Z vs. AKAM, ETSY, FLT, BR, GPN, WCN, IQV, ICLR, KSPI, and GIB
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Etsy (ETSY), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Global Payments (GPN), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), ICON Public (ICLR), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and CGI (GIB).
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 16.12% compared to Akamai Technologies' net margin of -7.93%. Zillow Group's return on equity of 15.02% beat Akamai Technologies' return on equity.
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akamai Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Zillow Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Akamai Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $113.65, suggesting a potential upside of 17.20%. Zillow Group has a consensus target price of $56.20, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. Given Zillow Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than Zillow Group.
Akamai Technologies received 870 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.64% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.94% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 24 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 6 mentions for Zillow Group. Akamai Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Zillow Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats Zillow Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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