ZipRecruiter (ZIP) vs. The Competition Financial Analysis

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ZipRecruiter and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZipRecruiter	$448.95 million	-$32.99 million	13.33
ZipRecruiter Competitors	$12.39 billion	$3.48 billion	16.90

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for ZipRecruiter and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZipRecruiter	1	3	0	0	1.75
ZipRecruiter Competitors	1377	5890	11308	422	2.57

ZipRecruiter presently has a consensus target price of $4.17, suggesting a potential downside of 10.70%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 26.89%. Given ZipRecruiter’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ZipRecruiter has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares ZipRecruiter and its rivals’ 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	-351.33%	-23.95%	4.19%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held 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

ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZipRecruiter’s rivals have a beta of 1.58, indicating that their average stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ZipRecruiter rivals beat ZipRecruiter on 10 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.