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Ziff Davis (ZD) Competitors

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$56.17 +0.21 (+0.38%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

ZD vs. SPSC, ENV, YELP, CMPR, OPEN, QNST, LQDT, ANGI, TTGT, and TZOO

Should you be buying Ziff Davis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ziff Davis include SPS Commerce (SPSC), Envestnet (ENV), Yelp (YELP), Cimpress (CMPR), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), QuinStreet (QNST), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), and Travelzoo (TZOO). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

Ziff Davis vs.

SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) and Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

SPS Commerce has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SPS Commerce$611.82M11.56$65.82M$2.0990.11
Ziff Davis$1.38B1.74$41.50M$1.1847.60

SPS Commerce received 229 more outperform votes than Ziff Davis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.61% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 65.65% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SPS CommerceOutperform Votes
636
73.61%
Underperform Votes
228
26.39%
Ziff DavisOutperform Votes
407
65.65%
Underperform Votes
213
34.35%

SPS Commerce currently has a consensus target price of $220.78, indicating a potential upside of 17.24%. Ziff Davis has a consensus target price of $69.71, indicating a potential upside of 24.11%. Given Ziff Davis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ziff Davis is more favorable than SPS Commerce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SPS Commerce
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Ziff Davis
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 6 more articles in the media than Ziff Davis. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SPS Commerce and 5 mentions for Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat SPS Commerce's score of 0.82 indicating that Ziff Davis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SPS Commerce
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ziff Davis
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.83% compared to Ziff Davis' net margin of 4.52%. Ziff Davis' return on equity of 13.98% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SPS Commerce12.83% 12.60% 10.31%
Ziff Davis 4.52%13.98%7.26%

Summary

SPS Commerce beats Ziff Davis on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZD vs. The Competition

MetricZiff DavisTelegraph & other communications IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.40B$992.51M$25.52B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.77%4.21%
P/E Ratio47.6047.60245.3417.15
Price / Sales1.743,390.203,289.54116.81
Price / Cash4.8210.6335.4537.86
Price / Book1.361.488.014.78
Net Income$41.50M$12.52M$675.54M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.74%-2.71%0.67%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-1.84%-16.01%6.94%3.07%
1 Year Performance-16.33%-24.80%22.97%16.48%

Ziff Davis Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZD
Ziff Davis
3.7278 of 5 stars
$56.17
+0.4%
$69.71
+24.1%
-15.1%$2.40B$1.38B47.604,200Positive News
High Trading Volume
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.2861 of 5 stars
$197.38
+2.6%
$220.78
+11.9%
-0.6%$7.42B$611.82M92.052,489Insider Trade
Positive News
ENV
Envestnet
0.2419 of 5 stars
$63.14
flat
$61.88
-2.0%
N/A$3.49B$1.34B-13.243,100
YELP
Yelp
3.7357 of 5 stars
$39.89
+0.5%
$37.00
-7.2%
-20.0%$2.63B$1.39B23.784,872Insider Trade
CMPR
Cimpress
4.6817 of 5 stars
$80.07
+1.7%
$114.50
+43.0%
-6.5%$2.01B$3.34B13.5316,000Analyst Forecast
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
3.8495 of 5 stars
$1.94
+0.8%
$2.37
+22.3%
-58.0%$1.38B$4.94B-3.441,982Insider Trade
QNST
QuinStreet
4.1171 of 5 stars
$22.35
+1.1%
$29.00
+29.8%
+68.3%$1.26B$613.51M-55.28899
LQDT
Liquidity Services
1.5713 of 5 stars
$33.00
-7.1%
$32.00
-3.0%
+78.5%$1.01B$363.32M52.22740Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
ANGI
Angi
2.408 of 5 stars
$1.75
-1.4%
$3.11
+78.1%
-32.7%$867.73M$1.22B25.143,800Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TTGT
TechTarget
4.0231 of 5 stars
$20.43
-4.2%
$38.17
+86.8%
-42.5%$597.37M$229.96M-50.791,000
TZOO
Travelzoo
3.0384 of 5 stars
$19.86
+4.3%
$24.33
+22.5%
+112.2%$234.35M$84.48M17.79210Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ZD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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