Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) Competitors

Cheetah Mobile (NYSE:CMCM) and Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend CMCM or XNET?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheetah Mobile	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Xunlei	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, CMCM or XNET?

Cheetah Mobile has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xunlei has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CMCM or XNET more profitable?

Xunlei has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Cheetah Mobile's net margin of 0.00%. Xunlei's return on equity of 4.48% beat Cheetah Mobile's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheetah Mobile	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xunlei	3.90%	4.48%	3.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CMCM or XNET?

Cheetah Mobile received 211 more outperform votes than Xunlei when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.20% of users gave Xunlei an outperform vote while only 52.43% of users gave Cheetah Mobile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cheetah Mobile	Outperform Votes 367 52.43%	Underperform Votes 333 47.57%
Xunlei	Outperform Votes 156 64.20%	Underperform Votes 87 35.80%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CMCM or XNET?

Xunlei has higher revenue and earnings than Cheetah Mobile.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cheetah Mobile	$94.30M	1.21	-$84.92M	N/A	N/A
Xunlei	$363.72M	0.29	$14.23M	$0.23	7.17

Does the media prefer CMCM or XNET?

In the previous week, Xunlei had 1 more articles in the media than Cheetah Mobile. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Xunlei and 1 mentions for Cheetah Mobile. Cheetah Mobile's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Xunlei's score of -0.43 indicating that Cheetah Mobile is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cheetah Mobile	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xunlei	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CMCM or XNET?

0.4% of Cheetah Mobile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Xunlei shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Cheetah Mobile shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Xunlei shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Xunlei beats Cheetah Mobile on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.