ZG vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, GRAB, RDDT, and RBA
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), Reddit (RDDT), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Zillow Group vs.
Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.
Zillow Group currently has a consensus price target of $81.80, suggesting a potential upside of 27.30%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of $208.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.85%. Given Zillow Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Waste Connections received 35 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.91% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 63.59% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote.
20.3% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Zillow Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by 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.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Zillow Group's net margin of -5.01%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.54% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.
Zillow Group has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 3 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Waste Connections and 25 mentions for Zillow Group. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Zillow Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Zillow Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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