ETSY vs. ZG, LYFT, Z, ALIT, WU, AKAM, BR, EBAY, FICO, and MKSI
Should you be buying Etsy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Etsy include Zillow Group (ZG), Lyft (LYFT), Zillow Group (Z), Alight (ALIT), Western Union (WU), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), eBay (EBAY), Fair Isaac (FICO), and MKS Instruments (MKSI).
Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG) and Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
20.3% of Zillow Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Etsy shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of Zillow Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Etsy shares are held 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.
Zillow Group presently has a consensus target price of $59.14, suggesting a potential upside of 53.18%. Etsy has a consensus target price of $82.38, suggesting a potential upside of 41.93%. Given Etsy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Etsy.
In the previous week, Etsy had 21 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Etsy and 18 mentions for Zillow Group. Etsy's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Zillow Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Etsy has a net margin of 11.19% compared to Etsy's net margin of -8.12%. Etsy's return on equity of -2.32% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.
Etsy has higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zillow Group has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Etsy has a beta of 2, suggesting that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Etsy received 40 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.50% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote.
Summary
Etsy beats Zillow Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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