KD vs. IOT, LDOS, GDDY, JKHY, PSN, CACI, LNW, OTEX, SAIC, and AUR
Should you be buying Kyndryl stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kyndryl include Samsara (IOT), Leidos (LDOS), GoDaddy (GDDY), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Parsons (PSN), CACI International (CACI), Light & Wonder (LNW), Open Text (OTEX), Science Applications International (SAIC), and Aurora Innovation (AUR). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
Samsara (NYSE:IOT) and Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Samsara has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kyndryl has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Samsara has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kyndryl. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kyndryl, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Samsara had 17 more articles in the media than Kyndryl. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Samsara and 3 mentions for Kyndryl. Samsara's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Kyndryl's score of 0.28 indicating that Kyndryl is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Samsara received 20 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.18% of users gave Kyndryl an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.
Kyndryl has a net margin of -2.12% compared to Kyndryl's net margin of -30.59%. Samsara's return on equity of -4.01% beat Kyndryl's return on equity.
89.4% of Samsara shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Kyndryl shares are held by institutional investors. 66.1% of Samsara shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Kyndryl shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Samsara presently has a consensus price target of $32.60, suggesting a potential downside of 14.61%. Kyndryl has a consensus price target of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.50%. Given Samsara's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kyndryl is more favorable than Samsara.
Summary
Samsara and Kyndryl tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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