KD vs. SNAP, PTC, MBLY, ZM, GEN, OKTA, DT, DOCU, ESTC, and PCOR
Should you be buying Kyndryl stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kyndryl include Snap (SNAP), PTC (PTC), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Gen Digital (GEN), Okta (OKTA), Dynatrace (DT), DocuSign (DOCU), Elastic (ESTC), and Procore Technologies (PCOR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) and Snap (NYSE:SNAP) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Snap received 1067 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.33% of users gave Snap an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Kyndryl an outperform vote.
Kyndryl has a net margin of -2.12% compared to Snap's net margin of -26.99%. Kyndryl's return on equity of -4.11% beat Snap's return on equity.
Kyndryl currently has a consensus price target of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.09%. Snap has a consensus price target of $15.11, indicating a potential upside of 13.34%. Given Snap's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Snap is more favorable than Kyndryl.
71.5% of Kyndryl shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Snap shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kyndryl shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Snap shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Snap had 5 more articles in the media than Kyndryl. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Snap and 9 mentions for Kyndryl. Kyndryl's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Snap's score of 0.55 indicating that Kyndryl is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kyndryl has higher revenue and earnings than Snap. Kyndryl is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Snap, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kyndryl has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kyndryl and Snap tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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