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Ziff Davis (ZD) Competitors

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$56.04 +0.58 (+1.05%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ZD vs. SPSC, ENV, YELP, CMPR, QNST, OPEN, ANGI, TTGT, LQDT, 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), QuinStreet (QNST), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), Liquidity Services (LQDT), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

SPS Commerce presently has a consensus target price of $223.63, indicating a potential upside of 24.33%. Ziff Davis has a consensus target price of $71.29, indicating a potential upside of 27.21%. Given Ziff Davis' higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Ziff Davis
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$536.91M12.59$65.82M$2.0986.06
Ziff Davis$1.38B1.74$41.50M$1.1847.49

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%

SPS Commerce received 229 more outperform votes than Ziff Davis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.70% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 65.75% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SPS CommerceOutperform Votes
636
73.70%
Underperform Votes
227
26.30%
Ziff DavisOutperform Votes
407
65.75%
Underperform Votes
212
34.25%

In the previous week, Ziff Davis had 3 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ziff Davis and 4 mentions for SPS Commerce. Ziff Davis' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat SPS Commerce's score of 1.06 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ziff Davis
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Ziff Davis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$1.10B$23.65B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.77%4.06%
P/E Ratio47.4947.49268.7317.77
Price / Sales1.743,877.543,389.6775.18
Price / Cash4.4813.4132.4532.53
Price / Book1.361.957.364.68
Net Income$41.50M$12.52M$660.95M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-2.22%-6.42%0.23%-1.04%
1 Month Performance22.55%26.92%0.81%1.04%
1 Year Performance-13.84%0.00%18.76%26.28%

Ziff Davis Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.2195 of 5 stars
$56.04
+1.0%
$71.29
+27.2%
-15.1%$2.40B$1.38B47.494,200Positive News
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.9433 of 5 stars
$179.87
+1.3%
$223.63
+24.3%
+5.6%$6.67B$536.91M86.062,489Positive News
ENV
Envestnet
1.0782 of 5 stars
$63.09
flat
$61.88
-1.9%
+60.0%$3.49B$1.34B-13.233,100Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
YELP
Yelp
3.9597 of 5 stars
$35.84
flat
$37.00
+3.2%
-22.7%$2.36B$1.34B21.464,872
CMPR
Cimpress
4.8805 of 5 stars
$78.38
+1.8%
$114.50
+46.1%
+8.0%$1.94B$3.29B13.4716,000Positive News
QNST
QuinStreet
4.2769 of 5 stars
$21.75
+2.9%
$29.00
+33.3%
+96.3%$1.19B$613.51M0.00899Analyst Upgrade
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
3.654 of 5 stars
$1.63
+1.9%
$2.84
+74.1%
-34.8%$1.14B$4.94B-3.021,982
ANGI
Angi
3.8559 of 5 stars
$1.97
-0.5%
$3.11
+57.7%
-4.4%$982.38M$1.36B28.143,800Analyst Forecast
TTGT
TechTarget
3.9319 of 5 stars
$30.00
-1.7%
$38.17
+27.2%
-1.7%$892.25M$229.96M0.001,000
LQDT
Liquidity Services
1.9139 of 5 stars
$25.00
-1.4%
$27.00
+8.0%
+21.4%$763.30M$336.35M39.68740
TZOO
Travelzoo
4.2335 of 5 stars
$18.52
+0.3%
$24.33
+31.4%
+96.4%$218.03M$84.48M17.31210

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This page (NASDAQ:ZD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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