Comparing ZoomInfo Technologies (GTM) & Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for ZoomInfo Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZoomInfo Technologies	7	10	1	0	1.67
ZoomInfo Technologies Competitors	1436	5985	11519	441	2.57

ZoomInfo Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $5.93, indicating a potential upside of 35.96%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 38.99%. Given ZoomInfo Technologies’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ZoomInfo Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.5% of ZoomInfo Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of ZoomInfo Technologies 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

ZoomInfo Technologies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZoomInfo Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 1.84, meaning that their average stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ZoomInfo Technologies and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZoomInfo Technologies	$1.26 billion	$124.20 million	-2.34
ZoomInfo Technologies Competitors	$13.01 billion	$3.45 billion	20.20

ZoomInfo Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than ZoomInfo Technologies. ZoomInfo Technologies 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.

Profitability

This table compares ZoomInfo Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZoomInfo Technologies	-43.01%	20.16%	4.33%
ZoomInfo Technologies Competitors	-349.33%	-22.40%	4.21%

Summary

ZoomInfo Technologies competitors beat ZoomInfo Technologies on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

ZoomInfo Technologies Company Profile

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides go-to-market intelligence and engagement platform for sales and marketing teams in the United States and internationally. The company’s cloud-based platform provides information on organizations and professionals to help users identify target customers and decision makers, obtain continually updated predictive lead and company scoring, monitor buying signals and other attributes of target companies, craft messages, engage through automated sales tools, and track progress through the deal cycle. It serves enterprises, mid-market companies, and down to small businesses that operate in various industry verticals, including software, business services, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, media and internet, transportation, education, hospitality, and real estate. ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.