Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) vs. Zenvia (NASDAQ:ZENV) Head-To-Head Analysis

Zenvia (NASDAQ:ZENV) and Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Zenvia and Kyndryl’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zenvia	-10.62%	-14.36%	-6.52%
Kyndryl	0.58%	12.24%	1.33%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Zenvia and Kyndryl, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zenvia	1	0	0	0	1.00
Kyndryl	2	7	0	0	1.78

Kyndryl has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.74%. Given Kyndryl’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kyndryl is more favorable than Zenvia.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.2% of Zenvia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Kyndryl shares are held by institutional investors. 78.4% of Zenvia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kyndryl shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Zenvia has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kyndryl has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Zenvia and Kyndryl”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zenvia	$1.10 billion	0.02	-$28.67 million	($0.40)	-1.17
Kyndryl	$15.09 billion	0.17	$199.00 million	$0.37	31.69

Kyndryl has higher revenue and earnings than Zenvia. Zenvia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kyndryl, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Kyndryl beats Zenvia on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Zenvia

Zenvia Inc. provides customer experience communications platform which empowers businesses to create unique journeys for their end-customers along their life cycle across range of B2C verticals. Zenvia Inc. is based in S?O PAULO.

About Kyndryl

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. operates as a technology services company and IT infrastructure services provider worldwide. The company offers cloud services; core enterprise and zCloud services; application, data, and artificial intelligence services; digital workplace services; security and resiliency services; and network services and edge services. It serves financial, communications, retail and travel, and automotive industries. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in New York, New York.