ZipRecruiter (ZIP) Competitors

ZipRecruiter (NASDAQ:ZIP) and Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Is ZIP or WB more profitable?

Weibo has a net margin of 21.30% compared to ZipRecruiter's net margin of 0.72%. ZipRecruiter's return on equity of 24.19% beat Weibo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZipRecruiter	0.72%	24.19%	0.54%
Weibo	21.30%	11.03%	5.35%

Do analysts prefer ZIP or WB?

ZipRecruiter currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.83%. Weibo has a consensus price target of $10.03, suggesting a potential upside of 1.24%. Given ZipRecruiter's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ZipRecruiter is more favorable than Weibo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZipRecruiter	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Weibo	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer ZIP or WB?

In the previous week, ZipRecruiter had 1 more articles in the media than Weibo. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ZipRecruiter and 5 mentions for Weibo. Weibo's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ZipRecruiter's score of 0.00 indicating that Weibo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ZipRecruiter	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Weibo	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ZIP or WB?

70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Weibo shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of ZipRecruiter shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Weibo shares are owned by 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, ZIP or WB?

ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weibo has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ZIP or WB?

Weibo has higher revenue and earnings than ZipRecruiter. Weibo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZipRecruiter, 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
ZipRecruiter	$645.72M	0.93	$49.10M	$0.02	305.90
Weibo	$1.75B	1.37	$342.60M	$1.16	8.54

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZIP or WB?

Weibo received 519 more outperform votes than ZipRecruiter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.89% of users gave Weibo an outperform vote while only 55.80% of users gave ZipRecruiter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ZipRecruiter	Outperform Votes 101 55.80%	Underperform Votes 80 44.20%
Weibo	Outperform Votes 620 68.89%	Underperform Votes 280 31.11%

Summary

Weibo beats ZipRecruiter on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.