PINS vs. ZM, SNAP, BIDU, BZ, WIX, YNDX, TTD, ASX, MSTR, and WDC
Should you be buying Pinterest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinterest include Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Snap (SNAP), Baidu (BIDU), Kanzhun (BZ), Wix.com (WIX), Yandex (YNDX), Trade Desk (TTD), ASE Technology (ASX), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Western Digital (WDC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zoom Video Communications has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Zoom Video Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Pinterest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Zoom Video Communications shares are owned 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.
Zoom Video Communications received 62 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.69% of users gave Zoom Video Communications an outperform vote while only 49.57% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
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, Zoom Video Communications had 5 more articles in the media than Pinterest. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Zoom Video Communications and 16 mentions for Pinterest. Zoom Video Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Pinterest's score of 0.69 indicating that Zoom Video Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pinterest presently has a consensus target price of $37.68, indicating a potential upside of 14.71%. Zoom Video Communications has a consensus target price of $77.56, indicating a potential upside of 25.80%. Given Zoom Video Communications' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zoom Video Communications is more favorable than Pinterest.
Zoom Video Communications has a net margin of 14.08% compared to Pinterest's net margin of -1.17%. Zoom Video Communications' return on equity of 9.68% beat Pinterest's return on equity.
Summary
Zoom Video Communications beats Pinterest on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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