Comparing CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL)

CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for CBIZ and Planet Labs PBC, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBIZ	0	7	1	0	2.12
Planet Labs PBC	1	7	5	1	2.43

CBIZ presently has a consensus target price of $44.50, indicating a potential downside of 18.86%. Planet Labs PBC has a consensus target price of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 121.76%. Given Planet Labs PBC’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than CBIZ.

Volatility and Risk

CBIZ has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CBIZ and Planet Labs PBC”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CBIZ	$2.78 billion	1.07	$115.44 million	$2.45	22.39
Planet Labs PBC	$307.73 million	16.17	-$246.86 million	($1.10)	-12.43

CBIZ has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBIZ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of CBIZ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CBIZ and Planet Labs PBC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBIZ	5.33%	12.85%	5.21%
Planet Labs PBC	-95.13%	-93.11%	-29.17%

Summary

CBIZ beats Planet Labs PBC on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CBIZ

CBIZ, Inc. provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services. The Benefits and Insurance Services provides employee benefits consulting, payroll/human capital management, property and casualty insurance, and retirement and investment services. The National Practices segment offers information technology managed networking and hardware, and health care consulting services. The company primarily serves small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and not-for-profit enterprises. CBIZ, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio.

About Planet Labs PBC

Planet Labs PBC engages in the design, construction, and launch constellations of satellites with the intent of providing high cadence geospatial data delivered to customers through an online platform worldwide. The company’s platform offers planet monitoring, basemap, tasking, apps, and application programming interfaces, as well as analytics and planetary variables. It serves agriculture, mapping, energy, forestry, finance and insurance companies, and government agencies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.