ZipRecruiter (ZIP) and The Competition Head-To-Head Analysis

ZipRecruiter (NYSE:ZIP) is one of 191 public companies in the “Interactive Media & Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare ZipRecruiter to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for ZipRecruiter and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZipRecruiter	1	4	0	0	1.80
ZipRecruiter Competitors	1359	5868	11288	421	2.57

ZipRecruiter currently has a consensus target price of $4.38, indicating a potential downside of 14.33%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 26.52%. Given ZipRecruiter’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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	-356.59%	-36.43%	4.74%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ZipRecruiter and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZipRecruiter	$452.26 million	-$32.99 million	14.59
ZipRecruiter Competitors	$13.75 billion	$3.55 billion	7.76

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

Risk and Volatility

ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZipRecruiter’s competitors have a beta of 1.59, indicating that their average stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.9% of ZipRecruiter shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ZipRecruiter competitors beat ZipRecruiter on 9 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.