KANZHUN (NASDAQ:BZ – Get Free Report) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares KANZHUN and Huron Consulting Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| KANZHUN | 53.16% | 15.03% | 12.02% |
| Huron Consulting Group | 6.38% | 32.33% | 9.29% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares KANZHUN and Huron Consulting Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| KANZHUN | $1.18 billion | 5.13 | $391.15 million | $1.42 | 10.41 |
| Huron Consulting Group | $1.70 billion | 1.48 | $105.04 million | $6.68 | 23.70 |
KANZHUN has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Huron Consulting Group. KANZHUN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
KANZHUN has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for KANZHUN and Huron Consulting Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| KANZHUN | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Huron Consulting Group | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 |
KANZHUN currently has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.75%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $184.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.37%. Given KANZHUN’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KANZHUN is more favorable than Huron Consulting Group.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
60.7% of KANZHUN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of KANZHUN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats KANZHUN on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About KANZHUN
Kanzhun Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides online recruitment services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers its recruitment services through a mobile app under the BOSS Zhipin brand name. Its services allow enterprise customers to access and interact with job seekers and manage their recruitment process. The company also provides management consultancy and technical services. Kanzhun Limited was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group Inc., a professional services firm, provides consultancy services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The Healthcare segment provides financial and operational performance improvement consulting services; digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services; software products; organizational transformation services; revenue cycle managed and outsourcing services; financial and capital advisory consulting services; and strategy and innovation consulting services to national and regional health systems, academic and community health systems, federal health system, public, children’s and critical access hospitals, physician practices and medical groups, payors, and long-term care or post-acute providers. The Education segment provides digital solutions, spanning technology, and analytic-related services; Huron Research product suite, a software suite designed to facilitate and enhance research administration service delivery and compliance; research-focused consulting and managed services; strategy and operations consulting services for public and private colleges and universities, research institutes, and other education-related organizations. The Commercial segment delivers digital services and software products, and financial advisory services to financial, energy and utilities, professional and business services, life science, consumer products, and industrials and manufacturing industries, as well as public sector and nonprofit organizations. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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