The company maintains a fortress-like liquidity position with $1.5 billion in cash, though total assets have declined from $5.9 billion in 2024Q2 to $4.7 billion by 2025Q4.
| Metric | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 | Dec'17 | Dec'16 | Dec'15 | Dec'14 | Dec'13 | Dec'12 |
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| Total Current Assets | 3.24B | 3.78B | 3.47B | 3.12B | 2.6B | 2.94B | 3.99B | 5.57B | 5.4B | 3.17B | 3.04B | 2.09B | 764.56M | 259.84M |
| Cash & Short-Term Investments | 1.52B | 1.83B | 2.02B | 1.67B | 1.85B | 1.66B | 2.35B | 3.71B | 3.71B | 1.77B | 1.84B | 1.61B | 586.32M | 174.75M |
| Cash Only | 1.51B | 1.83B | 2.02B | 1.52B | 1.58B | 1.3B | 983M | 2.78B | 2.32B | 1.41B | 1.81B | 1.09B | 530.54M | 134.38M |
| Short-Term Investments | 9.53M | 335K | 1.02M | 156.18M | 262.81M | 360.8M | 1.37B | 930.61M | 1.4B | 361.5M | 29.23M | 513.62M | 55.78M | 40.38M |
| Accounts Receivable | 563.24M | 1.73B | 410.73M | 482.87M | 271.64M | 449.91M | 1.06B | 1.41B | 1.25B | 645.16M | 694.23M | 353.15M | 152.3M | 75.77M |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 178.7 | 783.6 | 223.92 | 199.36 | 126.36 | 105.77 | 108.19 | 103.29 | 91.37 | 51.59 | 67.14 | 69.37 | 74.13 | 96.05 |
| Inventory | 0 | 59.24M | 40.57M | 16.7M | 15.41M | 24.06M | 31.29M | 12.21M | 26.76M | 727.84M | 502.64M | 3.49M | 21.16M | 7.63M |
| Days Inventory Outstanding | - | 82.64 | 63.85 | 24.13 | 21.84 | 18.48 | 9.2 | 2.89 | 5.49 | 172.08 | 191.84 | 2.91 | 54.95 | 38.93 |
| Other Current Assets | 1.16B | 92.11M | 936.48M | 926.64M | 424.85M | 763.45M | 496.17M | 1.03B | 959.15M | 728.83M | 495.98M | 171.03M | 62.71M | 4.21M |
| Total Non-Current Assets | 1.45B | 1.72B | 2.17B | 2.02B | 2.38B | 2.69B | 3.02B | 2.73B | 2.05B | 2.37B | 1.9B | 907.63M | 145.03M | 57.15M |
| Property, Plant & Equipment | 57.11M | 77.89M | 84.33M | 98.31M | 146.97M | 119.71M | 286.96M | 63.92M | 89.14M | 117.44M | 119.33M | 45.91M | 31.33M | 15.46M |
| Fixed Asset Turnover | 20.15x | 10.36x | 7.94x | 8.99x | 5.34x | 12.97x | 12.50x | 77.94x | 55.81x | 38.87x | 31.63x | 40.48x | 23.94x | 18.62x |
| Goodwill | 460.03M | 424.1M | 576.99M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 617.84M | 634.16M | 943.92M | 613.22M | 261.69M | 52.82M | 13.38M |
| Intangible Assets | 54.07M | 190.66M | 218.56M | 8.43M | 10.05M | 12.57M | 44.48M | 48.42M | 70.22M | 227.25M | 232.03M | 199.62M | 32.85M | 21.02M |
| Long-Term Investments | 688.9M | 808.7M | 937.46M | 1.79B | 1.99B | 2.41B | 2.52B | 1.85B | 1.15B | 977.16M | 898.22M | 338.84M | 12.05M | 0 |
| Other Non-Current Assets | 77.57M | 94.69M | 348.93M | 97.32M | 214.02M | 129.36M | 138.23M | 56.97M | 48.18M | 28.31M | 25.42M | 55.2M | 8.8M | 991K |
| Total Assets | 4.69B | 5.5B | 5.63B | 5.14B | 4.98B | 5.63B | 7.01B | 8.29B | 7.45B | 5.54B | 4.94B | 3B | 909.59M | 317M |
| Asset Turnover | 0.25x | 0.15x | 0.12x | 0.17x | 0.16x | 0.28x | 0.51x | 0.60x | 0.67x | 0.82x | 0.76x | 0.62x | 0.82x | 0.91x |
| Asset Growth % | -14.85% | -2.29% | 9.61% | 3.24% | -11.53% | -19.74% | -15.45% | 11.33% | 34.43% | 12.11% | 64.69% | 229.95% | 186.94% | - |
| Total Current Liabilities | 2.55B | 3.08B | 2.73B | 1.78B | 1.35B | 1.57B | 1.69B | 1.84B | 2.17B | 2.07B | 1.71B | 621.66M | 263.97M | 152.06M |
| Accounts Payable | 211.82M | 219.57M | 170.19M | 133.79M | 135.69M | 114.58M | 119.89M | 175.79M | 164.54M | 194.88M | 154.73M | 61.79M | 23.44M | 10.95M |
| Days Payables Outstanding | 244.35 | 306.26 | 267.82 | 193.36 | 192.22 | 87.98 | 35.24 | 41.65 | 33.74 | 46.08 | 59.05 | 51.42 | 60.88 | 55.86 |
