Zillow Group (Z) Competitors

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PYPL or Z?

68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Zillow Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PYPL or Z more profitable?

PayPal has a net margin of 13.04% compared to Zillow Group's net margin of -5.01%. PayPal's return on equity of 23.67% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PayPal	13.04%	23.67%	5.83%
Zillow Group	-5.01%	-2.12%	-1.56%

Do analysts recommend PYPL or Z?

PayPal presently has a consensus price target of $90.03, suggesting a potential upside of 27.74%. Zillow Group has a consensus price target of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.52%. Given PayPal's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PayPal is more favorable than Zillow Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PayPal	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Zillow Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has more volatility & risk, PYPL or Z?

PayPal has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 2.27, meaning that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PYPL or Z?

PayPal received 1481 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.50% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PayPal	Outperform Votes 1834 75.50%	Underperform Votes 595 24.50%
Zillow Group	Outperform Votes 353 61.50%	Underperform Votes 221 38.50%

Which has better earnings and valuation, PYPL or Z?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PayPal	$31.80B	2.19	$4.15B	$4.01	17.58
Zillow Group	$2.24B	8.20	-$112M	-$0.47	-160.77

Does the media refer more to PYPL or Z?

In the previous week, PayPal had 58 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for PayPal and 10 mentions for Zillow Group. Zillow Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PayPal's score of 1.06 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PayPal	48 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Zillow Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

PayPal beats Zillow Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.