ZG vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, KSPI, AER, GRAB, and TRU
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Zillow Group vs.
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Zillow Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Connections received 38 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.11% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 7 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Waste Connections and 17 mentions for Zillow Group. Zillow Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.35 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Zillow Group's net margin of -5.01%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.54% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus target price of $201.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.09%. Zillow Group has a consensus target price of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.01%. Given Zillow Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Zillow Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZG) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
