Z vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, AER, TOST, RBA, and GFL
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), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI Group (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Aercap (AER), Toast (TOST), RB Global (RBA), and GFL Environmental (GFL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Zillow Group vs. Its Competitors
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Waste Connections and Waste Connections both had 13 articles in the media. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Zillow Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Zillow Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of $212.29, suggesting a potential upside of 15.74%. Zillow Group has a consensus target price of $83.71, suggesting a potential upside of 17.67%. Given Zillow Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Waste Connections.
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.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 6.93% compared to Zillow Group's net margin of -3.51%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.74% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Zillow Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:Z) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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