Kingsoft Cloud (KC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited is a cloud service provider headquartered in China. The company delivers cloud infrastructure, platform services and industry-specific solutions to businesses, government organizations and other institutions. Its offerings are designed to support applications such as data processing, enterprise software, online services and digital transformation initiatives.

Kingsoft Cloud’s services include computing, storage, networking, databases, content delivery, cybersecurity, big data and artificial intelligence capabilities. It also provides cloud-based solutions for areas including video, gaming, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and public-sector applications. The company operates data-center and cloud infrastructure primarily in China, with services available to customers in selected international markets.

Founded in 2012, Kingsoft Cloud is affiliated with Kingsoft Corporation, a Chinese software and internet company. Kingsoft Cloud completed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Stock Market in 2020 under the symbol KC. The company has been led by chief executive officer Wang Yulin in recent years.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.91 to $9.10
• 50-Day Range: $9.09 to $13.08
• 52-Week Range: $8.35 to $18.52
• Volume: 894,004 shs
• Average Volume: 1.47 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.72 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $16.67
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Kingsoft Cloud Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kingsoft Cloud scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 284th out of 593 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Kingsoft Cloud has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Kingsoft Cloud has a consensus price target of $16.67, representing about 85.2% upside from its current price of $9.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kingsoft Cloud has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Kingsoft Cloud are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.34) to ($0.13) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kingsoft Cloud is -32.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kingsoft Cloud is -32.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kingsoft Cloud has a P/B Ratio of 2.04. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.38% of the float of Kingsoft Cloud has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Kingsoft Cloud has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.56.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Kingsoft Cloud has recently increased by 9.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Kingsoft Cloud does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Kingsoft Cloud does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Kingsoft Cloud has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Kingsoft Cloud this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for KC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Kingsoft Cloud to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Kingsoft Cloud insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $192,000.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

14.20% of the stock of Kingsoft Cloud is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

13.40% of the stock of Kingsoft Cloud is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/19/2025
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: IT Services
• Sub-Industry: Internet Services & Infrastructure
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:KC
• CIK: 1795589
• Web: www.ksyun.com
• Phone: 86-10-6292-7777
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 15,225
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Kingsoft Cloud: $16.67
• High Price Target: $18.00
• Low Price Target: $15.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +85.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.28)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$133.88 million
• Net Margins: -5.49%
• Pretax Margin: -5.68%
• Return on Equity: -7.85%
• Return on Assets: -2.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.39
• Current Ratio: 1.01
• Quick Ratio: 1.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.37 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.99
• Cash Flow: $0.69 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.98
• Book Value: $4.41 per share
• Price / Book: 2.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 302,120,000
• Free Float: 259,218,000
• Market Cap: $2.72 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.97