Ziff Davis (ZD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPSC or ZD?

SPS Commerce received 235 more outperform votes than Ziff Davis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.54% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 65.65% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPS Commerce	Outperform Votes 642 73.54%	Underperform Votes 231 26.46%
Ziff Davis	Outperform Votes 407 65.65%	Underperform Votes 213 34.35%

Do analysts prefer SPSC or ZD?

SPS Commerce presently has a consensus price target of $207.11, indicating a potential upside of 45.24%. Ziff Davis has a consensus price target of $69.71, indicating a potential upside of 41.57%. Given SPS Commerce's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Ziff Davis.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, SPSC or ZD?

SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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, 2.1% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SPSC or ZD 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
SPS Commerce	12.08%	12.27%	10.10%
Ziff Davis	4.52%	13.98%	7.26%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SPSC or ZD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SPS Commerce	$637.77M	8.40	$77.05M	$2.04	69.90
Ziff Davis	$1.36B	1.54	$41.50M	$1.18	41.73

Does the media favor SPSC or ZD?

In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 18 more articles in the media than Ziff Davis. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for SPS Commerce and 4 mentions for Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat SPS Commerce's score of 0.53 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ziff Davis	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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