Financial Survey: BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) versus Angi (NASDAQ:ANGI)

BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and Angi (NASDAQ:ANGI) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of Angi shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Angi shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BuzzFeed and Angi”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BuzzFeed	$185.27 million	0.41	-$57.72 million	($1.54)	-0.60
Angi	$1.03 billion	0.27	$43.83 million	($5.52)	-1.24

Angi has higher revenue and earnings than BuzzFeed. Angi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BuzzFeed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for BuzzFeed and Angi, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BuzzFeed	1	1	0	0	1.50
Angi	2	6	2	0	2.00

BuzzFeed currently has a consensus price target of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Angi has a consensus price target of $10.57, suggesting a potential upside of 54.55%. Given Angi’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Angi is more favorable than BuzzFeed.

Profitability

This table compares BuzzFeed and Angi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BuzzFeed	-35.83%	-113.86%	-34.00%
Angi	-23.85%	0.49%	0.27%

Volatility and Risk

BuzzFeed has a beta of 4.02, meaning that its stock price is 302% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Angi has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Angi beats BuzzFeed on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, distributes content across owned and operated, as well as third-party platforms. The company offers BuzzFeed, a go-to authority for entertainment, pop culture, and Internet with articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; BuzzFeed News, a pocket friendly newsroom; Tasty, a platform for food content; HuffPost, media platform for news, politics, opinion, entertainment, features, and lifestyle content. It also provides display, programmatic, and video advertising on its owned and operated sites and applications. BuzzFeed, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Angi

Angi Inc. connects home service professionals with consumers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Ads and Leads, Services, and International. It provides consumers with tools and resources to help them find local, pre-screened and customer-rated service professionals, matches consumers with independently established home services professionals. The company's Ads and Leads segment connects consumers with service professionals for local services through nationwide network of service professionals in various service categories; provides consumers with valuable tools, services, and content, including verified reviews, to help them research, shop, and hire for local services; and sells term-based website, mobile, and magazine advertising to certified service professionals, as well as services and tools, including quoting, invoicing, and payment services. This segment provides consumers access to online True Cost Guide, which provides project cost information for various project types, as well as a library of home services-related content. Its Services segment offers a pre-priced offering, pursuant to which consumers can request services through Angi and Handy branded platforms and pay for such services on the applicable platform directly; and provides professionals with access to a pool of consumers seeking service professionals and must validate their home services experience, as well as attest to holding the requisite license(s) and maintain an acceptable rating to remain on Services platforms. The company's International segment operates Travaux, MyBuilder, MyHammer, Werkspo, and Homestars home services marketplaces. The company was formerly known as ANGI Homeservices Inc. and changed its name to Angi Inc. in March 2021. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Angi Inc. operates as a subsidiary of IAC Inc.