Ziff Davis (ZD) Competitors

Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) and SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ZD or SPSC?

SPS Commerce has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ziff Davis	$1.40B	1.30	$41.50M	$1.32	32.19
SPS Commerce	$637.77M	8.01	$77.05M	$2.04	66.33

Is ZD or SPSC more profitable?

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.08% 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
Ziff Davis	4.52%	13.98%	7.26%
SPS Commerce	12.08%	12.27%	10.10%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ZD or SPSC?

99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ziff Davis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZD or SPSC?

SPS Commerce received 234 more outperform votes than Ziff Davis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.54% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 65.49% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ziff Davis	Outperform Votes 408 65.49%	Underperform Votes 215 34.51%
SPS Commerce	Outperform Votes 642 73.54%	Underperform Votes 231 26.46%

Which has more risk & volatility, ZD or SPSC?

Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ZD or SPSC?

In the previous week, Ziff Davis had 1 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ziff Davis and 8 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ziff Davis' score of 0.96 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ziff Davis	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SPS Commerce	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ZD or SPSC?

Ziff Davis currently has a consensus price target of $65.67, indicating a potential upside of 54.55%. SPS Commerce has a consensus price target of $207.11, indicating a potential upside of 53.06%. Given Ziff Davis' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ziff Davis is more favorable than SPS Commerce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ziff Davis	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
SPS Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Summary

SPS Commerce beats Ziff Davis on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.