WKME vs. KC, MGIC, WEAV, GDYN, SCWX, CGNT, LAW, CRNC, DDD, and BAND
Should you be buying WalkMe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WalkMe include Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), Weave Communications (WEAV), Grid Dynamics (GDYN), SecureWorks (SCWX), Cognyte Software (CGNT), CS Disco (LAW), Cerence (CRNC), 3D Systems (DDD), and Bandwidth (BAND). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) and WalkMe (NASDAQ:WKME) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of WalkMe shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
WalkMe received 15 more outperform votes than Kingsoft Cloud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.67% of users gave WalkMe an outperform vote while only 40.54% of users gave Kingsoft Cloud an outperform vote.
WalkMe has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WalkMe has a beta of -0.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, WalkMe had 2 more articles in the media than Kingsoft Cloud. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WalkMe and 4 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud. WalkMe's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Kingsoft Cloud's score of -0.26 indicating that Kingsoft Cloud is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kingsoft Cloud presently has a consensus target price of $4.55, suggesting a potential upside of 60.78%. WalkMe has a consensus target price of $13.36, suggesting a potential upside of 70.15%. Given Kingsoft Cloud's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WalkMe is more favorable than Kingsoft Cloud.
Summary
WalkMe beats Kingsoft Cloud on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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