Weak Fundamental Momentum Sinks Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:KC) has a beta value of 2.17 and has seen 2.82 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $4.45B, closed the last trade at $17.54 per share which meant it lost -$0.05 on the day or -0.28% during that session. The KC stock price is -26.91% off its 52-week high price of $22.26 and 88.48% above the 52-week low of $2.02.

The consensus among analysts is that Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (KC) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.64. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 3 have rated it as a Hold, with 2 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.82.

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

Sporting -0.28% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the KC stock price touched $17.54 or saw a rise of 8.88%. Year-to-date, Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR shares have moved 67.21%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 7.41%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:KC) have changed 12.36%.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $4.1, which means that the shares’ value could drop -327.8% from current levels. The projected low price target is $3.2 while the price target rests at a high of $8.5. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is 51.54% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 81.76% from current levels.

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR (KC) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have gained 715.81% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 8.35%.

3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 2.11B for the current quarter. 2 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.83B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.72B and 1.78B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 22.43% for the current quarter and 8.35% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -1.55% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 14.10% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 45.85%.

KC Dividends

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd ADR is expected to release its next earnings report in April this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

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

The top two institutional holders are MORGAN STANLEY with over 2.34 million shares worth more than $5.87 million. As of 2024-06-30, MORGAN STANLEY held 0.971% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD, with the holding of over 20.7 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $51.96 million and represent 0.5672% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Global X Fds-Global X Cloud Computing ETF and Invesco ETF Tr-Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 0.13% shares in the company for having 327.65 shares of worth $5.75 million while later fund manager owns 56.74 shares of worth $1.0 million as of Nov 30, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 0.02% of company’s outstanding stock.