KNOS vs. TRST, GBG, ATG, LTG, ALFA, CER, BIG, NCC, PBEE, and FBT
Should you be buying Kainos Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kainos Group include Trustpilot Group (TRST), GB Group (GBG), Auction Technology Group (ATG), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), Cerillion (CER), Big Technologies (BIG), NCC Group (NCC), PensionBee Group (PBEE), and First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation (FBT). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Trustpilot Group (LON:TRST) and Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Kainos Group had 4 more articles in the media than Trustpilot Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kainos Group and 0 mentions for Trustpilot Group. Trustpilot Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Kainos Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Kainos Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kainos Group received 220 more outperform votes than Trustpilot Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.41% of users gave Trustpilot Group an outperform vote while only 72.16% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote.
Trustpilot Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kainos Group has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kainos Group has higher revenue and earnings than Trustpilot Group. Kainos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trustpilot Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trustpilot Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 225, indicating a potential upside of 4.67%. Kainos Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,280, indicating a potential upside of 24.27%. Given Trustpilot Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Trustpilot Group.
Kainos Group has a net margin of 10.79% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 4.03%. Trustpilot Group's return on equity of 32.92% beat Kainos Group's return on equity.
76.9% of Trustpilot Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Kainos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Trustpilot Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Kainos Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kainos Group beats Trustpilot Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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