KRNT vs. CHX, WFRD, WHD, HAYW, ATS, AZTA, EPAC, HSAI, DNOW, and EFXT
Should you be buying Kornit Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kornit Digital include ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), ATS (ATS), Azenta (AZTA), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Hesai Group (HSAI), DNOW (DNOW), and Enerflex (EFXT). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Kornit Digital vs.
ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) and Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than Kornit Digital. Kornit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChampionX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.0% of ChampionX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kornit Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of ChampionX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kornit Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kornit Digital had 7 more articles in the media than ChampionX. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kornit Digital and 1 mentions for ChampionX. Kornit Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat ChampionX's score of 0.51 indicating that Kornit Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ChampionX presently has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 32.44%. Kornit Digital has a consensus target price of $33.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Given ChampionX's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Kornit Digital.
ChampionX has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kornit Digital has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kornit Digital received 359 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.87% of users gave Kornit Digital an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote.
ChampionX has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Kornit Digital's net margin of -21.00%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.74% beat Kornit Digital's return on equity.
Summary
ChampionX beats Kornit Digital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KRNT) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff