Ziff Davis (ZD) Competitors

SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) and Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend SPSC or ZD?

SPS Commerce currently has a consensus target price of $195.38, suggesting a potential upside of 31.12%. Ziff Davis has a consensus target price of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.60%. Given Ziff Davis' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ziff Davis is more favorable than SPS Commerce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPS Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Ziff Davis	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPSC or ZD?

SPS Commerce received 236 more outperform votes than Ziff Davis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.55% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPS Commerce	Outperform Votes 645 73.55%	Underperform Votes 232 26.45%
Ziff Davis	Outperform Votes 409 65.13%	Underperform Votes 219 34.87%

Does the media favor SPSC or ZD?

In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 1 more articles in the media than Ziff Davis. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SPS Commerce and 8 mentions for Ziff Davis. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Ziff Davis' score of 0.87 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPS Commerce	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ziff Davis	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, SPSC or ZD?

SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SPSC or ZD?

SPS Commerce has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, 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
SPS Commerce	$669.74M	8.45	$77.05M	$2.14	69.63
Ziff Davis	$1.42B	0.97	$41.50M	$1.65	19.84

Is SPSC or ZD more profitable?

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.08% compared to Ziff Davis' net margin of 4.52%. Ziff Davis' return on equity of 13.98% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPS Commerce	12.08%	12.27%	10.10%
Ziff Davis	4.52%	13.98%	7.26%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SPSC or ZD?

99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SPS Commerce beats Ziff Davis on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.