ZI vs. QLYS, SMAR, FRSH, TENB, VRNS, BILL, WK, VERX, SQSP, and FROG
Should you be buying ZoomInfo Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZoomInfo Technologies include Qualys (QLYS), Smartsheet (SMAR), Freshworks (FRSH), Tenable (TENB), Varonis Systems (VRNS), BILL (BILL), Workiva (WK), Vertex (VERX), Squarespace (SQSP), and JFrog (FROG). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
ZoomInfo Technologies (NASDAQ:ZI) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, ZoomInfo Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ZoomInfo Technologies and 7 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat ZoomInfo Technologies' score of 0.61 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ZoomInfo Technologies has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Qualys has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZoomInfo Technologies. Qualys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZoomInfo Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.6% of ZoomInfo Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of ZoomInfo Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Qualys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Qualys has a net margin of 27.34% compared to ZoomInfo Technologies' net margin of 8.66%. Qualys' return on equity of 49.06% beat ZoomInfo Technologies' return on equity.
ZoomInfo Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $21.66, suggesting a potential upside of 36.47%. Qualys has a consensus target price of $150.15, suggesting a potential downside of 9.88%. Given ZoomInfo Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ZoomInfo Technologies is more favorable than Qualys.
Qualys received 388 more outperform votes than ZoomInfo Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.14% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote while only 55.45% of users gave ZoomInfo Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Qualys beats ZoomInfo Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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