All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-04-29.
From the record
Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2022-04-29) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-19.1% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 2 of 8.
From the record
Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $725 million in fiscal 2018 to $165 million in fiscal 2025, down 19.1% a year; it rose in 3 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 87% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 2 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 2.0% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 2.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -15%: lost 15¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 62%: owes 62¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cheetah Mobile Inc. lost about 15 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 18 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 62 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.0% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 34% of 218 in its family; net margin -22.4%.
From the record
Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $165 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 33% by size; a net margin of -22.4% ranks in the bottom 28%; revenue growth of 8.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 40% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 4.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s leadership is put at 4.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 157 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 48% of 216 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $215 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 32.2% of its assets as net cash, top 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -15% of revenue (bottom 23%); a gross margin of 72.5% (top 45%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 28% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.7% a year over the last three filed years against -19.1% over all 8, speeding up (top 1% of its family); the newest year grew 48.9% (top 9%); capital spending grew -20% a year (bottom 27%) (its annual reports). Cheetah Mobile Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2024: Internet Business at $71 million, All Other at $40 million. Their growth is not matched year over year yet, and the largest line is 64% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 20% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Cheetah Mobile Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $165 million in fiscal 2025 came in 60.2% above the $103 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 6% of its family); net income of $37 million against a prior three-year average of $81 million (top 43%); a net margin of -22.4% against -74.9% before (top 12%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made