ZD vs. BC, SPSC, YELP, CMPR, QNST, LQDT, ANGI, TTGT, DHX, and TZOO
Should you be buying Ziff Davis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ziff Davis include Brunswick (BC), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), DHI Group (DHX), and Travelzoo (TZOO).
Ziff Davis vs. Its Competitors
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and profitability.
Ziff Davis currently has a consensus target price of $38.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.02%. Brunswick has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.52%. Given Brunswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Ziff Davis.
In the previous week, Brunswick had 4 more articles in the media than Ziff Davis. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Brunswick and 4 mentions for Ziff Davis. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Ziff Davis' score of 0.75 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are owned 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.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brunswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ziff Davis has a net margin of 4.57% compared to Brunswick's net margin of 0.82%. Ziff Davis' return on equity of 13.91% beat Brunswick's return on equity.
Summary
Ziff Davis and Brunswick tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZD) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
