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Kuaishou Technology

KUASF
57
Internet Content & Information · Communication Services
Price
$5.40
-0.44 (-7.56%)
Market Cap
$23.36B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
57
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count rising — dilution

+4.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 4.23B (2021) → 4.40B (2025)

Kuaishou Technology, an investment holding company, provides live streaming, online marketing, and other services in the People's Republic of China. It offers Kuaishou Flagship, a short video and content based social networking platform; Kuaishou Express; Kuaishou Concept; Yitian Camera, an app to create features Japanese-and-Korean-style filters and cute stickers; Kmovie, a shooting, editing, and production tool; and AcFun, a video sharing website. The company also provides entertainment, e-commerce, online games, online knowledge-sharing, and others. In addition, it engages in developing software, hardware, and network technology; investment activities; and providing programming and advertising, internet information, technology development, promotion, and other services. Kuaishou Technology was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-27.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$13.0B/ year

Rising (+7% vs prior year)

9.4% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Cash Runway

~3 years

$121.1B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$121.1B cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Kuaishou Technology is growing revenue at 2% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
51.2%
Healthy — 51.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
7.5%
Modest — 7.5% operating margin
ROCE
2.2%
Weak — 2.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+9.9%
Steady sales growth (9.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
+13.6%
Earnings growing (13.6% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
111%
Turns 111% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-10.0%
Burning cash (-10.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.39
Conservative — low debt load (0.39)
Interest Cover
59.91x
Comfortably covers interest (59.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
1.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 1.3

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
-0.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.72%
Moderate income — 2.72% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
N/A
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