Z vs. REG, CUBE, CRBG, RYAN, AFG, BCH, CNA, LAMR, GL, and ARCC
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include Regency Centers (REG), CubeSmart (CUBE), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), American Financial Group (AFG), Banco de Chile (BCH), CNA Financial (CNA), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Globe Life (GL), and Ares Capital (ARCC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Zillow Group vs.
Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Regency Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zillow Group received 322 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote while only 34.48% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.
Regency Centers has a net margin of 39.45% compared to Zillow Group's net margin of -1.63%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 7.59% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Zillow Group had 5 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Zillow Group and 16 mentions for Regency Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Zillow Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regency Centers presently has a consensus target price of $68.36, suggesting a potential upside of 13.04%. Zillow Group has a consensus target price of $40.25, suggesting a potential downside of 7.85%. Given Regency Centers' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Zillow Group.
Regency Centers has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.6% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Zillow Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Regency Centers beats Zillow Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding Z and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Zillow Group Competitors List
