ZM vs. PINS, SNAP, TTD, YNDX, BZ, WIX, BIDU, VRSN, DDOG, and HUBS
Should you be buying Zoom Video Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zoom Video Communications include Pinterest (PINS), Snap (SNAP), Trade Desk (TTD), Yandex (YNDX), Kanzhun (BZ), Wix.com (WIX), Baidu (BIDU), VeriSign (VRSN), Datadog (DDOG), and HubSpot (HUBS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Zoom Video Communications vs.
Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
Zoom Video Communications has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Pinterest's net margin of -3.43%. Zoom Video Communications' return on equity of 2.70% beat Pinterest's return on equity.
Pinterest presently has a consensus price target of $28.14, suggesting a potential upside of 4.85%. Zoom Video Communications has a consensus price target of $91.25, suggesting a potential upside of 33.13%. Given Zoom Video Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zoom Video Communications is more favorable than Pinterest.
71.9% of Pinterest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Zoom Video Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Pinterest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Zoom Video Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Zoom Video Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Pinterest. Pinterest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zoom Video Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pinterest had 2 more articles in the media than Zoom Video Communications. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pinterest and 9 mentions for Zoom Video Communications. Zoom Video Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Pinterest's score of 0.32 indicating that Zoom Video Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zoom Video Communications received 83 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.41% of users gave Zoom Video Communications an outperform vote while only 51.41% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zoom Video Communications has a beta of -0.21, meaning that its stock price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Zoom Video Communications beats Pinterest on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ZM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Zoom Video Communications Competitors List