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Kingsoft Corporation Ltd3888.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Chinese software company best known for WPS Office productivity software and video game development through its Xishanju/Seasun studios.

≈ China's Microsoft Office (WPS) plus a game publisherMomentum strong 74
Mkt cap
$4.46B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
64%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$21.9M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
15.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-1.6 pp
WACC 8.3%
Hurdle
-17 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
18 days
24 Nov 2026
Close · HKDHK$25.52
1D-0.4%
1W+11.2%
1M+2.1%
3M-7.3%
6M+4.2%
YTD-10.3%
1Y-23.8%
ATR %3.6%
52w lowhigh26.2% off high

What Kingsoft does

Chinese software company best known for WPS Office productivity software and video game development through its Xishanju/Seasun studios.

Splits into games and office software. Games earn from in-game purchases, led by the long-running Jian Wang 3 martial-arts series, while WPS Office earns from personal subscriptions and enterprise and government licences. The WPS operator, Kingsoft Office, is separately listed in Shanghai, so part of its profit belongs to minority holders.

In one line: China's Microsoft Office (WPS) plus a game publisher.

Products and services

  • WPS Office productivity software
  • Online/mobile games
  • Cloud computing (Kingsoft Cloud stake)

Customers

  • Consumers and enterprises using WPS Office
  • Gamers (mobile/PC games)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • Office productivity & gaming

What could go right

  • WPS subscription/cloud monetization growth
  • Gaming title pipeline

What could go wrong

  • Competition from free/Google/Microsoft office tools
  • Game hit-cycle dependency

Moat: narrow (brand, installed base, switching costs). WPS Office is the dominant domestic alternative to Microsoft Office in China with a large installed user base.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Founded: 1988 · Employees: 8,945

Named competitors

Kingsoft at a glance

Size Kingsoft (3888.HK) is a Hong Kong Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $4.46B, the 275th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$25.52 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.2%, against +6.6% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 0.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.5%); the operating margin is 13.6% (peer median 1.7%).

Valuation It trades at 15.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.8× (3rd cheapest of 15).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points below its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 24 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1073888.HK 101
Six months, rebased to 100: Kingsoft against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Kingsoft financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$11.1BHK$10.5BHK$11.2BHK$9.43BHK$8.88B
Revenue growth—-6%+19%+6%—
Gross profitHK$8.93BHK$8.32BHK$9.10BHK$7.55BHK$6.91B
EBITDAn/aHK$2.14BHK$4.11BHK$2.70BHK$2.40B
Net incomeHK$3.16BHK$2.17BHK$1.68BHK$534M-HK$7.03B
Free cash flown/aHK$2.52BHK$5.14BHK$3.43BHK$2.73B
Capital expendituren/aHK$371MHK$462MHK$524MHK$592M
Total debtHK$310MHK$39.3MHK$3.28BHK$3.12BHK$3.14B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Kingsoft competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%-20%0%+20%BILLMAASTENBHUBCCCRXOHTFLPL6460SRAD600536OPLN60058847330021950268002261ACPFA3888.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Kingsoft is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%0×100×200×300×BILLTENBHUBRXO6460SRAD60053647330021950268ACPFA3888.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Kingsoft is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%BILLTENBHUBCCC6460SRAD600536OPLN47330268FA3888.HKGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Kingsoft is the large dot.

Kingsoft competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (3888.HK vs MSFT vs 9999.HK vs 0700.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Kingsoft 3888.HK$4.46B+4%0%14%15.1×-5.8%
Microsoft MSFT$3.94T+28%+18%47%25.5×17.2%
NTES 9999.HK$81.4B+8%+10%35%14.0×-3.5%
Tencent 0700.HK$482B-11%+16%32%12.5×6.4%

How Kingsoft compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Kingsoft against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure3888.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.1%+6.6%8th lowest of 21
6-month return+4.2%+6.6%10th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-26.2%-29.4%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-0.4%+12.5%3rd lowest of 21
Operating margin13.6%1.7%5th highest of 21
Forward P/E15.1×26.8×3rd cheapest of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-5.8%16.1%least demanding of 13
Growth delivered (Del g)+10.8%+13.5%5th lowest of 13
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-16.6 pp-1.4 ppleast demanding of 13
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.6 pp-5.3 pp8th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Kingsoft 3888.HKHong Kong$4.46B+4%0%14%15.1×-5.8%+10.8%
BILL BILLUnited States$4.50B+25%+13%1%13.7×36.5%+47.3%
Maase MAASUnited States$4.51B+7%-84%-16%n/an/an/a
Tenable TENBUnited States$4.40B+93%+10%5%17.8×30.1%+17.8%
HUB24 HUB.AXAustralia$4.39B-4%+23%29%42.6×35.6%+35.7%
CCC Intelligent Solutions CCCUnited States$4.54B+50%+11%18%15.1×11.2%+10.8%
RXO RXOUnited States$4.55B+27%+10%0%53.0×n/an/a
HeartFlow HTFLUnited States$4.56B+15%+40%-34%n/an/an/a
Planet Labs PBC PLUnited States$4.57B-68%+44%-26%n/an/an/a
Beijing DeepZero Technology 2723.HKHong Kong$4.58Bn/a+31%1%n/an/an/a
Sega Sammy 6460.TJapan$4.28B+46%+24%10%17.8×-2.3%+11.9%
Sportradar SRADUnited States$4.22B+4%+25%13%30.2×11.3%+25.8%
China National Software & Service 600536.SSChina$4.22B-20%-16%0%131.0×49.7%-7.3%
OPENLANE OPLNUnited States$4.22B-9%+13%17%20.7×11.1%-2.4%
Yonyou Network Technology 600588.SSChina$4.72B-21%+4%-16%n/an/an/a
OBIC Business Consultants 4733.TJapan$4.74B+62%+12%47%36.1×3.2%+11.9%
Shanghai Stonehill Technology 002195.SZChina$4.77B-34%+11%-25%284.5×n/an/a
Kingdee International Software 0268.HKHong Kong$4.16B+3%+17%2%65.4×45.4%+15.0%
Talkweb Information System 002261.SZChina$4.11B-39%+9%1%n/an/an/a
Asseco Poland ACP.WAPoland$4.85B+31%+2%11%23.5×4.0%+6.6%
First Advantage FAUnited States$4.04B+47%+33%11%17.4×20.8%+25.3%

Questions

Who are Kingsoft's main competitors?
Named competitors: Microsoft (MSFT), NetEase (9999.HK), Tencent Games (0700.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes BILL (BILL), Maase (MAAS), Tenable (TENB), HUB24 (HUB.AX), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCC), RXO (RXO).
Is Kingsoft expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 15.1× against a peer median of 26.8×, 3rd cheapest of 15 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Kingsoft stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +4.2% against +6.6% for the median peer; over one year -23.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.