We are comparing HubSpot Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) and The KeyW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:KEYW) on their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation. They both are Application Software companies, competing one another.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| HubSpot Inc. | 475.50M | 12.50 | 63.87M | -0.36 | 0.00 |
| The KeyW Holding Corporation | 507.45M | 0.65 | 1.23M | -0.06 | 0.00 |
In table 1 we can see HubSpot Inc. and The KeyW Holding Corporation’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 shows us the return on equity, net margins and return on assets of both businesses.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| HubSpot Inc. | -13.43% | -28.8% | -8.5% |
| The KeyW Holding Corporation | 0.24% | -1% | -0.4% |
Risk and Volatility
HubSpot Inc. has a beta of 1.91 and its 91.00% more volatile than S&P 500. In other hand, The KeyW Holding Corporation has beta of 0.76 which is 24.00% less volatile than S&P 500.
Liquidity
HubSpot Inc. has a Current Ratio of 3.2 and a Quick Ratio of 3.2. Competitively, The KeyW Holding Corporation’s Current Ratio is 1.7 and has 1.4 Quick Ratio. HubSpot Inc.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than The KeyW Holding Corporation.
Analyst Ratings
In next table is given HubSpot Inc. and The KeyW Holding Corporation’s ratings and recommmendations.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| HubSpot Inc. | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2.56 |
| The KeyW Holding Corporation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 |
The upside potential is 5.25% for HubSpot Inc. with consensus target price of $159.5. Competitively the consensus target price of The KeyW Holding Corporation is $8, which is potential 19.76% upside. Based on the results given earlier, The KeyW Holding Corporation is looking more favorable than HubSpot Inc., analysts opionion.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
HubSpot Inc. and The KeyW Holding Corporation has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 97.4% and 0%. 6.5% are HubSpot Inc.’s share held by insiders. Comparatively, The KeyW Holding Corporation has 3% of it’s share held by insiders.
Performance
Here are the Week, Month, Quarter, Half Year, Year and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| HubSpot Inc. | -5.25% | -8.6% | -14.71% | 1.6% | 59.29% | 49.02% |
| The KeyW Holding Corporation | -3.79% | 5.15% | 5.98% | -2.08% | 85.77% | 60.14% |
For the past year HubSpot Inc. was less bullish than The KeyW Holding Corporation.
Summary
The KeyW Holding Corporation beats HubSpot Inc. on 9 of the 12 factors.
HubSpot, Inc. provides a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its software platform includes integrated applications, such as social media, search engine optimization, blogging, Website content management, marketing automation, email, CRM, analytics, and reporting that enables businesses to attract visitors to their Websites, convert visitors into leads, and close leads into customers and delight customers. The company also offers professional, and phone and email-based support services. HubSpot, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.