Z vs. EWBC, AFG, NLY, REG, BXP, UNM, REXR, JEF, CPT, and CUBE
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include East West Bancorp (EWBC), American Financial Group (AFG), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Regency Centers (REG), Boston Properties (BXP), Unum Group (UNM), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Camden Property Trust (CPT), and CubeSmart (CUBE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
East West Bancorp has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
East West Bancorp received 187 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.56% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 61.94% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote.
89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Zillow Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than East West Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.78% compared to East West Bancorp's net margin of -7.93%. Zillow Group's return on equity of 17.43% beat East West Bancorp's return on equity.
East West Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $84.08, indicating a potential upside of 8.61%. Zillow Group has a consensus price target of $56.20, indicating a potential upside of 27.44%. Given East West Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than East West Bancorp.
In the previous week, Zillow Group had 14 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Zillow Group and 16 mentions for East West Bancorp. Zillow Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat East West Bancorp's score of -0.20 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Zillow Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding Z and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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