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KC vs. SNAP, MDB, DT, PAYC, RBRK, BSY, MNDY, AUR, MBLY, and YMM

Should you be buying Kingsoft Cloud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsoft Cloud include Snap (SNAP), MongoDB (MDB), Dynatrace (DT), Paycom Software (PAYC), Rubrik (RBRK), Bentley Systems (BSY), monday.com (MNDY), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Mobileye Global (MBLY), and Full Truck Alliance (YMM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Kingsoft Cloud vs.

Snap (NYSE:SNAP) and Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Snap received 1073 more outperform votes than Kingsoft Cloud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.68% of users gave Snap an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Kingsoft Cloud an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SnapOutperform Votes
1093
57.68%
Underperform Votes
802
42.32%
Kingsoft CloudOutperform Votes
20
44.44%
Underperform Votes
25
55.56%

In the previous week, Snap had 18 more articles in the media than Kingsoft Cloud. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Snap and 3 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud. Kingsoft Cloud's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Snap's score of 0.64 indicating that Kingsoft Cloud is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Snap
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kingsoft Cloud
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Snap currently has a consensus target price of $35.62, indicating a potential upside of 329.99%. Kingsoft Cloud has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential downside of 16.11%. Given Snap's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Snap is more favorable than Kingsoft Cloud.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Snap
1 Sell rating(s)
23 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
Kingsoft Cloud
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Snap has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

47.5% of Snap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of Snap shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Snap has a net margin of -13.02% compared to Kingsoft Cloud's net margin of -28.41%. Kingsoft Cloud's return on equity of -19.13% beat Snap's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Snap-13.02% -25.67% -7.55%
Kingsoft Cloud -28.41%-19.13%-7.90%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Snap$5.53B2.50-$697.86M-$0.31-26.73
Kingsoft Cloud$7.79B0.48-$306.53M-$1.14-11.85

Summary

Snap beats Kingsoft Cloud on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KC vs. The Competition

MetricKingsoft CloudPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.71B$26.14B$25.11B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A1.74%2.90%4.10%
P/E Ratio-11.26119.0344.6119.71
Price / Sales0.4821.692,089.91116.98
Price / CashN/A86.0634.7934.62
Price / Book3.369.186.644.50
Net Income-$306.53M$436.62M$740.65M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-1.89%-1.03%-0.95%1.14%
1 Month Performance22.82%21.56%14.44%15.19%
1 Year Performance323.51%17.77%52,510.50%6.55%

Kingsoft Cloud Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KC
Kingsoft Cloud
1.2415 of 5 stars
$13.51
-3.2%
$11.33
-16.1%
+318.0%$3.71B$7.79B-11.2610,200News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
SNAP
Snap
3.1945 of 5 stars
$9.19
+11.4%
$35.50
+286.3%
-48.0%$15.59B$5.53B-21.885,290Insider Trade
Gap Up
MDB
MongoDB
4.5489 of 5 stars
$191.61
+7.3%
$294.78
+53.8%
-48.7%$15.56B$2.01B-69.933,540Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
DT
Dynatrace
4.6175 of 5 stars
$50.43
+3.6%
$60.41
+19.8%
+10.1%$15.10B$1.63B31.523,600Earnings Report
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.3446 of 5 stars
$258.28
+2.2%
$226.90
-12.2%
+44.3%$14.94B$1.91B29.027,306News Coverage
Positive News
RBRK
Rubrik
1.9668 of 5 stars
$78.62
+2.3%
$68.83
-12.5%
+147.2%$14.92B$886.54M-5.713,100News Coverage
BSY
Bentley Systems
3.9705 of 5 stars
$47.73
+2.4%
$52.00
+8.9%
-15.8%$14.47B$1.39B43.005,000Positive News
MNDY
monday.com
3.7456 of 5 stars
$279.17
+0.3%
$342.86
+22.8%
+31.7%$14.17B$972.00M465.281,060Positive News
High Trading Volume
AUR
Aurora Innovation
2.9379 of 5 stars
$7.93
+8.9%
$10.75
+35.6%
+133.2%$13.80B$68M-16.871,700Positive News
High Trading Volume
MBLY
Mobileye Global
2.1527 of 5 stars
$16.61
+1.9%
$18.63
+12.2%
-42.1%$13.49B$1.85B-4.353,700Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Down
YMM
Full Truck Alliance
3.8942 of 5 stars
$12.60
+9.5%
$14.80
+17.5%
+28.3%$13.17B$11.24B29.997,100News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:KC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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