Kinaxis (KXS) Competitors

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

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

56.2% of Kinaxis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Open Text shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Kinaxis shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Open Text shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KXS or OTEX more profitable?

Open Text has a net margin of 8.06% compared to Kinaxis' net margin of 4.59%. Open Text's return on equity of 11.32% beat Kinaxis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinaxis	4.59%	4.87%	1.88%
Open Text	8.06%	11.32%	4.03%

Do analysts rate KXS or OTEX?

Kinaxis presently has a consensus price target of C$192.11, indicating a potential upside of 17.40%. Open Text has a consensus price target of C$53.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.44%. Given Kinaxis' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kinaxis is more favorable than Open Text.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kinaxis	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Open Text	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KXS or OTEX?

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
Kinaxis	C$457.72M	10.10	C$21.03M	C$0.99	165.29
Open Text	C$5.77B	2.13	C$465.09M	C$2.31	19.87

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KXS or OTEX?

Kinaxis received 93 more outperform votes than Open Text when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.62% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 63.20% of users gave Kinaxis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinaxis	Outperform Votes 474 63.20%	Underperform Votes 276 36.80%
Open Text	Outperform Votes 381 71.62%	Underperform Votes 151 28.38%

Which has more volatility and risk, KXS or OTEX?

Kinaxis has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Open Text has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KXS or OTEX?

In the previous week, Kinaxis had 1 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kinaxis and 1 mentions for Open Text. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Kinaxis' score of 0.49 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Open Text beats Kinaxis on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.