ZD vs. TTGT, PRFT, YELP, KLIC, IDCC, SMTC, SIMO, AGYS, UPST, and PYCR
Should you be buying Ziff Davis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ziff Davis include TechTarget (TTGT), Perficient (PRFT), Yelp (YELP), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), InterDigital (IDCC), Semtech (SMTC), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Agilysys (AGYS), Upstart (UPST), and Paycor HCM (PYCR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
TechTarget (NASDAQ:TTGT) and Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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.
TechTarget and Ziff Davis 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.
In the previous week, TechTarget had 2 more articles in the media than Ziff Davis. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TechTarget and 1 mentions for Ziff Davis. TechTarget's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Ziff Davis' score of 0.11 indicating that Ziff Davis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.5% of TechTarget shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Ziff Davis shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of TechTarget shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ziff Davis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ziff Davis has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Ziff Davis' net margin of -3.24%. TechTarget's return on equity of 14.26% beat Ziff Davis' return on equity.
TechTarget presently has a consensus price target of $37.88, suggesting a potential upside of 21.86%. Ziff Davis has a consensus price target of $75.13, suggesting a potential upside of 31.98%. Given TechTarget's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ziff Davis is more favorable than TechTarget.
TechTarget has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ziff Davis has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ziff Davis beats TechTarget on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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