ZD vs. TTGT, CCOI, APPN, QTWO, USM, KLIC, VSH, RPD, IDCC, and DIOD
Should you be buying Ziff Davis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ziff Davis include TechTarget (TTGT), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Appian (APPN), Q2 (QTWO), United States Cellular (USM), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Rapid7 (RPD), InterDigital (IDCC), and Diodes (DIOD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) and TechTarget (NASDAQ:TTGT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Ziff Davis had 2 more articles in the media than TechTarget. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ziff Davis and 2 mentions for TechTarget. TechTarget's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Ziff Davis' score of 0.87 indicating that TechTarget is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechTarget has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ziff Davis has a net margin of 3.04% compared to TechTarget's net margin of 1.94%. Ziff Davis' return on equity of 13.97% beat TechTarget's return on equity.
Ziff Davis has higher revenue and earnings than TechTarget. Ziff Davis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechTarget, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of TechTarget shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of TechTarget shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ziff Davis presently has a consensus target price of $81.17, suggesting a potential upside of 28.63%. TechTarget has a consensus target price of $40.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.99%. Given Ziff Davis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ziff Davis is more favorable than TechTarget.
Ziff Davis and TechTarget both received 404 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 69.18% of users gave TechTarget an outperform vote while only 66.23% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.
Summary
Ziff Davis beats TechTarget on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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