Kyndryl (KD) Competitors

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

Is HUBS or KD 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
HubSpot	0.17%	-0.07%	-0.04%
Kyndryl	0.91%	7.22%	0.81%

Do analysts recommend HUBS or KD?

HubSpot currently has a consensus price target of $848.58, suggesting a potential upside of 35.47%. Kyndryl has a consensus price target of $39.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Given HubSpot's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HubSpot is more favorable than Kyndryl.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HubSpot	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Kyndryl	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor HUBS or KD?

In the previous week, HubSpot had 34 more articles in the media than Kyndryl. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for HubSpot and 11 mentions for Kyndryl. Kyndryl's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat HubSpot's score of 0.93 indicating that Kyndryl is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HubSpot	21 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kyndryl	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HUBS or KD?

90.4% of HubSpot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Kyndryl shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of HubSpot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Kyndryl shares are owned by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HUBS or KD?

HubSpot received 889 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.77% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Kyndryl an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HubSpot	Outperform Votes 902 76.77%	Underperform Votes 273 23.23%
Kyndryl	Outperform Votes 13 56.52%	Underperform Votes 10 43.48%

Which has more volatility & risk, HUBS or KD?

HubSpot has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kyndryl has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HUBS or KD?

HubSpot has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
HubSpot	$2.63B	12.43	$4.63M	$0.09	6,959.83
Kyndryl	$15.11B	0.54	-$340M	$0.55	64.32

Summary

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