CSP (CSPI) Competitors

Nextdoor (NYSE:KIND) and CSP (NASDAQ:CSPI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KIND or CSPI?

35.7% of Nextdoor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of CSP shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.0% of Nextdoor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of CSP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend KIND or CSPI?

Nextdoor currently has a consensus target price of $2.28, indicating a potential upside of 56.93%. Given Nextdoor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nextdoor is more favorable than CSP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nextdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
CSP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KIND or CSPI?

CSP received 195 more outperform votes than Nextdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave CSP an outperform vote while only 10.81% of users gave Nextdoor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nextdoor	Outperform Votes 4 10.81%	Underperform Votes 33 89.19%
CSP	Outperform Votes 199 63.17%	Underperform Votes 116 36.83%

Is KIND or CSPI more profitable?

CSP has a net margin of 0.14% compared to Nextdoor's net margin of -53.23%. CSP's return on equity of 0.17% beat Nextdoor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nextdoor	-53.23%	-19.42%	-16.78%
CSP	0.14%	0.17%	0.12%

Which has more risk and volatility, KIND or CSPI?

Nextdoor has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSP has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KIND or CSPI?

In the previous week, CSP had 1 more articles in the media than Nextdoor. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CSP and 5 mentions for Nextdoor. Nextdoor's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat CSP's score of 0.48 indicating that Nextdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nextdoor	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CSP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KIND or CSPI?

CSP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nextdoor. CSP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nextdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nextdoor	$248.31M	2.24	-$147.76M	-$0.24	-6.06
CSP	$55.51M	2.73	-$330K	-$0.16	-95.75

Summary

CSP beats Nextdoor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.