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Zhihu (ZH) Competitors

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$3.58 -0.07 (-1.92%)
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ZH vs. QNST, FVRR, GETY, OLO, ADV, PHR, PSFE, EEX, RDWR, and VVI

Should you be buying Zhihu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zhihu include QuinStreet (QNST), Fiverr International (FVRR), Getty Images (GETY), OLO (OLO), Advantage Solutions (ADV), Phreesia (PHR), Paysafe (PSFE), Emerald (EEX), Radware (RDWR), and Viad (VVI). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.

Zhihu vs.

Zhihu (NYSE:ZH) and QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

QuinStreet has a net margin of -2.88% compared to Zhihu's net margin of -15.49%. QuinStreet's return on equity of -8.79% beat Zhihu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zhihu-15.49% -13.51% -9.48%
QuinStreet -2.88%-8.79%-5.29%

Zhihu has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

28.9% of Zhihu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of QuinStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of Zhihu shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, QuinStreet had 5 more articles in the media than Zhihu. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for QuinStreet and 3 mentions for Zhihu. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Zhihu's score of 0.44 indicating that QuinStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Zhihu presently has a consensus price target of $5.40, suggesting a potential upside of 50.84%. QuinStreet has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.81%. Given Zhihu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Zhihu is more favorable than QuinStreet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zhihu
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
QuinStreet
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

QuinStreet has higher revenue and earnings than Zhihu. QuinStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zhihu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zhihu$591.40M0.60-$118.82M-$0.90-3.98
QuinStreet$613.51M2.03-$31.33M-$0.40-55.43

QuinStreet received 294 more outperform votes than Zhihu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.88% of users gave QuinStreet an outperform vote while only 48.00% of users gave Zhihu an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZhihuOutperform Votes
12
48.00%
Underperform Votes
13
52.00%
QuinStreetOutperform Votes
306
56.88%
Underperform Votes
232
43.12%

Summary

QuinStreet beats Zhihu on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ZH vs. The Competition

MetricZhihuBusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$357.68M$20.54B$23.92B$20.16B
Dividend YieldN/A2.50%2.76%3.49%
P/E Ratio-3.9823.09234.6137.74
Price / Sales0.6014.213,479.5518.58
Price / CashN/A34.7233.0821.28
Price / Book0.565.266.884.65
Net Income-$118.82M$515.30M$659.20M$985.06M
7 Day Performance1.42%9.28%1.28%1.65%
1 Month Performance-1.38%7.38%1.93%2.32%
1 Year Performance-40.92%56.25%20.32%26.39%

Zhihu Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZH
Zhihu
2.8128 of 5 stars
$3.58
-1.9%
$5.40
+50.8%
-39.8%$357.68M$591.40M-3.982,731Upcoming Earnings
QNST
QuinStreet
4.299 of 5 stars
$22.17
+1.9%
$29.00
+30.8%
+96.3%$1.25B$613.51M-54.38899Analyst Upgrade
FVRR
Fiverr International
1.3322 of 5 stars
$31.70
+3.4%
$31.60
-0.3%
+27.9%$1.23B$361.38M118.04790
GETY
Getty Images
3.9208 of 5 stars
$2.84
-0.7%
$5.61
+97.6%
-42.2%$1.17B$916.55M23.831,700Short Interest ↓
OLO
OLO
2.7206 of 5 stars
$6.83
+5.2%
$8.50
+24.5%
+28.0%$1.12B$228.29M-64.89683
ADV
Advantage Solutions
1.4762 of 5 stars
$3.45
+1.8%
$4.00
+15.9%
+35.6%$1.11B$4.22B0.0070,000Positive News
PHR
Phreesia
4.5973 of 5 stars
$18.88
+1.9%
$29.42
+55.8%
+16.0%$1.09B$356.30M0.001,438Positive News
PSFE
Paysafe
1.6519 of 5 stars
$17.50
+3.0%
$18.00
+2.9%
+34.8%$1.06B$1.60B0.003,200High Trading Volume
EEX
Emerald
1.9614 of 5 stars
$4.88
+4.3%
$7.90
+61.9%
-14.6%$990.54M$382.80M0.00600
RDWR
Radware
3.1902 of 5 stars
$23.08
-0.1%
$30.00
+30.0%
+51.7%$969.13M$261.29M0.001,218News Coverage
VVI
Viad
2.0643 of 5 stars
$43.13
+2.3%
$48.00
+11.3%
+27.4%$914.36M$1.24B84.304,035

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This page (NYSE:ZH) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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