STER vs. ZIP, GB, RAMP, TIXT, KELYA, BBSI, YEXT, PGRU, FA, and EVTC
Should you be buying Sterling Check stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Check include ZipRecruiter (ZIP), Global Blue Group (GB), LiveRamp (RAMP), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Kelly Services (KELYA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Yext (YEXT), PropertyGuru Group (PGRU), First Advantage (FA), and EVERTEC (EVTC). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
ZipRecruiter (NASDAQ:ZIP) and Sterling Check (NASDAQ:STER) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
ZipRecruiter has a net margin of 6.43% compared to ZipRecruiter's net margin of -1.19%. ZipRecruiter's return on equity of 8.50% beat Sterling Check's return on equity.
In the previous week, ZipRecruiter had 15 more articles in the media than Sterling Check. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for ZipRecruiter and 12 mentions for Sterling Check. Sterling Check's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat ZipRecruiter's score of -0.26 indicating that ZipRecruiter is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ZipRecruiter presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.99%. Sterling Check has a consensus target price of $15.30, indicating a potential upside of 0.20%. Given Sterling Check's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ZipRecruiter is more favorable than Sterling Check.
ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Check has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ZipRecruiter received 77 more outperform votes than Sterling Check when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave ZipRecruiter an outperform vote while only 43.40% of users gave Sterling Check an outperform vote.
ZipRecruiter has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sterling Check. Sterling Check is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZipRecruiter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Sterling Check shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Sterling Check shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ZipRecruiter beats Sterling Check on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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