KRNT vs. WHD, HAYW, HSAI, ATS, SEI, EPAC, PSIX, ACMR, FLOC, and DNOW
Should you be buying Kornit Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kornit Digital include Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), Hesai Group (HSAI), ATS (ATS), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Power Solutions International (PSIX), ACM Research (ACMR), Flowco (FLOC), and DNOW (DNOW). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Kornit Digital vs. Its Competitors
Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) and Cactus (NYSE:WHD) are both machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Cactus has higher revenue and earnings than Kornit Digital. Kornit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cactus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kornit Digital presently has a consensus price target of $33.20, indicating a potential upside of 54.49%. Cactus has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.35%. Given Kornit Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kornit Digital is more favorable than Cactus.
92.8% of Kornit Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Cactus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kornit Digital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Cactus 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.
Kornit Digital has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cactus has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cactus has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Kornit Digital's net margin of -4.19%. Cactus' return on equity of 18.99% beat Kornit Digital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cactus had 20 more articles in the media than Kornit Digital. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cactus and 1 mentions for Kornit Digital. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Kornit Digital's score of 0.00 indicating that Cactus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cactus beats Kornit Digital on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KRNT) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
