ZD vs. TTGT, SMTC, PRFT, AVDX, RUM, IDCC, KLIC, SIMO, GSAT, and INTA
Should you be buying Ziff Davis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ziff Davis include TechTarget (TTGT), Semtech (SMTC), Perficient (PRFT), AvidXchange (AVDX), Rumble (RUM), InterDigital (IDCC), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Globalstar (GSAT), and Intapp (INTA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) and TechTarget (NASDAQ:TTGT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Ziff Davis had 4 more articles in the media than TechTarget. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ziff Davis and 20 mentions for TechTarget. Ziff Davis' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat TechTarget's score of 0.09 indicating that Ziff Davis is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ziff Davis currently has a consensus target price of $75.13, suggesting a potential upside of 37.47%. TechTarget has a consensus target price of $37.88, suggesting a potential upside of 32.06%. Given Ziff Davis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ziff Davis is more favorable than TechTarget.
Ziff Davis and TechTarget both received 406 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 69.05% of users gave TechTarget an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Ziff Davis an outperform vote.
Ziff Davis has higher revenue and earnings than TechTarget. TechTarget is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ziff Davis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechTarget has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of TechTarget shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Ziff Davis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of TechTarget shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ziff Davis has a net margin of 4.36% compared to TechTarget's net margin of -3.24%. Ziff Davis' return on equity of 14.26% beat TechTarget's return on equity.
Summary
Ziff Davis beats TechTarget on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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