Kaltura (NASDAQ:KLTR – Get Free Report) and AvidXchange (NASDAQ:AVDX – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
30.8% of Kaltura shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of AvidXchange shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Kaltura shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of AvidXchange shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Kaltura has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvidXchange has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kaltura | $175.17 million | 1.03 | -$46.37 million | ($0.34) | -3.62 |
| AvidXchange | $380.72 million | 6.29 | -$47.33 million | ($0.23) | -50.43 |
Kaltura has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AvidXchange. AvidXchange is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaltura, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Kaltura and AvidXchange’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kaltura | -26.47% | -130.47% | -24.04% |
| AvidXchange | -12.43% | -3.84% | -1.16% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kaltura and AvidXchange, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kaltura | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
| AvidXchange | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.36 |
Kaltura currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 184.55%. AvidXchange has a consensus price target of $13.14, indicating a potential upside of 13.30%. Given Kaltura’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kaltura is more favorable than AvidXchange.
Summary
AvidXchange beats Kaltura on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kaltura
Kaltura, Inc. provides various software-as-a-service (SaaS) products and solutions and a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Enterprise, Education, and Technology (EE&T); and Media and Telecom (M&T). It offers video products, such as virtual and hybrid events, webinars, video portals, online learning, and content portals for training, marketing, virtual and hybrid events, communication, collaboration, sales, and customer care; and education solutions, such as learning management system video and lecture capture solutions. The company also provides online video experiences, including for over-the-top (OTT) television, cloud TV, web video publishing, video-based teaching, learning, training, video-based marketing, and video-based collaboration. In addition, it offers application programming interfaces (APIs), software development kits, and experience components, including live, real-time and on-demand video, ingestion, transcoding, enrichment, management, distribution, engagement, monetization, and deep viewer analytics, as well as video player, video editor, video capture tool, and chat and networking widgets. The company serves a range of industries, including financial services, high technology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, education, public sector, media, telecommunications, information technology (IT) and professional services, retail, and manufacturing. Kaltura, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About AvidXchange
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc. provides accounts payable (AP) automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers in North America. The company offers AP automation software, a SaaS-based solution that automates and digitizes capture, review, approval, and payment of invoices for buyers; the AvidPay network that connects two-sided payments with buyers and suppliers; and the AvidXchange Supplier Hub, which provides supplier insights to cash flow, tools for in-network invoices and payments, and early payment feature. Its platform offers electronic invoice capture, workflow routing, and automated payments solutions. The company serves real estate, community association management, construction, financial services, healthcare facilities, social services, education, hospitality, and media sectors through direct salesforces; strategic channel partnerships; and software and technology business partners. AvidXchange Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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