Kyndryl (KD) Competitors

Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) and Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts recommend KD or AUR?

Kyndryl currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.97%. Aurora Innovation has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.36%. Given Kyndryl's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kyndryl is more favorable than Aurora Innovation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kyndryl	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Aurora Innovation	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is KD or AUR more profitable?

Aurora Innovation has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kyndryl's net margin of -6.27%. Kyndryl's return on equity of -7.39% beat Aurora Innovation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kyndryl	-6.27%	-7.39%	-0.87%
Aurora Innovation	N/A	-44.24%	-39.14%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KD or AUR?

Aurora Innovation received 1 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kyndryl	Outperform Votes 5 33.33%	Underperform Votes 10 66.67%
Aurora Innovation	Outperform Votes 6 33.33%	Underperform Votes 12 66.67%

Which has better earnings and valuation, KD or AUR?

Aurora Innovation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kyndryl. Aurora Innovation 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	$16.46B	0.28	-$1.38B	-$4.53	-4.35
Aurora Innovation	$68M	68.64	-$796M	-$0.61	-4.98

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KD or AUR?

71.5% of Kyndryl shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Kyndryl shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, KD or AUR?

Kyndryl has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.91, indicating that its share price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KD or AUR?

In the previous week, Aurora Innovation had 5 more articles in the media than Kyndryl. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Aurora Innovation and 2 mentions for Kyndryl. Kyndryl's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Aurora Innovation's score of 0.95 indicating that Kyndryl is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kyndryl	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aurora Innovation	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kyndryl beats Aurora Innovation on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.