CMCM vs MSFT vs OTEX Stock Comparison

Cheetah Mobile, Microsoft and Open Text Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMCM Cheetah Mobile Inc.
$2.46 -5.7% 1M -65.6% 1Y
Market cap
$78.05M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$161.30M
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
1 win
MSFT Microsoft Corp
$532.60 +3.2% 1M +1.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.95T
P/E
29.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$331.84B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cloud Platforms Technology
8 wins
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.63 +22.7% 1M -29.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.80B
P/E
10.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Microsoft leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Microsoft 8, Open Text 2, Cheetah Mobile 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMCMMSFTOTEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $78.05M $3.95T $6.80B MSFT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.3x 29.6x 10.6x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 26.1x 6.7x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.9% +17.8% +1.5% CMCM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -37.6% 40.3% 12.3% MSFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 26.7% 8.1% MSFT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.2x 2.8x MSFT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -65.6% +1.7% -29.8% MSFT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -22.1%/yr +10.5%/yr -11.1%/yr MSFT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 65.7% 32.8% 38.8% MSFT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 79/100 58/100 MSFT

Percentile Scorecard

CMCMMSFTOTEX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCMCMMSFTOTEX
Valuation 89 #4 of 29 57 #17 of 38 86 #5 of 29
Growth 46 #15 of 27 77 #9 of 36 42 #16 of 27
Profitability 12 #23 of 26 97 #2 of 34 68 #9 of 26
Financial Health 53 #15 of 31 84 #7 of 38 13 #27 of 31
Shareholder Returns – 80 #5 of 21 81 #4 of 17
Overall 50 79 58
  • CMCM ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • MSFT ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • OTEX ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCMCMMSFTOTEXSPY
1 month -5.7%+3.2%+22.7% -0.8%
3 months -13.4%+36.9%+17.0% +3.5%
6 months -54.0%+25.4%+22.7% +7.0%
Year to date -59.0%+10.1%-15.2% +12.2%
1 year -65.6%+1.7%-29.8% +13.0%
3 years +47.3%+61.5%-14.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +13.8%+17.3%-5.2% +23.1%
5 years -71.2%+64.8%-44.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -22.1%+10.5%-11.1% +11.0%
10 years -95.7%+778.4%-11.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year -27.0%+24.3%-1.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCMCMMSFTOTEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 65.7%32.8%38.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.9%30.9%40.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.061.000.83 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.000.05-0.77 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.7%-37.6%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -71.1%-2.0%-30.4% -1.8%
52-week high $8.51$543.45$39.69 $779.14
52-week low $2.32$352.83$20.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCMCMMSFTOTEX
P/E now vs peer median -1.2xmedian 31.9x 29.6xmedian 29.6x 10.7xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.4x 11.9xmedian 4.2x 1.3xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.5x 19.7xmedian 24.2x 6.7xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.2x 59.1xmedian 15.1x 8.3xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 3.0x 8.9xmedian 3.9x 1.7xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median -0.06median 0.77 1.30median 0.38 0.16median 0.77

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCMCMMSFTOTEX
Revenue $161.30M $331.84B $5.25B
Gross profit $108.48M $225.47B $3.87B
Operating income -$29.35M $155.24B $1.08B
Net income -$41.73M $133.75B $643.26M
Free cash flow – $66.99B $807.52M
R&D $48.01M $35.56B $647.71M
EPS (diluted) $-1.98 $17.95 $2.58
Cash & equivalents $187.32M $20.94B $956.02M
Total debt $11.85M $40.29B $5.77B
Shares (diluted) 30.67M 7.45B 249.37M
Enterprise value -$802.82M $3.88T $2.23B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCMCMMSFTOTEX
P/E -1.2x 29.6x 10.7x
P/FCF – 59.1x 8.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 21.6x 6.6x
P/S 0.5x 11.9x 1.3x
P/B 0.3x 8.9x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 0.3x 9.3x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA – 19.7x 6.7x
EV/EBIT 3.8x 25.2x 10.6x
EV/Revenue -0.7x 11.8x 2.2x
EV/FCF – 58.5x 14.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 21.4x 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.06 1.30 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMCMMSFTOTEX
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.9% 17.8% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 16.1% 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.8% 16.3% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.0% 15.6% 6.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 33.1% 20.8% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.2% 20.6% 28.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 32.5% 31.3% 47.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.4% 22.7% 62.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.6% 31.6% 56.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 20.3% 22.8% 66.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 34.4% 21.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 27.8% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -6.5% 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.0% 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMCMMSFTOTEX
Gross margin 67.3% 67.9% 73.7%
EBITDA margin – 59.9% 32.6%
Operating margin -18.2% 46.8% 20.6%
Pretax margin -24.5% 50.0% 16.4%
Net margin -37.6% 40.3% 12.3%
FCF margin – 20.2% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 55.1% 19.2%
Return on equity -17.2% 31.2% 16.1%
Return on assets -6.3% 18.4% 4.9%
Return on invested capital – 26.7% 8.1%
Return on capital employed -10.9% 27.8% 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 3.7% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMCMMSFTOTEX
Debt / assets 0.1% 5.3% 44.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.2x 2.8x
Debt / FCF – 0.6x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 65.5% 41.7% 69.4%
Equity / assets 34.5% 58.3% 30.6%
Interest coverage – 50.9x –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.2x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.9x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.5x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -0.13 9.29 1.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMCMMSFTOTEX
Dividend yield – 0.7% 4.0%
Net buyback yield – 0.5% 6.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.2% 10.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 19.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 39.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 9.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.1% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCMCMMSFTOTEX
Forward P/E – 26.1xFY2027 6.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.01FY2026 $20.39FY2027 $4.15FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +18.0%FY2027 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – +11.6% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $208.29MFY2026 $402.39BFY2027 $5.05BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +26.6%FY2026 +21.3%FY2027 -2.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +17.0% +12.9% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMCMMSFTOTEX
Held by institutions 0.6% 73.9% 81.5%
Institutions holding 15 6,227 270
Change in shares held, QoQ -9.0% +3.3% +6.5%
Institutions buying 7 3,432 159
Institutions selling 5 2,425 82
Buyers to sellers 1.40 1.42 1.94

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CMCMMSFTOTEX
CMCM 1.00 0.21 0.13
MSFT 0.21 1.00 0.44
OTEX 0.13 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMCM, MSFT and OTEX?

Microsoft (MSFT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) $78.05M, Microsoft (MSFT) $3.95T, Open Text (OTEX) $6.80B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMCM, MSFT and OTEX?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -1.3x, Microsoft (MSFT) 29.6x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Microsoft (MSFT) 26.1x, Open Text (OTEX) 6.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) +17.9%, Microsoft (MSFT) +17.8%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Microsoft (MSFT) has the highest net margin (Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -37.6%, Microsoft (MSFT) 40.3%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%). On return on invested capital, Microsoft (MSFT) leads (Microsoft (MSFT) 26.7%, Open Text (OTEX) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Microsoft (MSFT) returned the most: Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -65.6%, Microsoft (MSFT) +1.7%, Open Text (OTEX) -29.8%. Over five years, Microsoft (MSFT) compounded fastest (Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -22.1%/yr, Microsoft (MSFT) +10.5%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) 0.00%, Microsoft (MSFT) 0.01%, Open Text (OTEX) 0.00%. Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) and Open Text (OTEX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Microsoft (MSFT) has been the steadiest (Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) 65.7%, Microsoft (MSFT) 32.8%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMCM, MSFT and OTEX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Microsoft (MSFT) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.