CMCM vs QXL vs MSFT Stock Comparison

Cheetah Mobile, Quantum X Labs and Microsoft Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMCM Cheetah Mobile Inc.
$2.35 -9.6% 1M -69.2% 1Y
Market cap
$72.50M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$161.30M
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
QXL Quantum X Labs Inc.
$3.70 -20.1% 1M +5.7% 1Y
Market cap
$52.88M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$2.78M
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
3 wins
MSFT Microsoft Corp
$531.01 +4.3% 1M -2.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.00T
P/E
28.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$346.45B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cloud Platforms Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Microsoft leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Microsoft 6, Quantum X Labs 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMCMQXLMSFTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $72.50M $52.88M $4.00T MSFT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.2x -4.0x 28.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 26.0x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.9% +70.0% +17.9% QXL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -37.6% — 41.2% MSFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.6% 26.5% MSFT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.7x -0.1x QXL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -69.2% +5.7% -2.0% QXL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -22.5%/yr -1.2%/yr +9.9%/yr MSFT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 66.2% 108.8% 32.6% MSFT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 30/100 79/100 MSFT

Percentile Scorecard

CMCMQXLMSFT

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

AxisCMCMQXLMSFT
Valuation 89 #4 of 29 26 #124 of 166 60 #16 of 38
Growth 46 #15 of 27 13 #132 of 152 77 #9 of 36
Profitability 12 #23 of 26 34 #101 of 152 97 #2 of 34
Financial Health 53 #15 of 31 71 #52 of 179 84 #7 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 9 #86 of 94 80 #5 of 21
Overall 50 30 79
  • CMCM ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • QXL ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • MSFT ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMCMQXLMSFTSPY
1 month -9.6%-20.1%+4.3% +0.9%
3 months -16.4%-12.1%+36.0% +5.9%
6 months -57.1%+1.6%+25.1% +8.5%
Year to date -60.8%+141.8%+9.8% +13.3%
1 year -69.2%+5.7%-2.0% +12.4%
3 years +40.7%+54.2%+61.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year +12.1%+15.5%+17.2% +23.5%
5 years -72.0%-5.9%+60.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year -22.5%-1.2%+9.9% +11.0%
10 years -95.7%-99.1%+786.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year -27.0%-37.7%+24.4% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCMCMQXLMSFTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 66.2%108.8%32.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 66.6%112.5%30.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.050.410.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.050.05-0.06 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.7%-99.2%-37.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -72.4%-46.0%-2.3% -0.9%
52-week high $8.51$6.85$543.45 $779.14
52-week low $2.32$1.04$352.83 $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.

MultipleCMCMQXLMSFT
P/E now vs peer median -1.2xmedian 31.0x -4.0xmedian 16.8x 27.6xmedian 27.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 2.5x -19.0xmedian 1.4x 11.4xmedian 4.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.2x 31.0xmedian 13.9x 19.1xmedian 24.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.6x -14.4xmedian 11.4x 65.8xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 3.2x 2.1xmedian 1.8x 8.4xmedian 4.4x
PEG now vs peer median -0.06median 0.74 0.01median 0.36 1.21median 0.38

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 monthsCMCMQXLMSFT
Revenue $161.30M -$2.78M $346.45B
Gross profit $108.48M – $234.39B
Operating income -$29.35M $1.29M $163.19B
Net income -$41.73M -$14.55M $142.63B
Free cash flow – -$3.66M $59.96B
R&D $48.01M $2.00K $36.46B
EPS (diluted) $-1.98 $-0.65 $19.16
Cash & equivalents $187.32M $2.44M $20.28B
Total debt $11.85M $11.14M $35.48B
Shares (diluted) 30.67M 20.07M 7.45B
Enterprise value -$808.37M $45.27M $3.93T

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
MetricCMCMQXLMSFT
P/E -1.2x -4.0x 27.6x
P/FCF – -14.4x 65.8x
P/Operating cash flow – -15.2x 20.1x
P/S 0.4x -19.0x 11.4x
P/B 0.3x 2.1x 8.4x
P/Tangible book 0.3x -133.5x 8.7x
EV/EBITDA – 31.0x 19.1x
EV/EBIT 3.9x 40.1x 24.0x
EV/Revenue -0.7x -18.6x 11.3x
EV/FCF – -14.1x 65.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – -14.9x 20.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.06 0.01 1.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMCMQXLMSFT
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.9% 70.0% 17.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.6% -26.6% 16.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.8% – 16.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.0% – 15.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 33.1% -64.8% 20.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.2% -12.5% 20.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 32.5% 30.7% 36.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.4% -173.3% 22.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.6% 75.4% 36.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 20.3% -539.2% 22.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -267.7% 33.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -43.4% 27.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -287.4% -23.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -44.4% -1.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMCMQXLMSFT
Gross margin 67.3% – 67.7%
EBITDA margin – – 59.3%
Operating margin -18.2% – 47.1%
Pretax margin -24.5% – 51.3%
Net margin -37.6% – 41.2%
FCF margin – – 17.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 124.9% 56.5%
Return on equity -17.2% -94.6% 31.2%
Return on assets -6.3% -69.4% 18.6%
Return on invested capital – 7.6% 26.5%
Return on capital employed -10.9% 7.6% 26.5%
Asset turnover 0.2x -0.1x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.2x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – – 3.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMCMQXLMSFT
Debt / assets 0.1% 4.0% 4.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.0x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.7x -0.1x
Debt / FCF – -0.3x 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 65.5% 17.3% 39.6%
Equity / assets 34.5% 82.7% 60.4%
Interest coverage – – 50.6x
Current ratio 1.2x 0.9x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.6x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -0.14 3.94 9.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMCMQXLMSFT
Dividend yield – – 0.7%
Net buyback yield – -8.8% 0.5%
Shareholder yield 0.0% -8.8% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 45.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 9.5%
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.

ConsensusCMCMQXLMSFT
Forward P/E – – 26.0xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.01FY2026 – $20.39FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – – +18.0%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – – +11.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $208.29MFY2026 – $402.39BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +26.6%FY2026 – +21.3%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +17.0% – +12.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMCMQXLMSFT
Held by institutions 0.6% – 73.9%
Institutions holding 15 – 6,230
Change in shares held, QoQ -9.0% – +3.3%
Institutions buying 7 – 3,434
Institutions selling 5 – 2,426
Buyers to sellers 1.40 – 1.42

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.

CMCMQXLMSFT
CMCM 1.00 0.00 0.21
QXL 0.00 1.00 0.04
MSFT 0.21 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMCM, QXL and MSFT?

Microsoft (MSFT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) $72.50M, Quantum X Labs (QXL) $52.88M, Microsoft (MSFT) $4.00T.

Which company is growing faster?

Quantum X Labs (QXL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) +17.9%, Quantum X Labs (QXL) +70.0%, Microsoft (MSFT) +17.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Microsoft (MSFT) has the highest net margin (Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -37.6%, Microsoft (MSFT) 41.2%). On return on invested capital, Microsoft (MSFT) leads (Quantum X Labs (QXL) 7.6%, Microsoft (MSFT) 26.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Quantum X Labs (QXL) returned the most: Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -69.2%, Quantum X Labs (QXL) +5.7%, Microsoft (MSFT) -2.0%. Over five years, Microsoft (MSFT) compounded fastest (Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) -22.5%/yr, Quantum X Labs (QXL) -1.2%/yr, Microsoft (MSFT) +9.9%/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%. Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) and Quantum X Labs (QXL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Microsoft (MSFT) has been the steadiest (Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) 66.2%, Quantum X Labs (QXL) 108.8%, Microsoft (MSFT) 32.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.