HUYA vs APP vs CURI Stock Comparison

Huya, AppLovin and CuriosityStream Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HUYA HUYA Inc.
$2.00 -13.0% 1M -28.3% 1Y
Market cap
$481.02M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$992.66M
Div. yield
–
Streaming Technology
2 wins
APP AppLovin Corp
$245.51 -8.5% 1M -61.2% 1Y
Market cap
$92.01B
P/E
20.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.83B
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
6 wins
CURI CuriosityStream Inc.
$2.54 -12.7% 1M -39.5% 1Y
Market cap
$158.63M
P/E
6,610x
Revenue (TTM)
$75.96M
Div. yield
–
Streaming Technology
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

AppLovin leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (AppLovin 6, Huya 2, CuriosityStream 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHUYAAPPCURILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $481.02M $92.01B $158.63M APP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -30.9x 20.9x 6,610x APP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.0x 14.6x 13.4x CURI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.7% +60.6% +24.9% APP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -1.6% 64.6% 0.0% APP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 71.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.1x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -28.3% -61.2% -39.5% HUYA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.9%/yr +20.0%/yr -22.9%/yr APP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.3% 74.8% 76.2% HUYA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 73/100 53/100 APP

Percentile Scorecard

HUYAAPPCURI

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

AxisHUYAAPPCURI
Valuation 61 #65 of 166 45 #92 of 166 36 #106 of 166
Growth 63 #57 of 154 99 #2 of 154 74 #41 of 154
Profitability 37 #97 of 154 100 #1 of 154 56 #69 of 154
Financial Health 80 #37 of 179 69 #57 of 179 25 #135 of 179
Shareholder Returns 71 #29 of 97 52 #47 of 97 74 #26 of 97
Overall 63 73 53
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  • CURI ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHUYAAPPCURISPY
1 month -13.0%-8.5%-12.7% -2.0%
3 months -21.3%-41.5%-3.4% -2.2%
6 months -37.1%-48.6%-16.4% +4.2%
Year to date -30.6%-63.6%-33.2% +10.6%
1 year -28.3%-61.2%-39.5% +10.4%
3 years -42.9%+525.2%+309.7% +73.6%
3 years, per year -17.0%+84.3%+60.1% +20.2%
5 years -76.1%+149.1%-72.7% +61.6%
5 years, per year -24.9%+20.0%-22.9% +10.1%

Risk

MeasureHUYAAPPCURISPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.3%74.8%76.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.1%83.0%73.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.272.341.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.53-0.82-0.52 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.6%-91.9%-95.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -59.0%-66.5%-48.3% -3.2%
52-week high $4.88$733.60$4.91 $779.14
52-week low $1.98$228.50$2.35 $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.

MultipleHUYAAPPCURI
P/E now vs peer median -29.4xmedian 17.5x 18.7xmedian 17.5x 6,264xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.4x 12.1xmedian 1.4x 2.0xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 15.3x 15.3xmedian 15.3x 9.8xmedian 15.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 12.1x 18.2xmedian 12.1x 28.0xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.7x 26.0xmedian 1.7x 3.6xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -0.80median 0.37 0.04median 0.37 240.90median 0.37

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 monthsHUYAAPPCURI
Revenue $992.66M $6.83B $75.96M
Gross profit $141.11M $6.04B $47.82M
Operating income -$16.49M $5.29B -$227.00K
Net income -$13.64M $4.41B $24.00K
Free cash flow – $4.53B $5.37M
R&D $71.57M $320.08M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.07 $13.08 $0.00
Cash & equivalents $47.48M $3.05B –
Total debt – $3.52B –
Shares (diluted) 228.84M 337.03M 60.61M
Enterprise value -$1.42B $82.04B $131.00M

