KXS vs. LSPD, DCBO, ENGH, DSG, OTEX, NVEI, BB, TIXT, CLS, and CTS
Should you be buying Kinaxis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinaxis include Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Docebo (DCBO), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Open Text (OTEX), Nuvei (NVEI), BlackBerry (BB), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Celestica (CLS), and Converge Technology Solutions (CTS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Kinaxis (TSE:KXS) and Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 1 more articles in the media than Kinaxis. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 1 mentions for Kinaxis. Kinaxis' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lightspeed Commerce'saverage media sentiment score.
Kinaxis received 274 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.88% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 63.31% of users gave Kinaxis an outperform vote.
Kinaxis has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinaxis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kinaxis has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.67, indicating that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.
48.4% of Kinaxis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Kinaxis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kinaxis has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -23.85%. Kinaxis' return on equity of 2.35% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.
Kinaxis currently has a consensus price target of C$199.44, suggesting a potential upside of 31.75%. Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus price target of C$24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 34.29%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Kinaxis.
Summary
Kinaxis beats Lightspeed Commerce on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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