Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM) vs LiveOne, Inc. (LVO)

Cheetah Mobile Inc. and LiveOne, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. LiveOne, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $32.2M against $27.5M — 1.2× the size. Cheetah Mobile Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.5% against −23.1%. LiveOne, Inc. has the higher net margin (−25.8% vs −27.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −37.5%). Across the 17 metrics below, Cheetah Mobile Inc. leads on 9 and LiveOne, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m n/m 10.24
P/S 0.51 0.40 0.87
P/B 0.35 n/m 1.32
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 8.85
EV/EBITDA 3.38 n/m 8.86
EV/Sales (0.61) 0.47 1.15
Earnings yield (56.34%) (74.79%) (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield (82.46%) (47.49%) 2.32%

Profitability

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 67.39% 17.90% 66.84%
Operating margin (17.95%) (19.57%) (3.41%)
Net margin (27.75%) (25.83%) (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (19.09%) 1.75%
Return on equity (17.84%) 99.20% 0.00%
Return on assets (6.45%) (40.88%) (0.36%)
Return on invested capital (37.54%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.49% (23.12%) 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 55.79% (12.35%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (7.12%) 3.41% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.00 (2.21) 0.01
Current ratio 1.23 0.62 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 47.08 (0.48) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 3.19%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 27.45m 32.22m 283.68m

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