KRKR vs. XELA, CREG, SOPA, BAOS, EQOS, PALT, SGRP, EDTK, VENA, and IPDN
Should you be buying 36Kr stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 36Kr include Exela Technologies (XELA), Smart Powerr (CREG), Society Pass (SOPA), Baosheng Media Group (BAOS), Eqonex (EQOS), Paltalk (PALT), SPAR Group (SGRP), Skillful Craftsman Education Technology (EDTK), Venus Acquisition (VENA), and Professional Diversity Network (IPDN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Exela Technologies (NASDAQ:XELA) and 36Kr (NASDAQ:KRKR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Exela Technologies received 173 more outperform votes than 36Kr when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave 36Kr an outperform vote while only 64.21% of users gave Exela Technologies an outperform vote.
36Kr has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Exela Technologies. 36Kr is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exela Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, 36Kr had 2 more articles in the media than Exela Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for 36Kr and 1 mentions for Exela Technologies. Exela Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat 36Kr's score of 0.59 indicating that 36Kr is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
16.3% of Exela Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of 36Kr shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exela Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.4% of 36Kr shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Exela Technologies has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 36Kr has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Exela Technologies has a net margin of -11.76% compared to Exela Technologies' net margin of -26.79%. 36Kr's return on equity of 0.00% beat Exela Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Exela Technologies beats 36Kr on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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