STER vs. ZIP, GB, TIXT, RAMP, KELYA, BBSI, YEXT, PGRU, CCRN, and HSII
Should you be buying Sterling Check stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Check include ZipRecruiter (ZIP), Global Blue Group (GB), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), LiveRamp (RAMP), Kelly Services (KELYA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Yext (YEXT), PropertyGuru Group (PGRU), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), and Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Sterling Check (NASDAQ:STER) and ZipRecruiter (NASDAQ:ZIP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
ZipRecruiter has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sterling Check.
Sterling Check has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.3% of Sterling Check shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Sterling Check shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ZipRecruiter had 15 more articles in the media than Sterling Check. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for ZipRecruiter and 12 mentions for Sterling Check. ZipRecruiter's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sterling Check's score of -0.26 indicating that ZipRecruiter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sterling Check presently has a consensus price target of $15.30, indicating a potential upside of 0.20%. ZipRecruiter has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.06%. Given ZipRecruiter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ZipRecruiter is more favorable than Sterling Check.
ZipRecruiter has a net margin of 7.60% compared to Sterling Check's net margin of -0.02%. Sterling Check's return on equity of 9.47% beat ZipRecruiter's return on equity.
ZipRecruiter received 77 more outperform votes than Sterling Check when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave ZipRecruiter an outperform vote while only 43.40% of users gave Sterling Check an outperform vote.
Summary
ZipRecruiter beats Sterling Check on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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