Kyndryl (KD) Competitors

Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) and HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Is KD or HUBS more profitable?

Kyndryl has a net margin of 0.91% compared to HubSpot's net margin of 0.17%. Kyndryl's return on equity of 7.22% beat HubSpot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kyndryl	0.91%	7.22%	0.81%
HubSpot	0.17%	-0.07%	-0.04%

Does the media refer more to KD or HUBS?

In the previous week, HubSpot had 9 more articles in the media than Kyndryl. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for HubSpot and 21 mentions for Kyndryl. Kyndryl's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat HubSpot's score of 0.67 indicating that Kyndryl is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kyndryl	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HubSpot	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KD or HUBS?

HubSpot received 893 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.84% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Kyndryl an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kyndryl	Outperform Votes 13 56.52%	Underperform Votes 10 43.48%
HubSpot	Outperform Votes 906 76.84%	Underperform Votes 273 23.16%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KD or HUBS?

71.5% of Kyndryl shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of HubSpot shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kyndryl shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of HubSpot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, KD or HUBS?

Kyndryl has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HubSpot has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate KD or HUBS?

Kyndryl currently has a consensus target price of $39.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.34%. HubSpot has a consensus target price of $834.15, indicating a potential upside of 52.52%. Given HubSpot's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HubSpot is more favorable than Kyndryl.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kyndryl	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HubSpot	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KD or HUBS?

HubSpot has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kyndryl. Kyndryl is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HubSpot, 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
Kyndryl	$15.11B	0.47	-$340M	$0.55	55.03
HubSpot	$2.63B	10.86	$4.63M	$0.09	6,076.73

Summary

HubSpot beats Kyndryl on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.