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Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Cheetah Mobile Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Cheetah Mobile Inc.

Cheetah Mobile Inc. is a China-based holding company that develops and operates internet and mobile applications. It offers products and services including mobile apps, live streaming platforms, and AI solutions through subsidiaries and variable interest entities. The company serves consumers primarily in China and internationally, with operations spanning mobile internet, PC software, and artificial intelligence sectors.

Snapshot

Revenue
$164.5M
Revenue growth (YoY)
48.8%
Net income
$-36.9M
Diluted EPS
Gross margin
72.5%
Operating margin
-15.6%
Net margin
-22.4%
FCF margin
ROE
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$99.6M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Cheetah Mobile

  • Revenue grew 48.8% to $165M in FY2025, faster than the 17.2% the year before.
  • Operating margin is -15.6% in FY2025, +13.7 pp against -29.3% in FY2021.
  • Net loss narrowed to $37M in FY2025, from $85M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Cheetah Mobile’s fundamentals sit among the 332 software companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin72.5%
61st percentile of 264
Operating margin-15.6%
22nd percentile of 303
Net margin-22.4%
15th percentile of 307
Revenue growth (YoY)+48.8%
92nd percentile of 325
Short interest3.29d
49th percentile of 330

Cheetah Mobile’s revenue growth of +48.8% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 325 software companies reporting it. Cheetah Mobile’s net margin of -22.4% ranks in the 15th percentile of the 307 software companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+2 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
1 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
0
0 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$149,294
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$116,73538.7KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$32,55910.8KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
19.5K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-23.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.29
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
5.9K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1419.5K-23.6%3.29
2026-07-3125.5K+49.2%4.62
2026-07-1517.1K+27.4%2.54
2026-06-3013.4K-46.2%1.00
2026-06-1524.9K+28.1%1.00
2026-05-2919.5K-34.3%1.00
2026-05-1529.6K-52.3%2.03
2026-04-3062.1K-2.9%5.18

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$164.5M$110.5M$94.3M$128.2M$123.1M
Gross profit$119.3M$74.7M$61.6M$91.6M$82.7M
Operating income$-25.7M$-59.9M$-29.6M$-32.7M$-36.0M
Net income$-36.9M$-84.6M$-84.9M$-74.4M$-55.1M
Diluted EPS

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$215.4M$251.1M$284.5M$219.8M$248.6M
Current assets$462.4M$517.8M$488.3M$452.9M$407.8M
Total assets$669.8M$754.1M$793.4M$745.1M$781.2M
Current liabilities$364.6M$422.2M$384.3M$257.9M$212.5M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$389.7M$451.7M$418.7M$295.0M$253.9M
Total equity$251.8M$276.4M$359.8M$450.2M$527.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$-24.6M$-32.6M$77.5M$-61.5M$16.1M
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorTechnology
SIC industryServices-Prepackaged Software
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Oldest indexed filing2014
SEC CIK1597835

Selected SEC filings

20-F2026-04-23
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20-F2025-04-15
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6-K2026-06-10
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6-K2026-03-24
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6-K2025-11-26
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6-K2025-09-11
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.