KXS vs. LSPD, ENGH, DCBO, OTEX, DSG, NVEI, BB, HPS.A, ET, and CLS
Should you be buying Kinaxis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinaxis include Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Open Text (OTEX), The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Nuvei (NVEI), BlackBerry (BB), Hammond Power Solutions (HPS.A), Evertz Technologies (ET), and Celestica (CLS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) and Kinaxis (TSE:KXS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Kinaxis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinaxis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kinaxis has a net margin of 3.38% compared to Kinaxis' net margin of -18.03%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of 3.42% beat Kinaxis' return on equity.
Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.67, suggesting that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinaxis has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Kinaxis shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Kinaxis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lightspeed Commerce presently has a consensus target price of C$26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.16%. Kinaxis has a consensus target price of C$199.44, suggesting a potential upside of 33.99%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinaxis is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.
Kinaxis received 273 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.51% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 63.31% of users gave Kinaxis an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kinaxis had 1 more articles in the media than Lightspeed Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kinaxis and 7 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Kinaxis' score of 0.56 indicating that Kinaxis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kinaxis beats Lightspeed Commerce on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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