Zillow Group (Z) Competitors

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Is WCN or Z more profitable?

Waste Connections has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Zillow Group's net margin of -5.01%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.54% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Connections	6.92%	15.54%	6.33%
Zillow Group	-5.01%	-2.12%	-1.56%

Which has more risk and volatility, WCN or Z?

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WCN or Z?

86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Zillow Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Zillow Group shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WCN or Z?

Waste Connections received 519 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 61.18% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waste Connections	Outperform Votes 872 74.85%	Underperform Votes 293 25.15%
Zillow Group	Outperform Votes 353 61.18%	Underperform Votes 224 38.82%

Which has better valuation and earnings, WCN or Z?

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, 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
Waste Connections	$9.08B	5.63	$617.57M	$2.43	81.32
Zillow Group	$2.24B	7.30	-$112M	-$0.47	-143.26

Do analysts rate WCN or Z?

Waste Connections currently has a consensus target price of $208.21, suggesting a potential upside of 5.37%. Zillow Group has a consensus target price of $81.71, suggesting a potential upside of 21.36%. Given Zillow Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Waste Connections.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Connections	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Zillow Group	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor WCN or Z?

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 25 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Waste Connections and 17 mentions for Zillow Group. Zillow Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.28 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waste Connections	13 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Zillow Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Waste Connections beats Zillow Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.