ZG vs. WCN, IQV, ICLR, KSPI, GIB, CPAY, AER, RTO, GFL, and RBA
Should you be buying Zillow Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zillow Group include Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), ICON Public (ICLR), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), CGI (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), AerCap (AER), Rentokil Initial (RTO), GFL Environmental (GFL), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 24 more articles in the media than Zillow Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Waste Connections and 4 mentions for Zillow Group. Zillow Group's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.10 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zillow Group presently has a consensus price target of $57.14, suggesting a potential upside of 18.85%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of $186.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. Given Zillow Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.23% compared to Zillow Group's net margin of -7.93%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.30% beat Zillow Group's return on equity.
Waste Connections received 54 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.24% 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of Zillow Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Zillow Group has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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