KC vs. WKME, WEAV, TUYA, GDYN, MGIC, CRNC, DDD, SCWX, LAW, and CGNT
Should you be buying Kingsoft Cloud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsoft Cloud include WalkMe (WKME), Weave Communications (WEAV), Tuya (TUYA), Grid Dynamics (GDYN), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), Cerence (CRNC), 3D Systems (DDD), SecureWorks (SCWX), CS Disco (LAW), and Cognyte Software (CGNT). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
WalkMe (NASDAQ:WKME) and Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) 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 valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
WalkMe has a net margin of -22.15% compared to WalkMe's net margin of -30.81%. WalkMe's return on equity of -27.14% beat Kingsoft Cloud's return on equity.
WalkMe presently has a consensus target price of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 76.51%. Kingsoft Cloud has a consensus target price of $4.55, suggesting a potential upside of 75.68%. Given Kingsoft Cloud's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WalkMe is more favorable than Kingsoft Cloud.
70.9% of WalkMe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
WalkMe has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WalkMe had 4 more articles in the media than Kingsoft Cloud. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for WalkMe and 5 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud. WalkMe's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Kingsoft Cloud's score of 0.19 indicating that Kingsoft Cloud is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WalkMe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kingsoft Cloud. WalkMe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingsoft Cloud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WalkMe received 15 more outperform votes than Kingsoft Cloud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.25% of users gave WalkMe an outperform vote while only 40.54% of users gave Kingsoft Cloud an outperform vote.
Summary
WalkMe beats Kingsoft Cloud on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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