Comparing RingCentral (NYSE:RNG) and Keel Infrastructure (NASDAQ:KEEL)

Keel Infrastructure (NASDAQ:KEEL) and RingCentral (NYSE:RNG) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Keel Infrastructure and RingCentral”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keel Infrastructure	$229.28 million	9.31	-$284.54 million	($0.30)	-11.52
RingCentral	$2.58 billion	2.22	$43.39 million	$1.25	55.03

RingCentral has higher revenue and earnings than Keel Infrastructure. Keel Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RingCentral, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

20.6% of Keel Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of RingCentral shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Keel Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of RingCentral shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Keel Infrastructure and RingCentral’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keel Infrastructure	-230.59%	-66.18%	-27.74%
RingCentral	4.27%	-34.49%	13.89%

Volatility and Risk

Keel Infrastructure has a beta of 4.06, suggesting that its stock price is 306% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RingCentral has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Keel Infrastructure and RingCentral, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keel Infrastructure	1	0	7	0	2.75
RingCentral	0	8	4	0	2.33

Keel Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 80.90%. RingCentral has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.59%. Given Keel Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Keel Infrastructure is more favorable than RingCentral.

Summary

RingCentral beats Keel Infrastructure on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Keel Infrastructure

Bitfarms Ltd. is a bitcoin mining company. It provides vertically integrated mining operations with onsite technical repair, proprietary data analytics and Company-owned electrical engineering and installation services to deliver operational performance and uptime. Bitfarms Ltd. is based in TORONTO, Ontario.

About RingCentral

RingCentral, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, and contact center software-as-a-service solutions worldwide. The company’s products include RingCentral Message Video Phone that provides a unified experience for communication and collaboration across multiple modes, including HD voice, video, SMS, messaging and collaboration, conferencing, online meetings, and fax; RingCentral Contact Center, a collaborative contact center solution that delivers AI-powered omnichannel and workforce engagement solutions with integrated RingCentral MVP; and RingCX, an AI-powered contact center that a native delivers omnichannel experience. It provides RingCentral Video, a video meeting service that includes the company’s RCV video and team messaging capabilities; offers video and audio conferencing, team messaging, file sharing, contact, task, and calendar management, as well as pre-meeting, in-meeting, and post-meeting capabilities. In addition, the company offers RingCentral Professional Services, which include consultation, UCaaS and CCaaS implementation, VoIP phone system adoption, configuring custom workflows, customer and user onboarding, ongoing support, advanced support, managed services, and more. It serves a range of industries, including financial services, education, healthcare, legal services, real estate, retail, technology, insurance, construction, hospitality, state and local government, and others. It sells its products to enterprise customers, as well as small and medium-sized businesses through resellers and distributors, partners, and global service providers. RingCentral, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Belmont, California.