| Short-Term Debt | 9.03M | 49.19M | 5M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 336.3M | 379.54M | 130.27M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Revenue (Current) | 457.29M | 460.4M | 40.27M | 330.64M | 294.26M | 181.41M | 207.81M | 138.23M | 142.52M | 48.66M | 54.16M | 44.18M | 12.69M | 16.26M |
| Other Current Liabilities | 1.51B | 33M | 507M | 1.03B | 706.07M | 1.02B | 120.39M | 358.31M | 365.47M | 402.66M | 323.45M | 154.45M | 70.84M | 1.33M |
| Current Ratio | 1.27x | 1.23x | 1.27x | 1.76x | 1.92x | 1.87x | 2.37x | 3.03x | 2.49x | 1.53x | 1.78x | 3.37x | 2.90x | 1.71x |
| Quick Ratio | 1.27x | 1.21x | 1.26x | 1.75x | 1.91x | 1.85x | 2.35x | 3.03x | 2.48x | 1.18x | 1.49x | 3.36x | 2.82x | 1.66x |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | - | 559.98 | 19.95 | 30.13 | -44.02 | 36.26 | 82.15 | 64.54 | 63.12 | 177.59 | 199.93 | 20.86 | 68.2 | 79.12 |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 176.25M | 215.39M | 244.48M | 256.11M | 264.28M | 252.77M | 330.58M | 862.32M | 777.21M | 266.54M | 185.83M | 96.65M | 51.56M | 124.78M |
| Long-Term Debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8M | 10.52M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Capital Lease Obligations | 6.22M | 12.93M | 17.7M | 27.09M | 30.68M | 11.96M | 121.6M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Tax Liabilities | 21.72M | 43.05M | 54.54M | 55.77M | 58.56M | 60.5M | 82.85M | 110.29M | 73.39M | 112.44M | 99.01M | 65.99M | 39.21M | 848K |
| Other Non-Current Liabilities | 148.2M | 159.42M | 172.24M | 173.25M | 175.04M | 180.31M | 126.13M | 752.03M | 54.57M | 147.74M | 175.31M | 29.52M | 51.56M | 121.19M |
| Total Liabilities | 2.73B | 3.3B | 2.97B | 2.03B | 1.62B | 1.83B | 2.02B | 2.7B | 2.94B | 2.34B | 1.89B | 718.31M | 315.52M | 276.85M |
| Total Debt | 15.24M | 74.8M | 35.99M | 41.47M | 48.13M | 18.83M | 58.5M | 0 | 336.3M | 498.34M | 140.8M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net Debt | -1.49B | -1.76B | -1.98B | -1.47B | -1.54B | -1.28B | -924.5M | -2.78B | -1.98B | -912.66M | -1.67B | -1.09B | -530.54M | -134.38M |
| Debt / Equity | 0.01x | 0.03x | 0.01x | 0.01x | 0.01x | 0.00x | 0.01x | - | 0.07x | 0.16x | 0.05x | - | - | - |
| Debt / EBITDA | 1.63x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.58x | 3.30x | 0.39x | - | - | - |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | -159.52x | - | - | - | - | - | - | -5.09x | -3.40x | -6.05x | -4.59x | -6.35x | -4.49x | -6.30x |
| Interest Coverage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Equity | 1.96B | 2.21B | 2.66B | 3.1B | 3.36B | 3.8B | 4.99B | 5.59B | 4.51B | 3.2B | 3.05B | 2.28B | 594.07M | 40.15M |
| Equity Growth % | -11.22% | -17.04% | -14.31% | -7.6% | -11.58% | -23.92% | -10.72% | 24.16% | 40.76% | 5.02% | 33.52% | 284.28% | 1379.62% | - |
| Book Value per Share | 3194.70 | 3671.07 | 4516.72 | 5376.51 | 5874.16 | 6788.41 | 9120.53 | 9709.62 | 7904.35 | 5768.92 | 5340.81 | 4253.59 | 1307.39 | 95.87 |
| Total Shareholders' Equity | 1.61B | 1.9B | 2.46B | 3.03B | 3.28B | 3.76B | 4.93B | 5.48B | 4.29B | 3.01B | 2.91B | 2.21B | 594.07M | 40.15M |
| Common Stock | 254.16K | 248K | 244K | 236K | 235K | 234K | 225K | 230K | 229K | 230K | 226K | 222K | 184K | 150K |
| Retained Earnings | -1.49B | -1.23B | -613.1M | -9.42M | 505.08M | 868.8M | 1.94B | 2.71B | 1.56B | 237.29M | 319.36M | 142.76M | 74.82M | 12.8M |
| Treasury Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -221.93M | 0 | -178.99M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accumulated OCI | 362.48M | 410.42M | 356.85M | 353.95M | 88.26M | 163.34M | 337.77M | 249.3M | 84.21M | 230.35M | 123.8M | 3.37M | 13.24M | -1.6M |
