Enghouse Systems (ENGH) Competitors

Enghouse Systems (TSE:ENGH) and Kinaxis (TSE:KXS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ENGH or KXS?

40.7% of Enghouse Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Kinaxis shares are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of Enghouse Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Kinaxis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ENGH or KXS?

Enghouse Systems has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinaxis has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ENGH or KXS?

Kinaxis received 132 more outperform votes than Enghouse Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.13% of users gave Enghouse Systems an outperform vote while only 62.85% of users gave Kinaxis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enghouse Systems	Outperform Votes 345 71.13%	Underperform Votes 140 28.87%
Kinaxis	Outperform Votes 477 62.85%	Underperform Votes 282 37.15%

Do analysts rate ENGH or KXS?

Enghouse Systems presently has a consensus price target of C$26.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.10%. Kinaxis has a consensus price target of C$205.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.18%. Given Enghouse Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enghouse Systems is more favorable than Kinaxis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enghouse Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Kinaxis	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is ENGH or KXS more profitable?

Enghouse Systems has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Kinaxis' net margin of 4.33%. Enghouse Systems' return on equity of 14.08% beat Kinaxis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enghouse Systems	16.18%	14.08%	7.51%
Kinaxis	4.33%	4.69%	1.88%

Does the media favor ENGH or KXS?

In the previous week, Enghouse Systems had 8 more articles in the media than Kinaxis. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Enghouse Systems and 2 mentions for Kinaxis. Kinaxis' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Enghouse Systems' score of -0.41 indicating that Kinaxis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enghouse Systems	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kinaxis	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ENGH or KXS?

Enghouse Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Kinaxis. Enghouse Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinaxis, 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
Enghouse Systems	C$504.55M	2.50	C$81.66M	C$1.46	15.58
Kinaxis	C$335.79M	12.02	C$14.53M	C$1.01	199.12

Summary

Enghouse Systems beats Kinaxis on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.