ZG vs. ETSY, LYFT, ALIT, AKAM, FICO, MSCI, CSGP, FFIV, LSCC, and DOX
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include Etsy (ETSY), Lyft (LYFT), Alight (ALIT), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Fair Isaac (FICO), MSCI (MSCI), CoStar Group (CSGP), F5 (FFIV), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), and Amdocs (DOX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Etsy had 18 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Etsy and 7 mentions for Zillow Group. Etsy's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Zillow Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Etsy received 40 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.56% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote.
99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Zillow Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Etsy has a net margin of 10.75% compared to Etsy's net margin of -7.93%. Etsy's return on equity of -2.28% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.
Etsy presently has a consensus target price of $79.96, suggesting a potential upside of 29.13%. Zillow Group has a consensus target price of $57.40, suggesting a potential upside of 37.32%. Given Etsy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Etsy.
Etsy has higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Etsy has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Etsy beats Zillow Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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