ZipRecruiter (ZIP) Competitors

IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) and ZipRecruiter (NASDAQ:ZIP) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Does the media prefer IAC or ZIP?

In the previous week, IAC had 15 more articles in the media than ZipRecruiter. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for IAC and 3 mentions for ZipRecruiter. IAC's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat ZipRecruiter's score of 0.00 indicating that IAC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IAC	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ZipRecruiter	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer IAC or ZIP?

IAC currently has a consensus price target of $54.08, indicating a potential upside of 45.76%. ZipRecruiter has a consensus price target of $7.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.48%. Given IAC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe IAC is more favorable than ZipRecruiter.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IAC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
ZipRecruiter	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, IAC or ZIP?

ZipRecruiter has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IAC. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZipRecruiter, 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
IAC	$3.75B	0.73	-$539.90M	-$9.67	-3.84
ZipRecruiter	$645.72M	0.88	$49.10M	$0.02	290.40

Is IAC or ZIP more profitable?

ZipRecruiter has a net margin of 0.72% compared to IAC's net margin of -14.18%. ZipRecruiter's return on equity of 24.19% beat IAC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IAC	-14.18%	-7.98%	-5.24%
ZipRecruiter	0.72%	24.19%	0.54%

Which has more risk and volatility, IAC or ZIP?

IAC has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IAC or ZIP?

IAC received 989 more outperform votes than ZipRecruiter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.57% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 54.89% of users gave ZipRecruiter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IAC	Outperform Votes 1090 71.57%	Underperform Votes 433 28.43%
ZipRecruiter	Outperform Votes 101 54.89%	Underperform Votes 83 45.11%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IAC or ZIP?

88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of IAC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

IAC beats ZipRecruiter on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.