Critical Contrast: KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) and Northern Star Investment Corp. II (NYSE:NSTB)

Northern Star Investment Corp. II (NYSE:NSTB) and KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Northern Star Investment Corp. II and KONE Oyj”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Star Investment Corp. II	N/A	N/A	$13.75 million	N/A	N/A
KONE Oyj	$12.01 billion	2.21	$1.03 billion	$0.99	29.57

KONE Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Star Investment Corp. II.

Volatility & Risk

Northern Star Investment Corp. II has a beta of -35.15, suggesting that its stock price is 3,615% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KONE Oyj has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Northern Star Investment Corp. II and KONE Oyj, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Star Investment Corp. II	0	0	0	0	0.00
KONE Oyj	1	0	0	0	1.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.4% of Northern Star Investment Corp. II shares are held by institutional investors. 85.0% of Northern Star Investment Corp. II shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Northern Star Investment Corp. II and KONE Oyj’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Star Investment Corp. II	N/A	N/A	N/A
KONE Oyj	8.57%	38.04%	10.94%

Summary

KONE Oyj beats Northern Star Investment Corp. II on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Northern Star Investment Corp. II

Northern Star Investment Corp. II does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.

About KONE Oyj

KONE Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the elevator and escalator business worldwide. The company provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors. It offers maintenance services; and modernization solutions. In addition, the company offers KONE Office Flow, a connected solution that allows for personalized user experiences and touch-free access; health and well-being solutions for elevators, escalators, and doors; KONE Access, an access control system, which is integrated with elevator system and building doors; KONE Destination, a destination control system that reduce waiting and travel times; KONE infotainment, a communication channel for building tenants and visitors; and monitoring solutions that enable real-time inspection of elevators and escalators. Further, it provides people flow planning and consulting services; solutions for special buildings and large projects; cybersecurity solutions; and energy solutions for greener buildings. KONE Oyj was founded in 1908 and is based in Espoo, Finland.