Analyzing Zillow Group (ZG) & Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Zillow Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zillow Group	2	11	10	0	2.35
Zillow Group Competitors	1438	6003	11540	441	2.57

Zillow Group presently has a consensus price target of $50.10, suggesting a potential upside of 45.41%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 32.44%. Given Zillow Group’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Zillow Group and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zillow Group	$2.81 billion	$23.00 million	156.59
Zillow Group Competitors	$13.72 billion	$3.48 billion	22.34

Zillow Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.3% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 29.9% of Zillow Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by company 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.

Volatility & Risk

Zillow Group has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group’s peers have a beta of 1.88, meaning that their average stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Zillow Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zillow Group	1.96%	2.32%	1.97%
Zillow Group Competitors	-349.38%	-23.09%	4.03%

Summary

Zillow Group peers beat Zillow Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Zillow Group Company Profile

Zillow Group, Inc. operates real estate brands in mobile applications and Websites in the United States. The company offers premier agent and rentals marketplaces, new construction marketplaces, advertising, display advertising, and business technology solutions, as well as dotloop and floor plans. It also provides mortgage originations and the sale of mortgages, and advertising to mortgage lenders and other mortgage professionals; and title and escrow services. In addition, the company's brand portfolio includes Zillow Premier Agent, Zillow Home Loans, Zillow Rentals, Trulia, StreetEasy, HotPads, and Out East; and a suite of marketing software and technology solutions for the real estate industry, including ShowingTime+, Spruce, and Follow Up Boss. Zillow Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.