DV vs. KD, DBX, GTLB, APPF, NBIS, CFLT, IONQ, LNW, OTEX, and PATH
Should you be buying DoubleVerify stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DoubleVerify include Kyndryl (KD), Dropbox (DBX), GitLab (GTLB), AppFolio (APPF), Nebius Group (NBIS), Confluent (CFLT), IonQ (IONQ), Light & Wonder (LNW), Open Text (OTEX), and UiPath (PATH). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
DoubleVerify vs.
DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) and Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
DoubleVerify has a net margin of 10.33% compared to Kyndryl's net margin of 0.91%. Kyndryl's return on equity of 7.22% beat DoubleVerify's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kyndryl had 12 more articles in the media than DoubleVerify. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Kyndryl and 11 mentions for DoubleVerify. DoubleVerify's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Kyndryl's score of 0.92 indicating that DoubleVerify is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DoubleVerify has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kyndryl. Kyndryl is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoubleVerify, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.3% of DoubleVerify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Kyndryl shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of DoubleVerify shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Kyndryl shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DoubleVerify received 111 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave DoubleVerify an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Kyndryl an outperform vote.
DoubleVerify has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kyndryl has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DoubleVerify presently has a consensus target price of $19.31, suggesting a potential upside of 40.40%. Kyndryl has a consensus target price of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.11%. Given DoubleVerify's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe DoubleVerify is more favorable than Kyndryl.
Summary
DoubleVerify beats Kyndryl on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DV) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff