IAC (IAC) Competitors

Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Is PCTY or IAC more profitable?

Paylocity has a net margin of 14.76% compared to IAC's net margin of -14.18%. Paylocity's return on equity of 22.45% beat IAC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paylocity	14.76%	22.45%	5.35%
IAC	-14.18%	-7.98%	-5.24%

Do analysts prefer PCTY or IAC?

Paylocity currently has a consensus target price of $223.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.92%. IAC has a consensus target price of $55.38, suggesting a potential upside of 50.52%. Given IAC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Paylocity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paylocity	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
IAC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to PCTY or IAC?

In the previous week, IAC had 7 more articles in the media than Paylocity. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for IAC and 6 mentions for Paylocity. Paylocity's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat IAC's score of 0.48 indicating that Paylocity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paylocity	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IAC	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PCTY or IAC?

94.8% of Paylocity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of Paylocity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of IAC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, PCTY or IAC?

Paylocity has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, PCTY or IAC?

Paylocity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAC. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paylocity, 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
Paylocity	$1.55B	6.62	$206.77M	$4.01	46.37
IAC	$3.75B	0.73	-$539.90M	-$9.67	-3.81

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PCTY or IAC?

IAC received 507 more outperform votes than Paylocity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.57% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 68.03% of users gave Paylocity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paylocity	Outperform Votes 583 68.03%	Underperform Votes 274 31.97%
IAC	Outperform Votes 1090 71.57%	Underperform Votes 433 28.43%

Summary

Paylocity beats IAC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.