ZIP vs. IAC, DOCN, DV, RUM, TRIP, WB, MGNI, GRND, IAS, and GDS
Should you be buying ZipRecruiter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZipRecruiter include IAC (IAC), DigitalOcean (DOCN), DoubleVerify (DV), Rumble (RUM), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Weibo (WB), Magnite (MGNI), Grindr (GRND), Integral Ad Science (IAS), and GDS (GDS). These companies are all part of the "computer programming, data processing, & other computer related" industry.
IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) and ZipRecruiter (NASDAQ:ZIP) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
IAC has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IAC had 2 more articles in the media than ZipRecruiter. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IAC and 4 mentions for ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat IAC's score of 0.00 indicating that IAC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by institutional investors. 20.5% of IAC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
IAC has higher revenue and earnings than ZipRecruiter. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZipRecruiter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ZipRecruiter has a net margin of 6.43% compared to ZipRecruiter's net margin of -2.54%. ZipRecruiter's return on equity of -3.31% beat IAC's return on equity.
IAC presently has a consensus target price of $79.92, indicating a potential upside of 60.51%. ZipRecruiter has a consensus target price of $13.42, indicating a potential upside of 32.71%. Given ZipRecruiter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than ZipRecruiter.
IAC received 960 more outperform votes than ZipRecruiter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.24% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave ZipRecruiter an outperform vote.
Summary
IAC beats ZipRecruiter on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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