PagerDuty (PD) Competitors

Zeta Global (NYSE:ZETA) and PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts recommend ZETA or PD?

Zeta Global currently has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.63%. PagerDuty has a consensus price target of $21.91, indicating a potential upside of 24.27%. Given PagerDuty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PagerDuty is more favorable than Zeta Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zeta Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PagerDuty	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the media favor ZETA or PD?

In the previous week, Zeta Global had 28 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Zeta Global and 10 mentions for PagerDuty. PagerDuty's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Zeta Global's score of 0.75 indicating that PagerDuty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zeta Global	12 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PagerDuty	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ZETA or PD?

75.8% of Zeta Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of PagerDuty shares are held by institutional investors. 25.5% of Zeta Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of PagerDuty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ZETA or PD?

Zeta Global has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagerDuty has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZETA or PD?

PagerDuty received 78 more outperform votes than Zeta Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.02% of users gave Zeta Global an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave PagerDuty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zeta Global	Outperform Votes 68 66.02%	Underperform Votes 35 33.98%
PagerDuty	Outperform Votes 146 58.17%	Underperform Votes 105 41.83%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ZETA or PD?

PagerDuty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zeta Global. Zeta Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagerDuty, 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
Zeta Global	$822.09M	7.95	-$187.48M	-$1.06	-28.19
PagerDuty	$430.70M	3.81	-$81.76M	-$1.01	-17.46

Is ZETA or PD more profitable?

Zeta Global has a net margin of -17.76% compared to PagerDuty's net margin of -18.58%. PagerDuty's return on equity of -25.83% beat Zeta Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zeta Global	-17.76%	-79.03%	-26.59%
PagerDuty	-18.58%	-25.83%	-4.81%

Summary

Zeta Global beats PagerDuty on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.