Analyzing ZipRecruiter (ZIP) & Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for ZipRecruiter and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZipRecruiter	0	4	0	0	2.00
ZipRecruiter Competitors	1437	6002	11538	441	2.57

ZipRecruiter presently has a consensus target price of $4.17, suggesting a potential downside of 7.06%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 32.33%. Given ZipRecruiter’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ZipRecruiter has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZipRecruiter	$448.95 million	-$32.99 million	12.81
ZipRecruiter Competitors	$12.06 billion	$3.48 billion	21.78

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.

Risk and Volatility

ZipRecruiter has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZipRecruiter’s competitors have a beta of 1.88, indicating that their average share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

70.6% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of ZipRecruiter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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	-349.38%	-23.09%	4.03%

Summary

ZipRecruiter competitors beat ZipRecruiter on 9 of the 12 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.