Kingsoft Cloud (KC) Competitors

Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KC or VERX?

Vertex received 25 more outperform votes than Kingsoft Cloud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.74% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote while only 43.90% of users gave Kingsoft Cloud an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kingsoft Cloud	Outperform Votes 18 43.90%	Underperform Votes 23 56.10%
Vertex	Outperform Votes 43 46.74%	Underperform Votes 49 53.26%

Is KC or VERX more profitable?

Vertex has a net margin of 4.73% compared to Kingsoft Cloud's net margin of -28.41%. Vertex's return on equity of 24.92% beat Kingsoft Cloud's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingsoft Cloud	-28.41%	-19.13%	-7.90%
Vertex	4.73%	24.92%	6.65%

Do analysts rate KC or VERX?

Kingsoft Cloud presently has a consensus target price of $5.93, suggesting a potential downside of 38.07%. Vertex has a consensus target price of $54.70, suggesting a potential upside of 2.19%. Given Vertex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vertex is more favorable than Kingsoft Cloud.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingsoft Cloud	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Vertex	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media favor KC or VERX?

In the previous week, Vertex had 12 more articles in the media than Kingsoft Cloud. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Vertex and 9 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Kingsoft Cloud's score of 0.40 indicating that Vertex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kingsoft Cloud	1 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vertex	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KC or VERX?

Vertex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kingsoft Cloud. Kingsoft Cloud is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingsoft Cloud	$7.28B	0.33	-$306.53M	-$1.20	-7.98
Vertex	$643.23M	12.98	-$13.09M	$0.18	297.39

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KC or VERX?

13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Vertex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, KC or VERX?

Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vertex beats Kingsoft Cloud on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.