KXS vs. DSG, OTEX, LWRK, LSPD, ENGH, DCBO, DND, ABST, CMG, and TCS
Should you be buying Kinaxis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinaxis include The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Open Text (OTEX), LifeWorks (LWRK), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Dye & Durham (DND), Absolute Software (ABST), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), and Tecsys (TCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Kinaxis vs.
The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) and Kinaxis (TSE:KXS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
The Descartes Systems Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kinaxis. The Descartes Systems Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinaxis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Kinaxis' net margin of 4.33%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 10.65% beat Kinaxis' return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinaxis has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kinaxis received 104 more outperform votes than The Descartes Systems Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.09% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote while only 63.26% of users gave Kinaxis an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kinaxis had 1 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kinaxis and 5 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. Kinaxis' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of 0.19 indicating that Kinaxis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kinaxis has a consensus target price of C$195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.50%. Given Kinaxis' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinaxis is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
87.1% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Kinaxis shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Kinaxis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats Kinaxis on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:KXS) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
