Critical Review: Eviation Aircraft (OTCMKTS:EVTNF) and Kyndryl (NYSE:KD)

Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) and Eviation Aircraft (OTCMKTS:EVTNF) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kyndryl	0.91%	7.34%	0.80%
Eviation Aircraft	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

71.5% of Kyndryl shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kyndryl shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Eviation Aircraft shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kyndryl and Eviation Aircraft”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kyndryl	$16.05 billion	0.58	-$340.00 million	$0.55	72.68
Eviation Aircraft	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Eviation Aircraft has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kyndryl.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kyndryl and Eviation Aircraft, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kyndryl	0	0	4	0	3.00
Eviation Aircraft	0	0	0	0	0.00

Kyndryl currently has a consensus target price of $39.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.56%. Given Kyndryl’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kyndryl is more favorable than Eviation Aircraft.

Risk & Volatility

Kyndryl has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eviation Aircraft has a beta of -0.31, meaning that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kyndryl beats Eviation Aircraft on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Eviation Aircraft

Eviation Aircraft Ltd. focuses on the light aviation regional transportation field. The Company offers passenger and cargo transportation services. Eviation Aircraft Ltd, formerly known as RVB Holdings Ltd, is based in Israel.