| Minority Interest | 350.9M | 306.53M | 204.69M | 71.45M | 81.02M | 41.01M | 62.27M | 118.08M | 212.6M | 188.83M | 136.19M | 76.53M | 0 | 0 |
Unproven AI hardware pivot
According to quarterly financial data, Cheetah Mobile's total assets have contracted from $5.9 billion in 2024Q2 to $4.7 billion by 2025Q4, reflecting a persistent decline in the company's resource base as it attempts to fund its strategic transition into AI-driven robotics and cloud services.
The reduction in total assets suggests that the company is consuming its historical capital base to finance ongoing operational losses and strategic investments. Investors should monitor whether this downward trajectory in asset volume stabilizes or if it signals a long-term depletion of the firm's underlying economic value.
As reported in recent balance sheet filings, the company's retained earnings have deteriorated significantly to a deficit of $1.5 billion in 2025Q4, down from a deficit of $613.1 million in 2023Q4, highlighting the substantial erosion of shareholder equity during the current business model transformation.
This deepening deficit in retained earnings indicates that the company's cumulative losses are outpacing any potential gains from its new business segments. The trend warrants further investigation into whether the current capital allocation strategy can eventually reverse this negative equity trajectory or if it will continue to dilute long-term shareholder value.
Based on the latest financial statements, Cheetah Mobile maintains a substantial cash position of $1.5 billion as of 2025Q4, which, despite a decline from $2.0 billion in 2023Q3, continues to provide a significant liquidity buffer against the company's ongoing operating cash burn and capital-intensive robotics pivot.
The current ratio of 1.27 suggests that the company remains adequately liquid to meet its short-term obligations, even as it navigates a period of negative operating cash flow. This cash-heavy position appears to be the primary factor preventing a more severe liquidity crisis, though it also raises questions about the opportunity cost of holding such large reserves.
As indicated by the company's balance sheet, goodwill remains a material component at $514.4 million in 2025Q4, which may present a hidden risk if the performance of the acquired assets fails to meet the expectations set during the company's transition into the AI and robotics sector.
The presence of significant goodwill on the balance sheet suggests that future impairment charges could further impact the company's equity position if the robotics segment does not achieve expected scale. Analysts should scrutinize the valuation of these intangible assets, as they may be masking the true economic reality of the company's recent strategic acquisitions.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying CMCM stock.
As of 2025, Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM) had total assets of $4.69B including $3.24B in current assets.
Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM) carries total debt of $15.2M, offset by $1.52B in cash and short-term investments. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $1.61B ($3194.70 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.
Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM) reported a current ratio of 1.27x. A current ratio above 1.0x indicates that the company has more current assets than current liabilities, suggesting sufficient short-term liquidity.