Kingsoft Cloud (KC) Competitors

Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) and Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate GEN or KC?

Kingsoft Cloud has a consensus price target of $7.47, suggesting a potential downside of 52.41%. Given Kingsoft Cloud's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kingsoft Cloud is more favorable than Gen Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gen Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Kingsoft Cloud	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk & volatility, GEN or KC?

Gen Digital has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GEN or KC?

81.4% of Gen Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of Gen Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GEN or KC more profitable?

Gen Digital has a net margin of 16.32% compared to Kingsoft Cloud's net margin of -28.41%. Gen Digital's return on equity of 58.83% beat Kingsoft Cloud's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gen Digital	16.32%	58.83%	7.98%
Kingsoft Cloud	-28.41%	-19.13%	-7.90%

Does the media favor GEN or KC?

In the previous week, Kingsoft Cloud had 9 more articles in the media than Gen Digital. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kingsoft Cloud and 8 mentions for Gen Digital. Kingsoft Cloud's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Gen Digital's score of 0.25 indicating that Kingsoft Cloud is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gen Digital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kingsoft Cloud	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, GEN or KC?

Gen Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kingsoft Cloud. Kingsoft Cloud is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gen Digital, 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
Gen Digital	$3.90B	4.37	$616M	$1.02	27.12
Kingsoft Cloud	$7.79B	0.51	-$306.53M	-$1.14	-13.76

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GEN or KC?

Gen Digital received 54 more outperform votes than Kingsoft Cloud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave Gen Digital an outperform vote while only 41.86% of users gave Kingsoft Cloud an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gen Digital	Outperform Votes 72 64.86%	Underperform Votes 39 35.14%
Kingsoft Cloud	Outperform Votes 18 41.86%	Underperform Votes 25 58.14%

Summary

Gen Digital beats Kingsoft Cloud on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.