Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC – Get Free Report) and Izea Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Kingsoft Cloud and Izea Worldwide, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kingsoft Cloud | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Izea Worldwide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Kingsoft Cloud presently has a consensus price target of $17.15, indicating a potential upside of 44.12%. Given Kingsoft Cloud’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Kingsoft Cloud is more favorable than Izea Worldwide.
Volatility & Risk
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Kingsoft Cloud and Izea Worldwide”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kingsoft Cloud | $1.37 billion | 2.63 | -$133.88 million | ($0.47) | -25.32 |
| Izea Worldwide | $31.24 million | 1.93 | $40,000.00 | ($0.03) | -115.00 |
Izea Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kingsoft Cloud. Izea Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingsoft Cloud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Kingsoft Cloud and Izea Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kingsoft Cloud | -9.38% | -11.67% | -3.59% |
| Izea Worldwide | -1.98% | -1.20% | -1.03% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Izea Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Izea Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Kingsoft Cloud beats Izea Worldwide on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kingsoft Cloud
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited provides cloud services to businesses and organizations primarily in China. The company's products portfolio includes cloud products, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS) infrastructure, platform as a service (PaaS) middleware, and software as a service (SaaS) applications that primarily consist of cloud computing, network, database, big data, security, storage, and delivery solutions. It offers research and development services, as well as enterprise digital solutions and related services. The company also provides public cloud services to customers in various verticals, including video, e-commerce, intelligent mobility, artificial intelligence, and mobile internet; and enterprise cloud services to customers in financial services, public service, and healthcare businesses. Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
About Izea Worldwide
IZEA Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers software and professional services to connect brands and content creators in North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers IZEA Flex, its flagship platform for managing enterprise influencer marketing; and comprehensive expense management service to track and manage off-platform expenses related to influencer marketing campaigns. It also operates The Creator Marketplace on IZEA.com that provides creators tools to present their work to marketers. In addition, the company provides management of content workflow, creator search and targeting, bidding, analytics, and payment processing services. It primarily sells influencer marketing and custom content campaigns through client development team and platforms. The company was formerly known as IZEA, Inc. and changed its name to IZEA Worldwide, Inc. in August 2018. IZEA Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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