KANZHUN (NASDAQ:BZ – Get Free Report) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Dividends
KANZHUN pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. KANZHUN pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransUnion pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TransUnion has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. KANZHUN is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for KANZHUN and TransUnion, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| KANZHUN | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| TransUnion | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2.62 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
60.7% of KANZHUN shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of TransUnion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
KANZHUN has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransUnion has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares KANZHUN and TransUnion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| KANZHUN | 53.16% | 15.03% | 12.02% |
| TransUnion | 15.08% | 16.29% | 6.67% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares KANZHUN and TransUnion”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| KANZHUN | $1.18 billion | 5.87 | $391.15 million | $1.42 | 11.92 |
| TransUnion | $4.58 billion | 3.34 | $455.40 million | $3.79 | 21.08 |
TransUnion has higher revenue and earnings than KANZHUN. KANZHUN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransUnion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TransUnion beats KANZHUN on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About KANZHUN
Kanzhun Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides online recruitment services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers its recruitment services through a mobile app under the BOSS Zhipin brand name. Its services allow enterprise customers to access and interact with job seekers and manage their recruitment process. The company also provides management consultancy and technical services. Kanzhun Limited was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
About TransUnion
TransUnion operates as a global consumer credit reporting agency that provides risk and information solutions. The company operates through U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive segments. The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights, and analytic services to businesses, which uses its services to acquire new customers; assess consumer ability to pay for services; identify cross-selling opportunities; measure and manage debt portfolio risk; collect debt; verify consumer identities; and mitigate fraud risk. This segment serves various industry vertical markets, including financial services, technology, commerce and communications, insurance, media, services and collections, tenant and employment, and public sectors. The International segment offers credit reports, analytics, technology solutions, and other value-added risk management services; consumer services, which help consumers to manage their personal finances; consumer credit reporting, insurance and auto information solutions, and commercial credit information services. It serves customers in financial services, retail credit, insurance, automotive, collections, public sector, and communications industries through direct and indirect channels. The company was formerly known as TransUnion Holding Company, Inc. and changed its name to TransUnion in March 2015. TransUnion was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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