KIND vs. MQ, DV, QUBT, DOCN, WB, WRD, CXM, ALKT, APPN, and AVDX
Should you be buying Nextdoor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nextdoor include Marqeta (MQ), DoubleVerify (DV), Quantum Computing (QUBT), DigitalOcean (DOCN), Weibo (WB), WeRide (WRD), Sprinklr (CXM), Alkami Technology (ALKT), Appian (APPN), and AvidXchange (AVDX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Nextdoor vs. Its Competitors
Nextdoor (NYSE:KIND) and Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Nextdoor currently has a consensus price target of $2.21, suggesting a potential upside of 20.24%. Marqeta has a consensus price target of $6.11, suggesting a potential downside of 5.94%. Given Nextdoor's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Nextdoor is more favorable than Marqeta.
Marqeta has higher revenue and earnings than Nextdoor. Marqeta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nextdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
35.7% of Nextdoor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Marqeta shares are held by institutional investors. 33.4% of Nextdoor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Marqeta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marqeta has a net margin of -11.69% compared to Nextdoor's net margin of -36.95%. Marqeta's return on equity of -6.45% beat Nextdoor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Marqeta had 17 more articles in the media than Nextdoor. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Marqeta and 3 mentions for Nextdoor. Nextdoor's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Marqeta's score of 0.69 indicating that Nextdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nextdoor has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marqeta has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marqeta beats Nextdoor on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:KIND) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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