Yandex (YNDX) Competitors

Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ) and Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Is BZ or YNDX more profitable?

Yandex has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Yandex's net margin of 7.06%. Kanzhun's return on equity of 5.29% beat Yandex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kanzhun	7.06%	2.92%	2.30%
Yandex	11.73%	5.29%	2.80%

Which has more volatility and risk, BZ or YNDX?

Kanzhun has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yandex has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BZ or YNDX?

Yandex received 651 more outperform votes than Kanzhun when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.76% of users gave Yandex an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Kanzhun an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kanzhun	Outperform Votes 6 46.15%	Underperform Votes 7 53.85%
Yandex	Outperform Votes 657 72.76%	Underperform Votes 246 27.24%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BZ or YNDX?

Yandex has higher revenue and earnings than Kanzhun. Yandex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kanzhun, 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
Kanzhun	$654.04M	8.89	$15.55M	$0.11	140.83
Yandex	$643.71B	0.01	$561.10M	$2.80	6.76

Does the media refer more to BZ or YNDX?

In the previous week, Yandex had 1 more articles in the media than Kanzhun. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Yandex and 1 mentions for Kanzhun. Yandex's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Kanzhun's score of 0.26 indicating that Kanzhun is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kanzhun	Positive
Yandex	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BZ or YNDX?

60.7% of Kanzhun shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Yandex shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Yandex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate BZ or YNDX?

Kanzhun presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.66%. Given Yandex's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kanzhun is more favorable than Yandex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kanzhun	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Yandex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Yandex beats Kanzhun on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.