BILL vs. ZI, QLYS, SMAR, TENB, S, SQSP, VRNS, CVLT, VERX, and WK
Should you be buying BILL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BILL include ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Qualys (QLYS), Smartsheet (SMAR), Tenable (TENB), SentinelOne (S), Squarespace (SQSP), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Vertex (VERX), and Workiva (WK). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
BILL (NYSE:BILL) and ZoomInfo Technologies (NASDAQ:ZI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.
BILL has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZoomInfo Technologies has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ZoomInfo Technologies has a net margin of 8.66% compared to BILL's net margin of -4.21%. ZoomInfo Technologies' return on equity of 11.25% beat BILL's return on equity.
BILL received 23 more outperform votes than ZoomInfo Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.13% of users gave BILL an outperform vote while only 54.70% of users gave ZoomInfo Technologies an outperform vote.
BILL currently has a consensus target price of $97.35, indicating a potential upside of 72.36%. ZoomInfo Technologies has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.90%. Given BILL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BILL is more favorable than ZoomInfo Technologies.
ZoomInfo Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than BILL. BILL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZoomInfo Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BILL had 14 more articles in the media than ZoomInfo Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for BILL and 64 mentions for ZoomInfo Technologies. ZoomInfo Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BILL's score of -0.11 indicating that ZoomInfo Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.0% of BILL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of ZoomInfo Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of BILL shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of ZoomInfo Technologies shares are held by 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
BILL and ZoomInfo Technologies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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