Zhihu (ZH) Competitors

Zhihu (NYSE:ZH) and Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZH or FLYW?

Flywire received 80 more outperform votes than Zhihu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.14% of users gave Flywire an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Zhihu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zhihu	Outperform Votes 13 50.00%	Underperform Votes 13 50.00%
Flywire	Outperform Votes 93 64.14%	Underperform Votes 52 35.86%

Do analysts recommend ZH or FLYW?

Zhihu currently has a consensus price target of $4.70, indicating a potential upside of 16.92%. Flywire has a consensus price target of $15.15, indicating a potential upside of 40.94%. Given Flywire's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Flywire is more favorable than Zhihu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zhihu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Flywire	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Which has more volatility & risk, ZH or FLYW?

Zhihu has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flywire has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ZH or FLYW?

Flywire has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zhihu. Zhihu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flywire, 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
Zhihu	$3.37B	0.10	-$118.82M	-$0.02	-201.00
Flywire	$511.49M	2.56	-$8.57M	$0.04	268.80

Is ZH or FLYW more profitable?

Flywire has a net margin of 4.23% compared to Zhihu's net margin of -9.28%. Flywire's return on equity of 2.49% beat Zhihu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zhihu	-9.28%	-8.01%	-5.65%
Flywire	4.23%	2.49%	1.86%

Does the media refer more to ZH or FLYW?

In the previous week, Flywire had 8 more articles in the media than Zhihu. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Flywire and 2 mentions for Zhihu. Zhihu's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Flywire's score of 0.46 indicating that Zhihu is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zhihu	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Flywire	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ZH or FLYW?

28.9% of Zhihu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Flywire shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Zhihu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Flywire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Flywire beats Zhihu on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.