ZD vs. YELP, CMPR, QNST, ANGI, LQDT, OPEN, TTGT, BCOV, TZOO, and DHX
Should you be buying Ziff Davis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ziff Davis include Yelp (YELP), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Angi (ANGI), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), TechTarget (TTGT), Brightcove (BCOV), Travelzoo (TZOO), and DHI Group (DHX). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
Ziff Davis vs.
Yelp (NYSE:YELP) and Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than Ziff Davis. Yelp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ziff Davis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yelp has a net margin of 9.41% compared to Ziff Davis' net margin of 4.52%. Yelp's return on equity of 18.07% beat Ziff Davis' return on equity.
Yelp received 926 more outperform votes than Ziff Davis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.08% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.
Yelp presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.51%. Ziff Davis has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.19%. Given Ziff Davis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ziff Davis is more favorable than Yelp.
90.1% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Yelp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ziff Davis 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.
Yelp has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Yelp had 16 more articles in the media than Ziff Davis. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Yelp and 5 mentions for Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Yelp's score of 0.35 indicating that Ziff Davis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Yelp beats Ziff Davis on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZD) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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