Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH – Get Free Report) and KLDiscovery (OTCMKTS:KLDI – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Match Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLDiscovery has a beta of -0.64, meaning that its share price is 164% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Match Group and KLDiscovery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Match Group | 15.84% | -574.22% | 12.68% |
| KLDiscovery | -20.91% | N/A | -9.45% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Match Group | $3.45 billion | 2.30 | $551.28 million | $2.02 | 15.69 |
| KLDiscovery | $345.80 million | 0.00 | -$34.81 million | ($1.56) | -0.01 |
Match Group has higher revenue and earnings than KLDiscovery. KLDiscovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Match Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Match Group and KLDiscovery, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Match Group | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2.33 |
| KLDiscovery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Match Group currently has a consensus target price of $35.91, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Given Match Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Match Group is more favorable than KLDiscovery.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
94.1% of Match Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of KLDiscovery shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Match Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of KLDiscovery shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Match Group beats KLDiscovery on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Match Group
Match Group, Inc. engages in the provision of dating products. Its portfolio of brands includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, Plenty Of Fish, Azar, BLK, and Hakuna, as well as a various other brands, each built to increase users' likelihood of connecting with others. Its services are available in over 40 languages to users worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
About KLDiscovery
KLDiscovery Inc. provides eDiscovery, information governance, and data recovery solutions to corporations, law firms, insurance companies, and individuals worldwide. The company offers Nebula, an end-to-end eDiscovery solution that facilitates smarter ways to cull, process, review, and manage documents in an intuitive interface; Client Portal for consolidated visualizations and reporting for portfolio intelligence; KLD Processing, a proprietary processing application; ReadySuite to perform extensive QC on a production, normalize inbound submissions, or spot check the work of a colleague or supplier; Relativity for relativity enhancements and state-of-the-art HIVE infrastructure; Nebula Processing to process data with a higher degree of quality; and Nebula AI, a technology assisted review tool combined with a deep bench of experts, as well as managed services, remote document review, and managed document review services. It also provides computer forensics, ransomware data recovery, remote collection manager, data recovery, and data collection services. In addition, the company offers Nebula Archive, an advanced archiving solution for modern enterprise data management needs at scale; Nebula Intelligent Archive, a digital communications compliance platform with machine learning and analytics; and Office 365 Migration and Management, as well as information governance and advisory services. Further, it provides Ontrack EasyRecovery that allows clients to perform precise file recovery of data lost through deletion, reformatting, and various other data loss scenarios; Ontrack PowerControls, a granular restore software product; email extraction, tape solutions, and data destruction solutions; and professional services. KLDiscovery Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
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