KC vs. WEAV, GDYN, TUYA, WKME, DDD, CRNC, ENFN, BAND, SCWX, and MGIC
Should you be buying Kingsoft Cloud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsoft Cloud include Weave Communications (WEAV), Grid Dynamics (GDYN), Tuya (TUYA), WalkMe (WKME), 3D Systems (DDD), Cerence (CRNC), Enfusion (ENFN), Bandwidth (BAND), SecureWorks (SCWX), and Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) and Weave Communications (NYSE:WEAV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
17.7% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Weave Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Weave Communications 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.
Weave Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kingsoft Cloud. Weave Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingsoft Cloud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weave Communications has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Weave Communications received 5 more outperform votes than Kingsoft Cloud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.74% of users gave Weave Communications an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave Kingsoft Cloud an outperform vote.
Weave Communications has a net margin of -18.20% compared to Kingsoft Cloud's net margin of -32.07%. Kingsoft Cloud's return on equity of -27.86% beat Weave Communications' return on equity.
Kingsoft Cloud presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.81%. Weave Communications has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.16%. Given Kingsoft Cloud's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kingsoft Cloud is more favorable than Weave Communications.
In the previous week, Weave Communications had 12 more articles in the media than Kingsoft Cloud. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Weave Communications and 10 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud. Kingsoft Cloud's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Weave Communications' score of 0.27 indicating that Kingsoft Cloud is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Weave Communications beats Kingsoft Cloud on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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