KXS vs. DSG, OTEX, LSPD, LWRK, ENGH, DCBO, CMG, DND, TCS, and SYZ
Should you be buying Kinaxis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinaxis include The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Open Text (OTEX), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), LifeWorks (LWRK), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Dye & Durham (DND), Tecsys (TCS), and Sylogist (SYZ). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Kinaxis (TSE:KXS) and The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Kinaxis received 101 more outperform votes than The Descartes Systems Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.01% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote while only 63.31% of users gave Kinaxis an outperform vote.
Kinaxis currently has a consensus target price of C$199.44, suggesting a potential upside of 36.19%. The Descartes Systems Group has a consensus target price of C$89.67, suggesting a potential downside of 28.76%. Given Kinaxis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinaxis is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
The Descartes Systems Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kinaxis. The Descartes Systems Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinaxis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
57.4% of Kinaxis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Kinaxis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by company 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.
Kinaxis has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Kinaxis' net margin of 3.38%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 9.92% beat Kinaxis' return on equity.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 8 more articles in the media than Kinaxis. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 4 mentions for Kinaxis. Kinaxis' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of -0.13 indicating that Kinaxis is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats Kinaxis on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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