Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ:SNCR) and Klaviyo (NYSE:KVYO) Head-To-Head Analysis
by Danessa Lincoln · The Markets DailyKlaviyo (NYSE:KVYO – Get Free Report) and Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ:SNCR – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Klaviyo and Synchronoss Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Klaviyo | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Synchronoss Technologies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Klaviyo presently has a consensus target price of $26.86, suggesting a potential upside of 37.27%. Given Klaviyo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Klaviyo is more favorable than Synchronoss Technologies.
Profitability
This table compares Klaviyo and Synchronoss Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Klaviyo | 0.49% | 5.67% | 4.25% |
| Synchronoss Technologies | -5.69% | 24.44% | 3.59% |
Risk and Volatility
Klaviyo has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synchronoss Technologies has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
45.4% of Klaviyo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of Synchronoss Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 37.4% of Klaviyo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Synchronoss Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Klaviyo and Synchronoss Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Klaviyo | $1.23 billion | 4.51 | -$31.77 million | $0.02 | 978.25 |
| Synchronoss Technologies | $170.91 million | 0.61 | $6.17 million | ($1.02) | -8.82 |
Synchronoss Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Klaviyo. Synchronoss Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Klaviyo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Klaviyo beats Synchronoss Technologies on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Klaviyo
Klaviyo, Inc., a technology company, provides a software-as-a-service platform in the United States, other Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers Klaviyo, a cloud-native platform for data store, segmentation engine, campaigns and flows, and messaging infrastructure. It also provides email to send personalized marketing emails, including drag-and-drop email templates to edit and customize pre-built templates; email campaigns and automations with smart send time features, generative artificial intelligence for subject line creation, A/B testing tools, and consumer list segmentation; short message services to send targeted marketing text messages to consumers, as well as built-in contact cards to ensure that texts does not appear as random numbers; and push, a personalized push notification to engage with consumer. In addition, the company offers other applications, such as reviews, which collect product reviews; and customer data platform that allows to manage, deploy, transform, and sync data. It serves its products to entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses to mid-market businesses, and enterprises. The was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
About Synchronoss Technologies
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. provides cloud, messaging, digital, and network management solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Synchronoss Personal Cloud platform that allows customers' subscribers to backup and protect, engage with, and manage their personal content. It also provides Synchronoss' Messaging platform comprising advanced messaging platform and email suites; and OnboardX products, including mobile content transfer solution that offers wireless transfer of content from one mobile smart device to another in a carrier retail location or at home/work, etc., as well as out of box experience solution, a device setup solution that assists customers in setting up the features of new device, such as Wi-Fi, email, social network accounts and voicemail, prompting restoration of content, and enrollment in a cloud service. In addition, the company provides NetworkX products comprising spatialNX, an enterprise-wide access to network information, including physical location, specifications, attributes, connectivity, and capacity for every plant asset; ConnectNX, a system that eliminates manual handling of service orders and manages the full order lifecycle between customer and supplier through automation and rules-based validation; and ExpenseNX, a financial analytics platform. Further, it offers professional services, such as consulting, installation and deployment, configuration, systems integration, and support services; and software development and customization services. The company markets and sells its services through direct sales force and strategic partners. Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey.