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UCloud Technology Co., Ltd. Class A688158.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Independent Chinese cloud-computing service provider offering IaaS/PaaS infrastructure outside the big-tech cloud ecosystems.

≈ A smaller, independent Chinese DigitalOceanMomentum strong 60
Mkt cap
$2.08B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
83%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$70.0M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
499.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-5.9 pp
WACC 12.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · CNYCN¥29.94
1D-0.9%
1W+20.6%
1M+9.9%
3M-4.7%
6M-33.5%
YTD+6.6%
1Y+24.3%
ATR %6.2%
52w lowhigh43.9% off high

What UCloud Technology does

Independent Chinese cloud-computing service provider offering IaaS/PaaS infrastructure outside the big-tech cloud ecosystems.

Charges for compute, storage and network capacity by usage or subscription, and also builds private cloud systems for enterprise customers as projects. Its public cloud demand comes largely from internet and gaming firms, so it is sensitive to their spending.

In one line: A smaller, independent Chinese DigitalOcean.

Products and services

  • Cloud compute/storage (IaaS)
  • PaaS/database services
  • AI/GPU cloud services

Customers

  • Internet/gaming companies
  • Enterprises wanting neutral (non-BAT) cloud

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information Technology
  • Cloud computing
  • IaaS/PaaS infrastructure services

What could go right

  • AI compute demand growth

What could go wrong

  • Price competition from dominant cloud majors
  • High capex, thin margins

Moat: none (scale). Sub-scale versus Alibaba/Tencent/Huawei cloud, competing mainly on neutrality and price.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 2012 · Employees: 909

Named competitors

  • Alibaba Cloud BABA
  • Kingsoft Cloud KC

UCloud Technology at a glance

Size UCloud Technology (688158.SS) is a China Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $2.08B, the 1215th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥29.94 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 33.5%, against +16.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 26.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.6%); the operating margin is 1.8% (peer median -1.8%).

Valuation It trades at 499.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.2× (most expensive of 16).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.9 points below its cost of capital (12.1% WACC).

Relative performance

507510011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 113688158.SS 60
Six months, rebased to 100: UCloud Technology against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

UCloud Technology financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥2.06BCN¥1.70BCN¥1.50BCN¥1.51BCN¥1.97B
Revenue growth—+14%-1%-23%—
Gross profitCN¥757MCN¥423MCN¥258MCN¥142MCN¥146M
EBITDAn/aCN¥143MCN¥119MCN¥34.6MCN¥108M
Net incomeCN¥34.7M-CN¥73.6M-CN¥241M-CN¥343M-CN¥413M
Free cash flow-CN¥559M-CN¥460M-CN¥501M-CN¥228M-CN¥405M
Capital expenditureCN¥830MCN¥703MCN¥623MCN¥366MCN¥460M
Total debtCN¥680MCN¥281MCN¥110MCN¥119MCN¥202M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

UCloud Technology competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%-20%0%+20%EMBRAC-BAMPL6006331860FIVNPBIDV3004594686002354PINELABS603533LIFE002405300315KAROPLNW2026SDGR688158.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. UCloud Technology is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×200×400×EMBRAC-BAMPL6006331860FIVNPBI002354PINELABS603533LIFE600271300315KAROPLNW688158.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. UCloud Technology is the large dot.

UCloud Technology competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (688158.SS vs BABA vs KC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
UCloud Technology 688158.SS$2.08B-34%+26%2%499.0×n/a
Alibaba Group Holding Limited Sponsored ADR BABA$255B-22%+8%4%14.2×n/a
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR KC$2.39B-46%+35%-3%n/an/a

How UCloud Technology 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.

UCloud Technology against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure688158.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+9.9%+5.8%8th highest of 21
6-month return-33.5%+16.5%3rd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-43.9%-25.6%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+26.3%+9.6%5th highest of 21
Operating margin1.8%-1.8%10th highest of 21
Forward P/E499.0×26.2×most expensive of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital-5.9 pp-12.0 pp8th highest of 17

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
UCloud Technology 688158.SSChina$2.08B-34%+26%2%499.0×n/an/a
Embracer EMBRAC-B.STSweden$2.08B+37%-31%-43%16.4×-9.8%+12.0%
Amplitude AMPLUnited States$2.09B+161%+18%-27%109.2×36.9%+27.4%
Zhejiang Digital Culture Technology 600633.SSChina$2.06B-15%+14%10%20.8×15.4%-2.8%
Mobvista Incorporation 1860.HKHong Kong$2.05B-43%+26%4%19.6×-1.1%+31.9%
Five9 FIVNUnited States$2.10B+27%+9%6%8.1×17.9%+21.4%
Pitney Bowes PBIUnited States$2.11B-1%-4%25%9.6×-5.4%-11.8%
DoubleVerify DVUnited States$2.12B+23%+7%14%21.3×9.7%+25.1%
Zhejiang Jinke Tom Culture Industry 300459.SZChina$2.01B-9%-10%-108%n/a43.2%-12.5%
Justsystems 4686.TJapan$2.01B+33%+10%44%n/a-6.3%+4.6%
Tianyu Digital Technology 002354.SZChina$2.00B+31%+8%-2%135.3×25.9%+15.8%
Pine Labs PINELABS.NSIndia$1.98B-19%+50%7%79.2×n/an/a
iReader Technology 603533.SSChina$1.98B+20%+14%-2%91.2×37.2%+9.5%
Ethos Technologies LIFEUnited States$2.18B+13%+112%-16%33.9×24.1%n/a
SeeWay.ai 002405.SZChina$2.18B-32%+22%-29%n/an/an/a
Aisino 600271.SSChina$1.96B-16%-12%-24%26.2×n/an/a
Ourpalm 300315.SZChina$1.96B-3%-5%-65%125.6×55.8%-17.0%
Karooooo KAROUnited States$1.95B+25%+32%25%24.1×10.4%+17.7%
Planisware Societe anonyme PLNW.PAFrance$1.94B+46%+8%31%28.2×12.3%+16.8%
Pony AI 2026.HKHong Kong$1.93B-56%+67%-214%n/an/an/a
Schrodinger SDGRUnited States$2.23B+125%+9%-59%n/an/an/a

Questions

Who are UCloud Technology's main competitors?
Named competitors: Alibaba Cloud (BABA), Kingsoft Cloud (KC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Embracer (EMBRAC-B.ST), Amplitude (AMPL), Zhejiang Digital Culture Technology (600633.SS), Mobvista Incorporation (1860.HK), Five9 (FIVN), Pitney Bowes (PBI).
Is UCloud Technology expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 499.0× against a peer median of 26.2×, most expensive of 16 in its peer set.
How has UCloud Technology stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -33.5% against +16.5% for the median peer; over one year +24.3%.

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.