KC vs ORCL vs NBIS Stock Comparison

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings, Oracle and Nebius Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ORCL Oracle Corp
$130.55 -4.8% 1M -53.6% 1Y
Market cap
$387.09B
P/E
20.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.78B
Div. yield
0.02%
ERP Software Technology
6 wins
NBIS Nebius Group N.V.
$170.47 -28.2% 1M +35.9% 1Y
Market cap
$41.54B
P/E
46.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.36B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Oracle leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Oracle 6, Nebius 3, Kingsoft Cloud Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKCORCLNBISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.33B $387.09B $41.54B ORCL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -18.3x 20.6x 46.4x ORCL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.2x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +35.2% +21.6% +506.9% NBIS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.0% 26.2% 66.1% NBIS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -2.2% 11.0% -3.3% ORCL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.6x 3.0x ORCL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -36.2% -53.6% +35.9% NBIS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -19.1%/yr +6.3%/yr — ORCL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.0% 57.0% 107.3% ORCL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 52/100 66/100 KC

Percentile Scorecard

KCORCLNBIS

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

AxisKCORCLNBIS
Valuation 92 #4 of 38 55 #46 of 101 78 #9 of 38
Growth 100 #1 of 36 62 #38 of 97 34 #24 of 36
Profitability 58 #15 of 34 84 #16 of 94 76 #9 of 34
Financial Health 46 #21 of 38 38 #67 of 108 76 #10 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 21 #51 of 64 –
Overall 74 52 66
  • KC ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • ORCL ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • NBIS ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodKCORCLNBISSPY
1 month -11.6%-4.8%-28.2% -0.2%
3 months -15.5%+8.8%+0.5% +3.9%
6 months -44.6%-21.3%+25.8% +8.2%
Year to date -17.4%-33.0%+103.6% +12.9%
1 year -36.2%-53.6%+35.9% +12.3%
3 years +88.5%+29.3%— +87.4%
3 years, per year +23.6%+8.9%— +23.3%
5 years -65.3%+35.7%— +67.9%
5 years, per year -19.1%+6.3%— +10.9%
10 years —+241.6%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+13.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureKCORCLNBISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.0%57.0%107.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.9%56.7%98.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.172.243.81 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.51-0.940.33 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -92.3%-65.0%-58.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.1%-53.6%-40.5% -1.2%
52-week high $18.21$281.40$286.69 $779.14
52-week low $8.11$115.01$73.87 $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.

MultipleKCORCLNBIS
P/E now vs peer median -18.4xmedian 29.5x 20.6xmedian 28.3x 46.2xmedian 29.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 4.5x 5.5xmedian 2.8x 31.8xmedian 4.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 23.9x 14.2xmedian 17.3x 257.3xmedian 23.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 15.0x -13.7xmedian 15.8x 2.6xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 4.3x 5.9xmedian 3.2x 4.2xmedian 4.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.59median 0.38 0.87median 0.85 -0.65median 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 monthsKCORCLNBIS
Revenue $1.59B $71.78B $1.36B
Gross profit $238.88M – $1.01B
Operating income -$50.60M $23.06B -$668.60M
Net income -$87.93M $18.92B $61.60M
Free cash flow $887.81M -$28.72B $16.40B
R&D $111.26M $10.18B $356.40M
EPS (diluted) $-0.47 $6.27 $3.17
Cash & equivalents $688.91M $36.37B $8.04B
Total debt $3.76B $125.34B $25.23B
Shares (diluted) 273.80M 3.00B 282.72M
Enterprise value -$484.06M $259.22B $14.97B

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
MetricKCORCLNBIS
P/E -18.4x 20.6x 46.2x
P/FCF 2.9x -13.7x 2.6x
P/Operating cash flow 2.9x 8.4x 8.2x
P/S 1.6x 5.5x 31.8x
P/B 1.9x 5.9x 4.2x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 5.9x 4.2x
EV/EBITDA – 14.2x 257.3x
EV/EBIT -56.3x 21.0x -65.3x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 6.7x 32.2x
EV/FCF 3.2x -16.8x 2.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 3.2x 10.3x 8.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.59 0.87 -0.65

