KXS vs. LSPD, ENGH, DCBO, DSG, OTEX, NVEI, BB, ET, CLS, and DND
Should you be buying Kinaxis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinaxis include Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Open Text (OTEX), Nuvei (NVEI), BlackBerry (BB), Evertz Technologies (ET), Celestica (CLS), and Dye & Durham (DND). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Kinaxis has a net margin of 3.38% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -23.85%. Kinaxis' return on equity of 3.42% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.
Kinaxis has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.67, suggesting that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.
57.6% of Kinaxis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 4 more articles in the media than Kinaxis. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 7 mentions for Kinaxis. Kinaxis' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of 0.34 indicating that Kinaxis is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinaxis received 274 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.40% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 63.31% of users gave Kinaxis an outperform vote.
Kinaxis currently has a consensus price target of C$199.44, indicating a potential upside of 27.67%. Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus price target of C$25.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.49%. Given Kinaxis' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kinaxis is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.
Summary
Kinaxis beats Lightspeed Commerce on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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