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KC vs. TWLO, U, DT, DOCU, PAYC, SNAP, YMM, IONQ, DOCS, and AUR

Should you be buying Kingsoft Cloud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsoft Cloud include Twilio (TWLO), Unity Software (U), Dynatrace (DT), Docusign (DOCU), Paycom Software (PAYC), Snap (SNAP), Full Truck Alliance (YMM), IonQ (IONQ), Doximity (DOCS), and Aurora Innovation (AUR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Kingsoft Cloud vs. Its Competitors

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) and Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Twilio has a net margin of 0.43% compared to Kingsoft Cloud's net margin of -24.26%. Twilio's return on equity of 2.78% beat Kingsoft Cloud's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Twilio0.43% 2.78% 2.26%
Kingsoft Cloud -24.26%-18.02%-5.37%

Twilio currently has a consensus target price of $126.74, indicating a potential upside of 19.25%. Kingsoft Cloud has a consensus target price of $15.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Given Twilio's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Twilio is more favorable than Kingsoft Cloud.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Twilio
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Kingsoft Cloud
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Twilio$4.46B3.66-$109.40M$0.12885.67
Kingsoft Cloud$1.07B3.88-$269.43M-$1.10-13.47

In the previous week, Twilio had 9 more articles in the media than Kingsoft Cloud. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Twilio and 17 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud. Twilio's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Kingsoft Cloud's score of 0.78 indicating that Twilio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Twilio
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kingsoft Cloud
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

84.3% of Twilio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Twilio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Twilio has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Twilio beats Kingsoft Cloud on 12 of the 16 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$3.79B$18.95B$29.26B$9.58B
Dividend YieldN/A3.83%3.09%4.10%
P/E Ratio-13.0075.5854.4226.04
Price / Sales3.88194.301,259.97102.77
Price / Cash106.6280.0735.2058.48
Price / Book4.2117.949.586.61
Net Income-$269.43M$346.10M$805.43M$265.56M
7 Day Performance9.13%2.64%1.55%1.97%
1 Month Performance-7.08%-2.98%-0.64%-0.36%
1 Year Performance488.10%54.93%24,052.26%19.03%

Kingsoft Cloud Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KC
Kingsoft Cloud
1.3531 of 5 stars
$14.82
+9.2%
$15.40
+3.9%
+507.4%$3.79B$1.07B-13.0012,355News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TWLO
Twilio
4.437 of 5 stars
$92.33
-6.4%
$126.74
+37.3%
+80.5%$14.10B$4.46B769.455,535Positive News
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
U
Unity Software
2.1599 of 5 stars
$33.17
-0.3%
$31.20
-5.9%
+131.4%$14.01B$1.81B-31.294,987Options Volume
DT
Dynatrace
4.9246 of 5 stars
$46.02
-0.5%
$62.57
+35.9%
-1.5%$13.88B$1.70B28.245,200Positive News
DOCU
Docusign
4.6547 of 5 stars
$67.14
-3.0%
$89.77
+33.7%
+31.9%$13.57B$2.98B12.696,838News Coverage
Positive News
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.4979 of 5 stars
$221.00
-3.9%
$234.80
+6.2%
+46.0%$12.78B$1.88B29.907,306Positive News
Gap Up
SNAP
Snap
3.8975 of 5 stars
$7.19
-3.0%
$34.16
+375.5%
-22.3%$12.01B$5.36B-22.454,911Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
YMM
Full Truck Alliance
3.8013 of 5 stars
$11.27
-0.5%
$15.00
+33.1%
+67.2%$11.79B$11.67B22.547,185Trending News
Dividend Cut
IONQ
IonQ
2.2695 of 5 stars
$44.97
+7.4%
$45.00
+0.1%
+444.0%$11.76B$52.37M-22.37100Options Volume
DOCS
Doximity
3.0511 of 5 stars
$61.82
-7.2%
$66.21
+7.1%
+86.7%$11.61B$570.40M61.82890Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AUR
Aurora Innovation
2.4817 of 5 stars
$6.24
+1.3%
$10.75
+72.3%
+65.8%$11.51B$1M-13.281,800News Coverage
Positive News

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