Exhibit 99.1
Cheetah Mobile Announces First Quarter 2025 Unaudited Consolidated Financial Results
BEIJING, June 19, 2025 - Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE: CMCM) ("Cheetah Mobile" or the "Company"), a China-based IT company, today announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.
Management Commentary
Mr. Sheng Fu, Cheetah Mobile's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, remarked, “We kicked off 2025 with strong momentum - total revenue grew 36.1% year-over-year in the first quarter, and margins improved significantly. Our Internet business continued to perform robustly, with revenue increasing 46.0% year-over-year. Meanwhile, revenue from our AI and Others segment grew by 22.9% year-over-year and accelerated to 29.8% quarter-over-quarter. We narrowed our operating losses this quarter while maintaining strong investment in AI and robotics. We remain encouraged by the momentum we’re seeing and expect continued progress as we execute against our AI strategy. Looking ahead, we see agentic AI as a true game-changer. AI models are moving beyond conversation and into real-world action, and Cheetah Mobile’s long track record of productizing cutting-edge technology positions us to capture this shift. By doubling down on R&D and infusing AI Agents into both our consumer applications and robotics portfolio, we are helping usher China’s LLM industry from infrastructure build-out to application-driven innovation. Our focus remains clear: to keep generating steady revenue and profit growth from our legacy businesses, while strengthening our position in new AI ventures by creating practical, utility-focused AI tools and robots that understand people and help them accomplish more.”
Mr. Thomas Ren, Chief Financial Officer of Cheetah Mobile, commented: “We made significant progress in narrowing our losses in Q1 2025, supported by disciplined execution, cost optimization, and steady topline growth. In particular, our Internet business posted a notable improvement in operating margin, reaching 15.5% in the quarter, up from 7.9% a year ago. We also continued to improve efficiency in our AI and Others segment by focusing on scalable use cases, leveraging open-source models and AI tools and streamlining product development. While we continue to invest in the significant opportunity that LLM technology represents, we remain focused on consistent margin expansion and loss reduction, while maintaining a strong balance sheet.”
First Quarter 2025 Financial Highlight