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
MetricHUYAAPPCURI
P/E -29.4x 18.7x 6,264x
P/FCF – 18.2x 28.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 18.2x 27.8x
P/S 0.9x 12.1x 2.0x
P/B 1.3x 26.0x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 29.3x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA – 15.3x 9.8x
EV/EBIT -32.3x 15.7x -654.8x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 12.1x 2.0x
EV/FCF – 18.3x 27.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.3x 27.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.80 0.04 240.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHUYAAPPCURI
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.7% 60.6% 24.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -5.4% 33.3% 5.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.7% 64.6% 48.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.9% 52.9% 36.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 15.9% 78.6% 96.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 43.9% 188.9% 81.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 18.7% 81.5% 100.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.9% 503.2% 26.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.8% 84.4% 100.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 36.8% 524.6% 26.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 58.5% -46.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 74.2% 29.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 58.5% -45.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 74.5% 29.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHUYAAPPCURI
Gross margin 14.2% 88.5% 63.0%
EBITDA margin – 79.4% 20.0%
Operating margin -1.7% 77.4% -0.3%
Pretax margin -1.5% 76.3% 0.8%
Net margin -1.6% 64.6% 0.0%
FCF margin – 66.3% 7.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 66.3% 7.1%
Return on equity -2.0% 159.6% 0.3%
Return on assets -1.5% 55.2% 0.2%
Return on invested capital – 71.3% –
Return on capital employed -2.3% 78.5% -0.5%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.9x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.0x 224.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 4.1% 20.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHUYAAPPCURI
Debt / assets – 42.5% –
Debt / equity – 1.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.1x –
Debt / FCF – 0.8x –
Liabilities / assets 26.1% 61.7% 38.5%
Equity / assets 73.9% 38.3% 61.5%
Interest coverage – 25.8x –
Current ratio 2.3x 4.3x 0.8x
Quick ratio 2.0x 4.2x 0.4x
Cash ratio 1.6x 2.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.13 13.66 -2.52

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHUYAAPPCURI
Dividend yield 7.0% – 13.4%
Net buyback yield – 3.0% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 7.0% 3.0% 14.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusHUYAAPPCURI
Forward P/E 25.0xFY2026 14.6xFY2026 13.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.08FY2026 $16.83FY2026 $0.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +72.6%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +100.0% +25.8% +26.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.11BFY2026 $8.60BFY2026 $81.18MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.6%FY2026 +56.9%FY2026 +13.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% +13.9% +16.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHUYAAPPCURI
Held by institutions 16.0% 67.5% 31.0%
Institutions holding 82 1,460 100
Change in shares held, QoQ -12.8% +6.5% -2.2%
Institutions buying 33 836 51
Institutions selling 29 480 32
Buyers to sellers 1.14 1.74 1.59

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.

HUYAAPPCURI
HUYA 1.00 0.20 0.13
APP 0.20 1.00 0.16
CURI 0.13 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HUYA, APP and CURI?

AppLovin (APP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Huya (HUYA) $481.02M, AppLovin (APP) $92.01B, CuriosityStream (CURI) $158.63M.

Which stock is cheaper, HUYA, APP and CURI?

AppLovin (APP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Huya (HUYA) -30.9x, AppLovin (APP) 20.9x, CuriosityStream (CURI) 6,610x). On next year's consensus earnings, CuriosityStream (CURI) is cheapest (Huya (HUYA) 25.0x, AppLovin (APP) 14.6x, CuriosityStream (CURI) 13.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

AppLovin (APP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Huya (HUYA) +16.7%, AppLovin (APP) +60.6%, CuriosityStream (CURI) +24.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

AppLovin (APP) has the highest net margin (Huya (HUYA) -1.6%, AppLovin (APP) 64.6%, CuriosityStream (CURI) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Huya (HUYA) returned the most: Huya (HUYA) -28.3%, AppLovin (APP) -61.2%, CuriosityStream (CURI) -39.5%. Over five years, AppLovin (APP) compounded fastest (Huya (HUYA) -24.9%/yr, AppLovin (APP) +20.0%/yr, CuriosityStream (CURI) -22.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Huya (HUYA) has been the steadiest (Huya (HUYA) 53.3%, AppLovin (APP) 74.8%, CuriosityStream (CURI) 76.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HUYA, APP and CURI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, AppLovin (APP) 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.