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 $31.8M against $23.5M — 1.4× 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 12.38
P/S 0.43 0.40 0.93
P/B 0.30 n/m 1.24
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 10.76
EV/EBITDA 3.52 n/m 10.74
EV/Sales (0.63) 0.47 1.20
Earnings yield (66.52%) (74.79%) (1.71%)
Free cash flow yield (97.35%) (47.49%) 4.26%

Profitability

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 67.39% 17.90% 63.25%
Operating margin (17.95%) (19.57%) (1.87%)
Net margin (27.75%) (25.83%) (1.37%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (19.09%) 3.47%
Return on equity (17.84%) 99.20% (1.19%)
Return on assets (6.45%) (40.88%) 0.00%
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%) 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 55.79% 10.54% 34.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (7.12%) 3.41% 10.46%
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 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 47.08 (0.48) (0.53)

Dividend

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 1.19%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric CMCM LVO Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 23.52m 31.81m 693.23m

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