Comparing Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) and Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO)

Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ:KC) and Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Kingsoft Cloud and Mogo, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingsoft Cloud	1	1	4	0	2.50
Mogo	1	1	1	0	2.00

Kingsoft Cloud presently has a consensus target price of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 77.68%. Mogo has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 292.16%. Given Mogo’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mogo is more favorable than Kingsoft Cloud.

Profitability

This table compares Kingsoft Cloud and Mogo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingsoft Cloud	-5.49%	-7.85%	-2.41%
Mogo	11.41%	7.78%	3.34%

Risk and Volatility

Kingsoft Cloud has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mogo has a beta of 2.71, suggesting that its share price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kingsoft Cloud and Mogo”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingsoft Cloud	$11.02 billion	0.26	-$133.88 million	($0.28)	-33.50
Mogo	$69.27 million	0.35	-$9.98 million	$0.23	4.43

Mogo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kingsoft Cloud. Kingsoft Cloud is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mogo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

13.4% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Mogo shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Kingsoft Cloud shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Mogo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mogo beats Kingsoft Cloud on 10 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 Mogo

Mogo Inc. operates as a digital finance company in Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company's digital solutions help build wealth and achieve financial freedom. It provides MogoTrade, a stock trading app; Moka; and MogoMoney that provides online personal loans. The company also offers digital loans and mortgages; and operates a digital payments platform that powers next-generation card programs for both global corporations and fintech companies in Europe and Canada. Mogo Inc. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.