Contrasting Match Group (MTCH) & Its Peers

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Match Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Match Group	0	9	9	0	2.50
Match Group Competitors	1446	6030	11561	443	2.56

Match Group currently has a consensus target price of $45.64, suggesting a potential upside of 15.64%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 32.52%. Given Match Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Match Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Match Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Match Group pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 17.8% and pay out 4.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Match Group lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Match Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Match Group	20.69%	-361.92%	17.95%
Match Group Competitors	-349.71%	-23.08%	3.97%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Match Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Match Group	$3.49 billion	$613.45 million	13.42
Match Group Competitors	$12.05 billion	$3.48 billion	8.07

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.1% of Match Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Match Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Match Group has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Match Group’s peers have a beta of 1.88, meaning that their average stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Match Group peers beat Match Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Match Group Company Profile

Match Group, Inc. engages in the provision of dating products. Its portfolio of brands includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, Plenty Of Fish, Azar, BLK, and Hakuna, as well as a various other brands, each built to increase users' likelihood of connecting with others. Its services are available in over 40 languages to users worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Dallas, Texas.