PINS vs. ZM, SNAP, BIDU, BZ, WIX, YNDX, TTD, ASX, MSTR, and WDC
Should you be buying Pinterest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinterest include Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Snap (SNAP), Baidu (BIDU), Kanzhun (BZ), Wix.com (WIX), Yandex (YNDX), Trade Desk (TTD), ASE Technology (ASX), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Western Digital (WDC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Zoom Video Communications has a net margin of 14.08% compared to Pinterest's net margin of -1.17%. Zoom Video Communications' return on equity of 9.68% beat Pinterest's return on equity.
Pinterest presently has a consensus price target of $38.39, suggesting a potential upside of 13.04%. Zoom Video Communications has a consensus price target of $77.56, suggesting a potential upside of 25.09%. Given Zoom Video Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zoom Video Communications is more favorable than Pinterest.
Zoom Video Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Pinterest. Pinterest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zoom Video Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zoom Video Communications received 62 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.69% of users gave Zoom Video Communications an outperform vote while only 49.57% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Zoom Video Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Zoom Video Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zoom Video Communications has a beta of -0.07, meaning that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pinterest had 12 more articles in the media than Zoom Video Communications. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Pinterest and 8 mentions for Zoom Video Communications. Zoom Video Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Pinterest's score of 0.49 indicating that Zoom Video Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Zoom Video Communications beats Pinterest on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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