Zhihu (ZH) Competitors

NV5 Global (NASDAQ:NVEE) and Zhihu (NYSE:ZH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NVEE or ZH?

75.5% of NV5 Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Zhihu shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of NV5 Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Zhihu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate NVEE or ZH?

NV5 Global currently has a consensus target price of $25.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.30%. Zhihu has a consensus target price of $4.70, suggesting a potential downside of 2.99%. Given NV5 Global's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NV5 Global is more favorable than Zhihu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NV5 Global	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Zhihu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is NVEE or ZH more profitable?

NV5 Global has a net margin of 3.19% compared to Zhihu's net margin of -0.52%. NV5 Global's return on equity of 9.12% beat Zhihu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NV5 Global	3.19%	9.12%	5.84%
Zhihu	-0.52%	-0.41%	-0.30%

Which has more risk and volatility, NVEE or ZH?

NV5 Global has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zhihu has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NVEE or ZH?

In the previous week, NV5 Global had 6 more articles in the media than Zhihu. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NV5 Global and 1 mentions for Zhihu. Zhihu's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat NV5 Global's score of 0.75 indicating that Zhihu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NV5 Global	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Zhihu	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NVEE or ZH?

NV5 Global has higher revenue and earnings than Zhihu. Zhihu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NV5 Global, 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
NV5 Global	$962.75M	1.61	$27.98M	$0.50	46.12
Zhihu	$493.05M	0.86	-$23.54M	-$0.02	-242.25

Summary

NV5 Global beats Zhihu on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.