Eventbrite (NYSE:EB) versus Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ) Head to Head Analysis

Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ) and Eventbrite (NYSE:EB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

60.7% of Kanzhun shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Eventbrite shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kanzhun shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Eventbrite shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Kanzhun has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eventbrite has a beta of 2.44, suggesting that its stock price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Kanzhun and Eventbrite, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kanzhun	0	1	7	0	2.88
Eventbrite	0	2	5	0	2.71

Kanzhun presently has a consensus target price of $20.38, indicating a potential upside of 0.57%. Eventbrite has a consensus target price of $10.29, indicating a potential upside of 89.42%. Given Eventbrite’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eventbrite is more favorable than Kanzhun.

Profitability

This table compares Kanzhun and Eventbrite’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kanzhun	18.28%	8.44%	6.53%
Eventbrite	-5.47%	-10.00%	-1.95%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kanzhun and Eventbrite’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kanzhun	$5.95 billion	1.28	$154.82 million	$0.33	61.73
Eventbrite	$334.47 million	1.67	-$26.48 million	($0.19)	-28.84

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

Summary

Kanzhun beats Eventbrite on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kanzhun

Kanzhun Limited engages in the provision of online recruitment solutions in the People's Republic of China. The company offers its recruitment solutions through a mobile app under the BOSS Zhipin brand name. Its recruitment platform assists the recruitment process between job seekers and employers for enterprises, and corporations. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Eventbrite

Eventbrite, Inc. operates a two-sided marketplace that provides self-service ticketing and marketing tools for event creators in the United States and internationally. Its platform integrates components needed to plan, promote, and produce live events that allow creators to reduce friction and costs, enhance reach, and drive ticket sales. The company was formerly known as Mollyguard Corporation and changed its name to Eventbrite, Inc. in 2009. Eventbrite, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.