Nextdoor (KIND) Competitors

Nextdoor (NYSE:KIND) and Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is KIND or YOU more profitable?

Clear Secure has a net margin of 10.93% compared to Nextdoor's net margin of -53.23%. Clear Secure's return on equity of 48.28% beat Nextdoor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nextdoor	-53.23%	-19.42%	-16.78%
Clear Secure	10.93%	48.28%	12.96%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KIND or YOU?

35.7% of Nextdoor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Clear Secure shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.0% of Nextdoor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.9% of Clear Secure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, KIND or YOU?

Nextdoor has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clear Secure has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to KIND or YOU?

In the previous week, Nextdoor and Nextdoor both had 4 articles in the media. Nextdoor's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Clear Secure's score of 1.08 indicating that Nextdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nextdoor	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clear Secure	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer KIND or YOU?

Nextdoor presently has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.40%. Clear Secure has a consensus target price of $35.20, indicating a potential upside of 46.70%. Given Clear Secure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Nextdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nextdoor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Clear Secure	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher valuation & earnings, KIND or YOU?

Clear Secure has higher revenue and earnings than Nextdoor. Nextdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clear Secure, 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
Nextdoor	$218.31M	4.24	-$147.76M	-$0.32	-7.58
Clear Secure	$613.58M	5.45	$28.11M	$0.86	27.90

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KIND or YOU?

Clear Secure received 39 more outperform votes than Nextdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.63% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote while only 9.09% of users gave Nextdoor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nextdoor	Outperform Votes 3 9.09%	Underperform Votes 30 90.91%
Clear Secure	Outperform Votes 42 65.63%	Underperform Votes 22 34.38%

Summary

Clear Secure beats Nextdoor on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.