ZipRecruiter (ZIP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ZIP or IAC?

70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of IAC shares are held by company 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 and risk, ZIP or IAC?

ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ZIP or IAC?

ZipRecruiter presently has a consensus price target of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 41.43%. IAC has a consensus price target of $64.31, indicating a potential upside of 94.75%. Given IAC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IAC is more favorable than ZipRecruiter.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZipRecruiter	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
IAC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Does the media favor ZIP or IAC?

In the previous week, IAC had 10 more articles in the media than ZipRecruiter. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for IAC and 2 mentions for ZipRecruiter. IAC's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat ZipRecruiter's score of 0.00 indicating that IAC 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IAC	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, ZIP or IAC?

ZipRecruiter has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAC. IAC 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	0.83	$49.10M	$0.02	275.89
IAC	$3.81B	0.67	-$539.90M	-$6.52	-5.06

Is ZIP or IAC more profitable?

ZipRecruiter has a net margin of 0.72% compared to IAC's net margin of -14.18%. ZipRecruiter's return on equity of 24.19% beat IAC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZipRecruiter	0.72%	24.19%	0.54%
IAC	-14.18%	-7.98%	-5.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZIP or IAC?

IAC received 982 more outperform votes than ZipRecruiter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.53% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 55.49% of users gave ZipRecruiter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ZipRecruiter	Outperform Votes 101 55.49%	Underperform Votes 81 44.51%
IAC	Outperform Votes 1083 71.53%	Underperform Votes 431 28.47%

Summary

IAC beats ZipRecruiter on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.