Ziff Davis (ZD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZD or SPSC?

SPS Commerce received 227 more outperform votes than Ziff Davis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 65.86% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ziff Davis	Outperform Votes 407 65.86%	Underperform Votes 211 34.14%
SPS Commerce	Outperform Votes 634 73.72%	Underperform Votes 226 26.28%

Do analysts recommend ZD or SPSC?

Ziff Davis currently has a consensus price target of $71.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.98%. SPS Commerce has a consensus price target of $220.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.02%. Given Ziff Davis' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ziff Davis is more favorable than SPS Commerce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ziff Davis	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
SPS Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ZD or SPSC?

SPS Commerce has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Ziff Davis	$1.37B	1.49	$41.50M	$1.21	36.40
SPS Commerce	$536.91M	13.71	$65.82M	$1.83	108.41

Is ZD or SPSC more profitable?

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Ziff Davis' net margin of 5.86%. Ziff Davis' return on equity of 13.81% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ziff Davis	5.86%	13.81%	7.24%
SPS Commerce	12.31%	12.41%	10.06%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ZD or SPSC?

99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ZD or SPSC?

Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ZD or SPSC?

In the previous week, Ziff Davis had 1 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ziff Davis and 4 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Ziff Davis' score of 0.53 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

SPS Commerce beats Ziff Davis on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.