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Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM)

Q4 2025 Earnings Call· Tue, Mar 24, 2026

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Transcript

Operator

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Cheetah Mobile Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Helen Jing Zhu, Investor Relations of Cheetah Mobile. Please go ahead.

Jing Zhu

Analyst

Thank you, operator. Welcome to Cheetah Mobile's Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. With us today are our company's Chairman and CEO, Mr. Fu Sheng; and our company's Director and CFO, Mr. Thomas Ren. Following management's prepared remarks, we will conduct the Q&A section. Please note that the management's prepared remarks are presented by AI agent. Before we begin, I refer you to the safe harbor statement in our earnings release, which also applies to our conference call today as we will make forward-looking statements. At this time, I would now like to turn the conference call over to our Chairman and CEO, Mr. Fu Sheng. Please go ahead, Fu Sheng.

Sheng Fu

Analyst

Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. In 2025, we finished stabilizing the business and built a stronger foundation for Cheetah Mobile. During the year, our total revenue grew 43% year-over-year, driven by continued growth in both our Internet business and AI and Others segments. In the fourth quarter, AI and Others already accounted for half of total revenues, reflecting the increasing contribution of our new growth initiatives. More importantly, we achieved full year non-GAAP operating profitability, our first time in 6 years. Our Internet business remained resilient in 2025, generating approximately RMB 460,000 in adjusted operating profit every working day. This consistent operating cash flow forms the financial backbone of the company and allows us to invest in robotics and AI in a disciplined and sustainable way. Our second highlight is robotics, which is emerging as a key structural growth driver. For full year, robotics revenue grew approximately 31%. In the fourth quarter alone, robotics revenue reached about RMB 60 million, up 94% year-over-year and 43% quarter-over-quarter. A voice robot in China achieved 100% year-over-year growth for 3 consecutive quarters, accounting for high single digits of the fourth quarter's total revenues. This progress is driven by our strategic focus on core strength in voice robotics and the integration of AI agent technology to enhance product experience. We are now seeing our voice robot become a must-have solution in receptions, guided tours, retail environment, hospitals and service halls as they deliver proven measurable value. We recently introduced a new version of our voice robots, which comes with built-in skills like guiding, patrolling and advertising, enabling end customers to start using them right away, our robotic arm business mainly in serving overseas markets is making up high single digit of the first quarter's total revenues. We focus on long-term demand…

Thomas Jintao Ren

Analyst

Thank you, Fu Sheng. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Unless otherwise stated, all financial figures are presented in RMB. 2025 marked a year of meaningful operational recovery and improved financial discipline for Cheetah Mobile. During the year, we continued improving operating discipline and cost structure across the company. We concentrated resources on commercially validated use cases in robotic products and practical AI applications, while leveraging open source ecosystem and third-party models to improve R&D efficiency and optimize infrastructure costs. This approach allows us to accelerate iteration without significantly increasing fixed costs. For the full year 2025, total revenue grew approximately 43% year-over-year to RMB 1,150 million. Although we reported a GAAP operating loss of RMB 179 million for the year, this represented a substantial improvement compared with operating loss of RMB 437 million in 2024. On a non-GAAP basis, operating profit reached RMB 14 million compared with a non-GAAP operating loss of RMB 232 million, in the prior year, reflecting improved operating leverage. We ended the year with USD 215 million cash and cash equivalents. Turning to our segment performance. Our Internet business continued to serve as a stable cash generating platform for the company in 2025. Revenue from Internet business increased 19% year-over-year to RMB 615 million with Internet revenue, Internet value-added services revenue increased 21% year-over-year in 2025, contributing 65% of segment revenue, supported by both paying user growth and ARPU expansion. In addition, we observed that many users subscribe for periods longer than 12 months, reflecting the recurring nature of our utility applications and strengthening revenue visibility. In terms of profitability, the Internet business generated approximately RMB 115 million in adjusted operating profit in 2025, maintaining healthy margins and strong operating cash flow. As Fu Sheng mentioned earlier, the Internet business generates roughly RMB…

Operator

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The first question today comes from Thomas Chong with Jefferies.

Thomas Chong

Analyst

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Jing Zhu

Analyst

Operator, can we move to the next question?

Operator

Operator

The next question comes from [ Nancy Lu ] with JPMorgan.

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Jing Zhu

Analyst

Operator, please move to the next question. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

The next question comes from Cheng Ru Li from Guoyuan Securities.

Cheng Ru Li

Analyst

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Jing Zhu

Analyst

Operator, please move to the next question. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

The next question comes from [ Yongping Diao ] with Guotai Haitong.

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Jing Zhu

Analyst

Thank you, operator. Please move to the next question.

Operator

Operator

The next question comes from [ Jie Zhu ] with GF Securities.

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Jing Zhu

Analyst

Operator, please move to the next question.

Operator

Operator

The next question comes from [ Wei Feng ] with Mizuho Securities.

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Jing Zhu

Analyst

Operator, please move to the next question.

Operator

Operator

The next question comes from Lydia Lin with Morgan Stanley.

Chenyueya Lin

Analyst · Morgan Stanley.

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Analyst · Morgan Stanley.

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Jing Zhu

Analyst · Morgan Stanley.

Operator, please move to the next question.

Operator

Operator

The next question comes from Vicky Wei with Citi.

Yi Jing Wei

Analyst · Citi.

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Analyst · Citi.

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Jing Zhu

Analyst · Citi.

Operator, please move to the next question.

Operator

Operator

The next question comes from Zeping Zhao with ICBC.

Zeping Zhao

Analyst · ICBC.

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Analyst · ICBC.

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Jing Zhu

Analyst · ICBC.

Yes. Thank you. Operator, please check if we have any further questions.

Operator

Operator

We have no further questions at this time, which concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to management for any closing remarks.

Jing Zhu

Analyst

Thank you so much for joining our conference call today. And if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to let us know. Thank you so much. Bye.

Sheng Fu

Analyst

Bye-bye.

Operator

Operator

The conference has now concluded, and we thank you for attending today's presentation, and you may now disconnect your lines.