Comparing ZipRecruiter (ZIP) & Its Peers

ZipRecruiter (NYSE:ZIP) is one of 192 publicly-traded companies in the “Interactive Media & Services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare ZipRecruiter to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for ZipRecruiter and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZipRecruiter	1	3	0	0	1.75
ZipRecruiter Competitors	1379	5891	11308	423	2.57

ZipRecruiter presently has a consensus target price of $4.17, suggesting a potential downside of 10.70%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 26.71%. Given ZipRecruiter’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ZipRecruiter has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares ZipRecruiter and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZipRecruiter	6.20%	N/A	-3.73%
ZipRecruiter Competitors	-349.95%	-12.16%	4.19%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ZipRecruiter and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZipRecruiter	$448.95 million	-$32.99 million	13.33
ZipRecruiter Competitors	$12.33 billion	$3.48 billion	16.97

ZipRecruiter’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZipRecruiter’s competitors have a beta of 1.57, meaning that their average stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ZipRecruiter competitors beat ZipRecruiter on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter, Inc. operates an online employment marketplace that connects job seekers and employers. Its platform provides various solutions, such as job posting, online interviews, job alerts, match scores, and application updates. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Santa Monica, California.