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ZH vs. ACVA, CTOS, DFIN, WLDN, PHR, GDRX, STGW, PLTK, NEO, and UPBD

Should you be buying Zhihu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zhihu include ACV Auctions (ACVA), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Willdan Group (WLDN), Phreesia (PHR), GoodRx (GDRX), Stagwell (STGW), Playtika (PLTK), NeoGenomics (NEO), and Upbound Group (UPBD). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Zhihu vs. Its Competitors

ACV Auctions (NYSE:ACVA) and Zhihu (NYSE:ZH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Zhihu has a net margin of 4.34% compared to ACV Auctions' net margin of -9.09%. Zhihu's return on equity of 3.24% beat ACV Auctions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ACV Auctions-9.09% -10.21% -4.23%
Zhihu 4.34%3.24%2.36%

ACV Auctions has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zhihu has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ACV Auctions had 1 more articles in the media than Zhihu. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ACV Auctions and 2 mentions for Zhihu. ACV Auctions' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Zhihu's score of -0.47 indicating that ACV Auctions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ACV Auctions
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Zhihu
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

88.6% of ACV Auctions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Zhihu shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of ACV Auctions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Zhihu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Zhihu has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ACV Auctions. ACV Auctions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zhihu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ACV Auctions$637.16M2.56-$79.70M-$0.39-24.31
Zhihu$493.05M0.78-$23.54M$0.2219.70

Zhihu has a consensus price target of $4.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.42%. Given Zhihu's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zhihu is more favorable than ACV Auctions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ACV Auctions
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Zhihu
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Zhihu beats ACV Auctions on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ZH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
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ZH vs. The Competition

MetricZhihuINTERNET CONTENT IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$379.22M$4.05B$33.06B$22.00B
Dividend YieldN/A5.10%3.18%3.57%
P/E Ratio19.718.06103.8333.18
Price / Sales0.782.311,288.5561.30
Price / CashN/A22.9038.0824.54
Price / Book0.664.157.574.66
Net Income-$23.54M$121.37M$820.47M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.19%3.45%2.46%2.19%
1 Month Performance-17.43%-4.92%3.62%2.04%
1 Year Performance21.09%1.05%24,146.18%13.99%

Zhihu Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZH
Zhihu
1.4412 of 5 stars
$4.34
+0.8%
$4.70
+8.4%
+21.8%$379.22M$493.05M19.711,887Analyst Downgrade
ACVA
ACV Auctions
0.3447 of 5 stars
$9.12
+6.3%
N/AN/A$1.48B$637.16M0.002,900News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
CTOS
Custom Truck One Source
0.9843 of 5 stars
$6.58
+3.1%
$6.75
+2.7%
+106.1%$1.45B$1.80B0.001,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DFIN
Donnelley Financial Solutions
2.8841 of 5 stars
$50.77
-1.8%
$70.67
+39.2%
-15.6%$1.42B$781.90M17.941,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WLDN
Willdan Group
4.2598 of 5 stars
$99.05
+3.8%
$111.50
+12.6%
+131.4%$1.40B$565.80M41.441,761Positive News
Gap Up
PHR
Phreesia
4.3511 of 5 stars
$22.92
+2.8%
$33.85
+47.7%
+29.6%$1.34B$419.81M0.002,082
GDRX
GoodRx
3.6812 of 5 stars
$3.98
+3.9%
$5.80
+45.7%
-36.6%$1.33B$792.32M22.53950
STGW
Stagwell
3.1169 of 5 stars
$5.24
+2.1%
$8.17
+56.0%
-17.3%$1.33B$2.84B10.9114,607
PLTK
Playtika
4.2829 of 5 stars
$3.51
-0.3%
$6.66
+89.6%
-51.7%$1.32B$2.55B14.633,500
NEO
NeoGenomics
2.8508 of 5 stars
$10.59
+5.4%
$12.56
+18.6%
-18.2%$1.30B$660.57M-13.072,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UPBD
Upbound Group
4.6008 of 5 stars
$22.37
+2.8%
$37.25
+66.5%
-16.1%$1.26B$4.32B5.2811,970News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:ZH) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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