CMCM vs. PERI, CANG, RCAT, ATGL, BIGC, TBRG, CCSI, MIXT, ECX, and GRRR
Should you be buying Cheetah Mobile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheetah Mobile include Perion Network (PERI), Cango (CANG), Red Cat (RCAT), Alpha Technology Group (ATGL), BigCommerce (BIGC), TruBridge (TBRG), Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI), MiX Telematics (MIXT), ECARX (ECX), and Gorilla Technology Group (GRRR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Cheetah Mobile vs.
Perion Network (NASDAQ:PERI) and Cheetah Mobile (NYSE:CMCM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Perion Network has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cheetah Mobile. Cheetah Mobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perion Network, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Perion Network and Perion Network both had 2 articles in the media. Perion Network's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Cheetah Mobile's score of 0.69 indicating that Perion Network is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perion Network has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheetah Mobile has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Perion Network currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.62%. Given Perion Network's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Perion Network is more favorable than Cheetah Mobile.
Cheetah Mobile received 69 more outperform votes than Perion Network when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.52% of users gave Perion Network an outperform vote while only 51.25% of users gave Cheetah Mobile an outperform vote.
68.1% of Perion Network shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Cheetah Mobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Perion Network shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Cheetah Mobile shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Perion Network has a net margin of 2.53% compared to Cheetah Mobile's net margin of 0.00%. Perion Network's return on equity of 5.55% beat Cheetah Mobile's return on equity.
Summary
Perion Network beats Cheetah Mobile on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMCM) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
