IQ vs CURI vs HUYA Stock Comparison

iQIYI, CuriosityStream and Huya Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IQ iQIYI, Inc.
$0.83 -19.4% 1M -63.3% 1Y
Market cap
$800.88M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.71B
Div. yield
–
Streaming Technology
1 win
CURI CuriosityStream Inc.
$2.59 -10.7% 1M -41.8% 1Y
Market cap
$153.08M
P/E
71.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$79.81M
Div. yield
13.13%
Streaming Technology
5 wins
HUYA HUYA Inc.
$2.11 -11.0% 1M -26.0% 1Y
Market cap
$943.31M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$992.66M
Div. yield
6.64%
Streaming Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

CuriosityStream leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (CuriosityStream 5, Huya 3, iQIYI 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIQCURIHUYALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $800.88M $153.08M $943.31M HUYA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.0x 71.8x -31.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.6x 26.4x CURI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.2% +31.2% +16.7% CURI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.2% 2.7% -1.6% CURI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.8% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 13.13% 6.64% CURI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -63.3% -41.8% -26.0% HUYA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -36.9%/yr -23.6%/yr -23.8%/yr CURI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.8% 76.7% 53.2% IQ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 30/100 60/100 62/100 HUYA

Percentile Scorecard

IQCURIHUYA

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

AxisIQCURIHUYA
Valuation 70 #50 of 166 38 #104 of 166 61 #66 of 166
Growth 0 #152 of 152 89 #18 of 152 66 #52 of 152
Profitability 32 #104 of 152 59 #63 of 152 39 #93 of 152
Financial Health 20 #144 of 179 25 #135 of 179 80 #37 of 179
Shareholder Returns – 89 #11 of 94 67 #32 of 94
Overall 30 60 62
  • IQ ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • CURI ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • HUYA ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIQCURIHUYASPY
1 month -19.4%-10.7%-11.0% +0.9%
3 months -32.5%+4.0%-13.2% +5.9%
6 months -28.4%-16.2%-31.0% +8.5%
Year to date -56.8%-31.8%-26.7% +13.3%
1 year -63.3%-41.8%-26.0% +12.4%
3 years -82.7%+388.6%-30.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year -44.3%+69.7%-11.6% +23.5%
5 years -90.0%-74.0%-74.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year -36.9%-23.6%-23.8% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureIQCURIHUYASPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.8%76.7%53.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 52.9%73.4%47.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.241.371.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.25-0.55-0.49 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.9%-95.5%-82.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -64.7%-47.3%-56.8% -0.9%
52-week high $2.35$4.91$4.88 $779.14
52-week low $0.83$2.35$2.05 $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.

MultipleIQCURIHUYA
P/E now vs peer median -3.0xmedian 16.8x 71.8xmedian 16.8x -31.0xmedian 16.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.4x 1.9xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.9x —median 13.9x —median 13.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.1xmedian 11.4x —median 11.4x —median 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.8x 3.7xmedian 1.8x 1.4xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.08median 0.36 2.65median 0.36 -0.84median 0.36

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 monthsIQCURIHUYA
Revenue $3.71B $79.81M $992.66M
Gross profit $665.38M $49.47M $141.11M
Operating income -$57.57M $1.80M -$16.49M
Net income -$89.99M $2.14M -$13.64M
Free cash flow $66.12M – –
R&D $233.12M – $71.57M
EPS (diluted) $-0.05 $0.04 $-0.07
Cash & equivalents $471.90M – $47.48M
Total debt $3.74B – –
Shares (diluted) 2.36B 60.61M 228.84M
Enterprise value -$1.58B $100.75M -$962.33M

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
MetricIQCURIHUYA
P/E -3.0x 71.8x -31.0x
P/FCF 12.1x – –
P/Operating cash flow 17.4x – –
P/S 0.2x 1.9x 1.0x
P/B 0.4x 3.7x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 0.4x 3.7x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT -21.5x 84.4x -35.3x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 1.9x 0.6x
EV/FCF 18.7x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 26.9x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.08 2.65 -0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIQCURIHUYA
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.2% 31.2% 16.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.2% 7.3% -5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -24.2% 53.2% 30.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -18.0% 37.8% 19.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -150.6% 127.3% 15.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -29.2% 27.0% 43.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -239.9% 144.8% 18.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -39.2% 27.2% 36.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -1,091% 142.5% 25.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.0% 27.1% 36.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -69.5% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -52.2% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -57.7% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -46.4% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIQCURIHUYA
Gross margin 17.9% 62.0% 14.2%
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin -1.6% 2.3% -1.7%
Pretax margin -2.1% 3.2% -1.5%
Net margin -3.2% 2.7% -1.6%
FCF margin 1.8% – –
Operating cash flow margin 1.2% – –
Return on equity -4.8% 5.4% -2.0%
Return on assets -1.3% 3.1% -1.5%
Return on invested capital -0.8% – –
Return on capital employed -1.6% 3.5% -2.3%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.1x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x – –
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIQCURIHUYA
Debt / assets 15.6% – –
Debt / equity 0.6x – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF 15.8x – –
Liabilities / assets 72.3% 38.5% 26.1%
Equity / assets 27.7% 61.5% 73.9%
Interest coverage -0.5x – –
Current ratio 0.4x 0.8x 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.4x 2.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 1.6x
Altman Z-score -1.06 -2.30 3.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIQCURIHUYA
Dividend yield – 13.1% 6.6%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 13.1% 6.6%
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.

ConsensusIQCURIHUYA
Forward P/E – 13.6xFY2026 26.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.07FY2026 $0.19FY2026 $0.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -275.0%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after – +26.3% +100.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.56BFY2026 $81.18MFY2026 $1.11BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -8.8%FY2026 +13.3%FY2026 +19.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.7% +16.0% -1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIQCURIHUYA
Held by institutions 26.0% 31.0% 16.0%
Institutions holding 128 100 82
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.6% -2.2% -12.8%
Institutions buying 57 51 33
Institutions selling 40 32 29
Buyers to sellers 1.43 1.59 1.14

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.

IQCURIHUYA
IQ 1.00 0.15 0.36
CURI 0.15 1.00 0.13
HUYA 0.36 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IQ, CURI and HUYA?

Huya (HUYA) is the largest by market capitalisation: iQIYI (IQ) $800.88M, CuriosityStream (CURI) $153.08M, Huya (HUYA) $943.31M.

Which company is growing faster?

CuriosityStream (CURI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: iQIYI (IQ) -3.2%, CuriosityStream (CURI) +31.2%, Huya (HUYA) +16.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

CuriosityStream (CURI) has the highest net margin (iQIYI (IQ) -3.2%, CuriosityStream (CURI) 2.7%, Huya (HUYA) -1.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Huya (HUYA) returned the most: iQIYI (IQ) -63.3%, CuriosityStream (CURI) -41.8%, Huya (HUYA) -26.0%. Over five years, CuriosityStream (CURI) compounded fastest (iQIYI (IQ) -36.9%/yr, CuriosityStream (CURI) -23.6%/yr, Huya (HUYA) -23.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

CuriosityStream (CURI) has the highest dividend yield: CuriosityStream (CURI) 13.13%, Huya (HUYA) 6.64%. iQIYI (IQ) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, iQIYI (IQ) has been the steadiest (iQIYI (IQ) 50.8%, CuriosityStream (CURI) 76.7%, Huya (HUYA) 53.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, CuriosityStream (CURI) leads on 5. 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.