Ziff Davis (ZD) Competitors

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

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

99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ZD or SPSC?

Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	0.96	$41.50M	$1.32	23.79
SPS Commerce	$637.77M	7.80	$77.05M	$2.04	64.09

Does the media refer more to ZD or SPSC?

In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 8 more articles in the media than Ziff Davis. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SPS Commerce and 8 mentions for Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat SPS Commerce's score of 1.05 indicating that Ziff Davis is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ziff Davis	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SPS Commerce	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZD or SPSC?

SPS Commerce received 236 more outperform votes than Ziff Davis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.60% 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 644 73.60%	Underperform Votes 231 26.40%

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 analysts prefer ZD or SPSC?

Ziff Davis presently has a consensus target price of $65.67, suggesting a potential upside of 109.13%. SPS Commerce has a consensus target price of $199.89, suggesting a potential upside of 52.88%. Given Ziff Davis' higher probable upside, equities research 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.