Kyndryl (KD) Competitors

Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) and HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Which has better earnings & valuation, KD or HUBS?

HubSpot has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kyndryl. HubSpot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kyndryl, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kyndryl	$15.06B	0.62	-$340M	$1.03	39.23
HubSpot	$2.72B	11.10	$4.63M	-$0.45	-1,274.08

Which has more volatility and risk, KD or HUBS?

Kyndryl has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HubSpot has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KD or HUBS?

71.5% of Kyndryl shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kyndryl shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of HubSpot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to KD or HUBS?

In the previous week, HubSpot had 20 more articles in the media than Kyndryl. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for HubSpot and 9 mentions for Kyndryl. Kyndryl's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat HubSpot's score of 0.78 indicating that Kyndryl is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kyndryl	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HubSpot	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer KD or HUBS?

Kyndryl currently has a consensus price target of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.25%. HubSpot has a consensus price target of $766.71, suggesting a potential upside of 33.73%. Given HubSpot's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HubSpot is more favorable than Kyndryl.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kyndryl	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HubSpot	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Is KD or HUBS more profitable?

Kyndryl has a net margin of 0.91% compared to HubSpot's net margin of 0.17%. Kyndryl's return on equity of 7.22% beat HubSpot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kyndryl	0.91%	7.22%	0.81%
HubSpot	0.17%	-0.07%	-0.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KD or HUBS?

HubSpot received 908 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.94% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Kyndryl an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kyndryl	Outperform Votes 16 61.54%	Underperform Votes 10 38.46%
HubSpot	Outperform Votes 924 76.94%	Underperform Votes 277 23.06%

Summary

HubSpot beats Kyndryl on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.