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$13.46 -1.02 (-7.04%)
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KC vs. BSY, OKTA, RBRK, SNAP, DUOL, DOCU, DT, U, MNDY, and PAYC

Should you be buying Kingsoft Cloud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsoft Cloud include Bentley Systems (BSY), Okta (OKTA), Rubrik (RBRK), Snap (SNAP), Duolingo (DUOL), Docusign (DOCU), Dynatrace (DT), Unity Software (U), monday.com (MNDY), and Paycom Software (PAYC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Kingsoft Cloud vs. Its Competitors

Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) and Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Bentley Systems currently has a consensus target price of $53.70, suggesting a potential downside of 5.99%. Kingsoft Cloud has a consensus target price of $11.33, suggesting a potential downside of 15.80%. Given Bentley Systems' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bentley Systems is more favorable than Kingsoft Cloud.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bentley Systems
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Kingsoft Cloud
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bentley Systems has a net margin of 18.46% compared to Kingsoft Cloud's net margin of -24.36%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 29.18% beat Kingsoft Cloud's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bentley Systems18.46% 29.18% 9.02%
Kingsoft Cloud -24.36%-17.59%-5.77%

In the previous week, Bentley Systems had 14 more articles in the media than Kingsoft Cloud. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Bentley Systems and 4 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud. Kingsoft Cloud's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Bentley Systems' score of 0.86 indicating that Kingsoft Cloud is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bentley Systems
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kingsoft Cloud
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

44.2% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.6% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Bentley Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Kingsoft Cloud. Kingsoft Cloud is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bentley Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bentley Systems$1.35B12.32$234.70M$0.7972.30
Kingsoft Cloud$1.07B3.53-$269.43M-$1.10-12.24

Summary

Bentley Systems beats Kingsoft Cloud on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KC vs. The Competition

MetricKingsoft CloudINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.05B$19.20B$29.20B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%3.08%4.09%
P/E Ratio-12.2485.9248.0923.80
Price / Sales3.53154.481,544.9766.58
Price / Cash113.7792.4138.0757.96
Price / Book4.538.087.415.55
Net Income-$269.43M$341.62M$782.10M$259.03M
7 Day Performance-14.81%-6.55%-3.65%-4.59%
1 Month Performance13.68%0.45%-0.11%4.46%
1 Year Performance449.39%56.29%52,642.35%18.03%

Kingsoft Cloud Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KC
Kingsoft Cloud
1.2504 of 5 stars
$13.46
-7.0%
$11.33
-15.8%
+440.6%$4.05B$1.07B-12.2412,355News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
BSY
Bentley Systems
3.953 of 5 stars
$57.90
+0.2%
$53.20
-8.1%
+20.0%$16.90B$1.35B73.295,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
OKTA
Okta
4.6511 of 5 stars
$95.86
+0.5%
$119.44
+24.6%
+4.1%$16.78B$2.61B152.165,914Trending News
Insider Trade
RBRK
Rubrik
3.5116 of 5 stars
$86.59
-1.7%
$100.38
+15.9%
+153.8%$16.75B$977.71M-30.603,200Positive News
SNAP
Snap
3.6642 of 5 stars
$9.85
-1.6%
$34.87
+254.2%
-29.4%$16.45B$5.36B-31.764,911Upcoming Earnings
DUOL
Duolingo
4.0843 of 5 stars
$355.85
-4.0%
$435.87
+22.5%
+106.1%$16.17B$748.02M175.30600Upcoming Earnings
DOCU
Docusign
4.6754 of 5 stars
$79.34
0.0%
$89.77
+13.1%
+37.7%$16.03B$2.98B15.006,838News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
DT
Dynatrace
4.5814 of 5 stars
$52.64
-1.2%
$62.26
+18.3%
+19.0%$15.88B$1.70B32.905,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
U
Unity Software
1.7746 of 5 stars
$35.89
-2.3%
$26.43
-26.4%
+107.3%$14.92B$1.81B-32.054,987Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
MNDY
monday.com
3.9948 of 5 stars
$284.15
-2.6%
$349.23
+22.9%
+15.4%$14.43B$971.99M289.952,508Positive News
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.6216 of 5 stars
$228.10
-0.7%
$226.90
-0.5%
+35.3%$13.20B$1.88B32.547,306News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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