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After finishing at $20.81 in the prior trading day, Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: KC) closed at $18.97, down -8.84%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$8.84 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.64 million shares were traded.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of KC by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.67 and its Current Ratio is at 0.67. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.47 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.12.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, UBS on December 06, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $12.50 from $4.20 previously.
On November 22, 2024, Nomura Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral and also upped its target price recommendation from $2.30 to $6.70.
CLSA Upgraded its Underperform to Outperform on March 21, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $4.40.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 09 ’24 when He Haijian bought 300,000 shares for $9.25 per share.
Tian Kaiyan bought 3,200 shares of KC for $20,896 on Nov 21 ’24. On Nov 21 ’24, another insider, Liu Tao, who serves as the Senior Vice President of the company, bought 60,000 shares for $6.53 each.
Valuation Measures:
For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.77 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.14.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, KC has reached a high of $21.69, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 62.88%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 262.02%.
Shares Statistics:
A total of 253.69M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 253.68M. Insiders hold about 0.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 6.37% stake in the company.
Earnings Estimates
The current rating of Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (KC) is the result of assessments by 4.0 analysts actively engaged in evaluating its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.77, with high estimates of -$0.39 and low estimates of -$1.15.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$3.08 and -$4.11 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$3.74. EPS for the following year is -$2.51, with 8.0 analysts recommending between -$1.71 and -$3.42.
Revenue Estimates
3 analysts predict $2.11B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.12B to a low estimate of $2.1B. As of the current estimate, Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR’s year-ago sales were $1.72BFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.83B. There is a high estimate of $2.03B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.62B.
A total of 14 analysts have provided revenue estimates for KC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $7.78B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $7.32B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $7.63B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $7.05BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $8.7B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $9.31B and the low estimate is $7.87B.
