Z vs. WCN, TCOM, GIB, IQV, CPAY, AER, TOST, RDDT, GRAB, and RBA
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), CGI (GIB), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), AerCap (AER), Toast (TOST), Reddit (RDDT), Grab (GRAB), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Zillow Group vs.
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
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.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of Zillow Group shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 2 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Waste Connections and 11 mentions for Zillow Group. Zillow Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.63 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus price target of $212.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.27%. Zillow Group has a consensus price target of $83.71, indicating a potential upside of 17.07%. Given Zillow Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Connections received 524 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 61.21% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Zillow Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:Z) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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