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKCORCLNBIS
Revenue growth (1Y) 35.2% 21.6% 506.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 12.1% -83.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 23.9% – 631.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 35.2% – -81.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 79.5% 28.3% -49.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 44.8% 18.8% -26.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 69.3% 52.1% -73.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.8% 26.4% -90.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 62.3% 46.7% 318.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.2% 23.6% -70.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 245.7% 118.0% 1,193%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 191.7% 38.3% -55.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 245.7% -388.4% 1,310%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 287.5% -71.4% -47.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKCORCLNBIS
Gross margin 15.0% – 74.3%
EBITDA margin – 47.3% 12.5%
Operating margin -3.2% 32.1% -49.3%
Pretax margin -5.5% 30.3% 5.3%
Net margin -8.0% 26.2% 66.1%
FCF margin 55.9% -40.0% 1,210%
Operating cash flow margin 55.9% 65.4% 388.0%
Return on equity -6.7% 34.3% 0.7%
Return on assets -2.0% 6.7% 0.2%
Return on invested capital -2.2% 11.0% -3.3%
Return on capital employed -1.9% 9.8% -2.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.3x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -10.1x 2.5x 85.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 6.7% 13.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKCORCLNBIS
Debt / assets 21.8% 41.3% 30.6%
Debt / equity 0.8x 1.9x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.6x 3.0x
Debt / FCF 1.1x -4.4x 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 71.0% 77.8% 63.0%
Equity / assets 29.0% 22.2% 37.0%
Interest coverage -0.6x 4.5x -2.8x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.2x 4.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.0x 3.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.8x 3.4x
Altman Z-score 0.08 1.52 1.94

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKCORCLNBIS
Dividend yield – 1.5% –
Net buyback yield – -5.1% 6,593%
Shareholder yield – -3.6% 6,593%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 31.4% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – -20.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 17.5% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 15.1% –

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.

ConsensusKCORCLNBIS
Forward P/E – 15.2xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.25FY2026 $8.57FY2026 $-1.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +12.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +23.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.01BFY2026 $95.06BFY2026 $3.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +46.6%FY2026 +41.1%FY2026 +514.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.2% +45.4% +246.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKCORCLNBIS
Held by institutions 4.8% 44.7% –
Institutions holding 86 3,497 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.9% +6.6% –
Institutions buying 54 1,808 –
Institutions selling 24 1,309 –
Buyers to sellers 2.25 1.38 –

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.

KCORCLNBIS
KC 1.00 0.30 0.32
ORCL 0.30 1.00 0.55
NBIS 0.32 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KC, ORCL and NBIS?

Oracle (ORCL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) $2.33B, Oracle (ORCL) $387.09B, Nebius (NBIS) $41.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, KC, ORCL and NBIS?

Oracle (ORCL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) -18.3x, Oracle (ORCL) 20.6x, Nebius (NBIS) 46.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nebius (NBIS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) +35.2%, Oracle (ORCL) +21.6%, Nebius (NBIS) +506.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nebius (NBIS) has the highest net margin (Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) -8.0%, Oracle (ORCL) 26.2%, Nebius (NBIS) 66.1%). On return on invested capital, Oracle (ORCL) leads (Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) -2.2%, Oracle (ORCL) 11.0%, Nebius (NBIS) -3.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nebius (NBIS) returned the most: Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) -36.2%, Oracle (ORCL) -53.6%, Nebius (NBIS) +35.9%. Over five years, Oracle (ORCL) compounded fastest (Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) -19.1%/yr, Oracle (ORCL) +6.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) 0.00%, Oracle (ORCL) 0.02%, Nebius (NBIS) 0.00%. Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) and Nebius (NBIS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Oracle (ORCL) has been the steadiest (Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) 71.0%, Oracle (ORCL) 57.0%, Nebius (NBIS) 107.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KC, ORCL and NBIS?

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