DLH (DLHC) Competitors

DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC) and Zhihu (NYSE:ZH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DLHC or ZH?

67.3% of DLH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Zhihu shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of DLH shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Zhihu shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to DLHC or ZH?

In the previous week, DLH had 5 more articles in the media than Zhihu. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DLH and 0 mentions for Zhihu. DLH's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Zhihu's score of 0.00 indicating that DLH is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DLH	Very Positive
Zhihu	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, DLHC or ZH?

DLH has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Zhihu. Zhihu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DLH	$395.94M	0.21	$7.40M	$0.38	15.50
Zhihu	$493.05M	0.78	-$23.54M	-$0.02	-220.00

Do analysts rate DLHC or ZH?

Zhihu has a consensus price target of $4.70, indicating a potential upside of 6.82%. Given Zhihu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zhihu is more favorable than DLH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DLH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Zhihu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, DLHC or ZH?

DLH has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zhihu has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DLHC or ZH more profitable?

DLH has a net margin of 1.44% compared to Zhihu's net margin of -0.52%. DLH's return on equity of 4.90% beat Zhihu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DLH	1.44%	4.90%	1.71%
Zhihu	-0.52%	-0.41%	-0.30%

Summary

DLH beats Zhihu on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.