price Rise

Mar 29
There's No Escaping Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s (NYSE:CMCM) Muted Revenues Despite A 27% Share Price Rise

We Think Cheetah Mobile (NYSE:CMCM) Needs To Drive Business Growth Carefully

Jun 17
We Think Cheetah Mobile (NYSE:CMCM) Needs To Drive Business Growth Carefully

Cheetah Mobile GAAP EPS of $0.39, revenue of $53.3M

Dec 27

SEC charges Cheetah Mobile's CEO and its former president with insider trading

Sep 21

Cheetah Mobile announces ADS ratio change effective from September 2

Aug 23

Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM)?

Sep 21
Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM)?

Cheetah Mobile reports Q1 results

Jun 11

Should You Think About Buying Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) Now?

Apr 29
Should You Think About Buying Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) Now?

What Is The Ownership Structure Like For Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM)?

Mar 08
What Is The Ownership Structure Like For Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM)?

Cheetah Mobile Needs To Rally Fast To Avoid Bearish Triangle

Jan 03

Cheetah Mobile reports Q3 results

Nov 24

Do Institutions Own Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) Shares?

Nov 23
Do Institutions Own Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) Shares?

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Cheetah Mobile makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:CMCM Revenue, expenses and earnings (CNY Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 24737-552546217
30 Jun 24710-529520197
31 Mar 24689-664497190
31 Dec 23670-603472178
30 Sep 23766-526563182
30 Jun 23864-727663179
31 Mar 23876-505669179
31 Dec 22884-522691181
30 Sep 22799-678610174
30 Jun 22731-503533186
31 Mar 22765-466573186
31 Dec 21785-353562212
30 Sep 2187286593246
30 Jun 211,040394715308
31 Mar 211,223587880386
31 Dec 201,5534061,148455
30 Sep 201,899-5031,506539
30 Jun 202,454-3111,835647
31 Mar 203,030-4561,995733
31 Dec 193,588-3442,146787
30 Sep 194,3571,2032,339825
30 Jun 194,7899182,431775
31 Mar 194,9221,0662,401719
31 Dec 184,9821,1292,341669
30 Sep 184,9881,4672,164630
30 Jun 184,8311,4401,985629
31 Mar 184,9291,3142,028641
31 Dec 174,9751,3352,064685
30 Sep 174,8623602,064768
30 Jun 174,7952212,099829
31 Mar 174,64002,153890
31 Dec 164,565-812,212906
30 Sep 164,492-822,301885
30 Jun 164,266-542,233843
31 Mar 164,1791562,179770
31 Dec 153,7741761,954695
30 Sep 153,1611481,595601
30 Jun 152,6111221,321532
31 Mar 152,157761,035492
31 Dec 141,85864876443
30 Sep 141,44452678375
30 Jun 141,15164512307
31 Mar 1492942395257

Quality Earnings: CMCM is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: CMCM is currently unprofitable.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: CMCM is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 37.5% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare CMCM's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: CMCM is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Software industry (30.2%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: CMCM has a negative Return on Equity (-21.54%), as it is currently unprofitable.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


Discover strong past performing companies

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/08 10:44
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/08 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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on .

Analyst Sources

Cheetah Mobile Inc. is covered by 13 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael MengBOCI Research Ltd.
Thomas ChongBOCI Research Ltd.
Eric ChenCGS International