ZG vs. ETSY, LYFT, ALIT, AKAM, FICO, WWD, DOX, FFIV, DAY, and OTEX
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include Etsy (ETSY), Lyft (LYFT), Alight (ALIT), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Fair Isaac (FICO), Woodward (WWD), Amdocs (DOX), F5 (FFIV), Dayforce (DAY), and Open Text (OTEX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG) and Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Zillow Group presently has a consensus target price of $57.40, indicating a potential upside of 41.52%. Etsy has a consensus target price of $79.96, indicating a potential upside of 27.83%. Given Zillow Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Etsy.
Etsy has a net margin of 10.75% compared to Zillow Group's net margin of -7.93%. Zillow Group's return on equity of -2.28% beat Etsy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Etsy had 41 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for Etsy and 33 mentions for Zillow Group. Zillow Group's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Etsy's score of -0.23 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Etsy shares are held by company 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.
Zillow Group has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Etsy has a beta of 2, indicating that its share 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, 63.56% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote while only 59.80% 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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