Head to Head Survey: ZipRecruiter (ZIP) and Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ZipRecruiter and its competitors, as provided 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 26.87%. Given ZipRecruiter’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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	-351.33%	-23.95%	4.19%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZipRecruiter	$448.95 million	-$32.99 million	13.33
ZipRecruiter Competitors	$13.48 billion	$3.48 billion	17.03

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Volatility and Risk

ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZipRecruiter’s competitors have a beta of 1.56, meaning that their average stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ZipRecruiter competitors beat ZipRecruiter on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

ZipRecruiter Company Profile

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.