Kinaxis (KXS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OTEX or KXS?

58.4% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of Kinaxis shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Open Text shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Kinaxis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OTEX or KXS?

Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than Kinaxis. Open Text 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
Open Text	C$5.17B	2.75	C$455.93M	C$1.65	33.28
Kinaxis	C$514.67M	10.21	C$14.53M	C$0.86	216.09

Do analysts rate OTEX or KXS?

Kinaxis has a consensus target price of C$221.43, suggesting a potential upside of 19.15%. Given Kinaxis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinaxis is more favorable than Open Text.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Open Text	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Kinaxis	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, OTEX or KXS?

Open Text has a beta of 0.874779, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinaxis has a beta of 0.765116, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OTEX or KXS?

In the previous week, Open Text and Open Text both had 4 articles in the media. Kinaxis' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Open Text's score of 0.31 indicating that Kinaxis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Open Text	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kinaxis	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OTEX or KXS more profitable?

Open Text has a net margin of 12.21% compared to Kinaxis' net margin of 4.33%. Open Text's return on equity of 15.83% beat Kinaxis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Open Text	12.21%	15.83%	4.03%
Kinaxis	4.33%	4.69%	1.88%

Summary

Open Text beats Kinaxis on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.