Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:KC): Buy, Sell Or Hold At $20.23?

In recent trading session, Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:KC) saw 3.68 million shares changing hands at last check today with its beta currently measuring 2.32. Company’s recent per share price level of $20.23 trading at $0.9 or 4.66% at last check today assigns it a market valuation of $5.13B. That most recent trading price of KC’s stock is at a discount of -7.22% from its 52-week high price of $21.69 and is indicating a premium of 90.01% from its 52-week low price of $2.02.

For Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (KC), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.45. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 3 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 1 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 2 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of -0.82 in the current quarter.

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:KC) trade information

Upright in the green today for gaining 4.66%, in the last five days KC remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Thursday, 02/20/25 when the stock touched $20.23 price level, adding 9.12% to its value on the day. Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR’s shares saw a change of 92.85% in year-to-date performance and have moved 12.33% in past 5-day. Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:KC) showed a performance of 111.83% in past 30-days.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 3.2 to the stock, which implies a fall of -532.19% to its recent value today. Analysts have been projecting 3.2 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 3.2. It follows that stock’s current price would jump 84.18% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a gain of 84.18% for stock’s current value.

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (KC) estimates and forecasts

This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 8.29% from the last financial year’s standing.

3 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 2.11B for the same. And 2 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 1.83B in the next quarter. Company posted 1.72B and 1.78B of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -1.55% during past 5 years. In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 12.63% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 45.24%.

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:KC)’s Major holders

MORGAN STANLEY is the top institutional holder at KC for having 2.34 million shares of worth $5.87 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 0.971 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD, which was holding about 20.7 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 0.5672 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $51.96 million.

On the other hand, Global X Fds-Global X Cloud Computing ETF and Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Nov 30, 2024, the former fund manager was holding 343.77 shares of worth $6.91 million or 0.14% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 99.9 shares on Sep 30, 2024, making its stake of worth around $2.01 million in the company or a holder of 0.04% of company’s stock.