Contrasting Zillow Group (ZG) and Its Peers

Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG) 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 Zillow Group to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Zillow Group and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zillow Group	1	12	10	0	2.39
Zillow Group Competitors	1436	5986	11521	441	2.57

Zillow Group currently has a consensus price target of $51.10, indicating a potential upside of 60.22%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 38.80%. Given Zillow Group’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

Zillow Group has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zillow Group’s competitors have a beta of 1.84, suggesting that their average share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Zillow Group and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zillow Group	$2.58 billion	$23.00 million	144.95
Zillow Group Competitors	$13.10 billion	$3.45 billion	20.19

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

Profitability

This table compares Zillow Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zillow Group	1.96%	2.32%	1.97%
Zillow Group Competitors	-349.33%	-22.40%	4.21%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

20.3% of Zillow Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 29.9% of Zillow Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Zillow Group competitors beat Zillow Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Zillow Group

Zillow Group, Inc. operates real estate brands in mobile applications and Websites in the United States. The company offers premier agent and rentals marketplaces, new construction marketplaces, advertising, display advertising, and business technology solutions, as well as dotloop and floor plans. It also provides mortgage originations and the sale of mortgages, and advertising to mortgage lenders and other mortgage professionals; and title and escrow services. In addition, the company's brand portfolio includes Zillow Premier Agent, Zillow Home Loans, Zillow Rentals, Trulia, StreetEasy, HotPads, and Out East; and a suite of marketing software and technology solutions for the real estate industry, including ShowingTime+, Spruce, and Follow Up Boss. Zillow Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.