Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z – Get Free Report) and United Internet (OTCMKTS:UDIRF – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Zillow Group and United Internet, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Zillow Group | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2.56 |
| United Internet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Zillow Group presently has a consensus price target of $91.14, suggesting a potential upside of 22.06%. Given Zillow Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Zillow Group is more favorable than United Internet.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Zillow Group | $2.24 billion | 8.09 | -$112.00 million | ($0.14) | -533.36 |
| United Internet | $6.85 billion | 0.77 | $114.57 million | $0.74 | 36.94 |
United Internet has higher revenue and earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Internet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
71.0% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.8% of Zillow Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Zillow Group and United Internet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Zillow Group | -1.29% | -0.56% | -0.48% |
| United Internet | 1.90% | 2.19% | 1.00% |
Risk and Volatility
Zillow Group has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Internet has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Zillow Group beats United Internet on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About United Internet
United Internet AG, through its subsidiaries, operates as an Internet service provider worldwide. The company operates through Consumer Access, Business Access, Consumer Applications, and Business Applications segments. It offers landline-based broadband and mobile internet products, including home networks, online storage, telephony, and IPTV for private users; and telecommunication products ranging from fiber-optic direct connections to tailored ICT solutions, which include voice, data, and network solutions, as well as infrastructure services to national and international carriers and ISPs. The company also provides applications and services for home users, such as personal information management applications comprising email, to-do lists, appointments, and addresses; and online cloud storage, as well as domains and website solutions. In addition, it provides business applications for freelancers and small to medium enterprises, such as domains, websites, web hosting, servers, cloud solutions, e-shops, group work, online cloud storage, and office software. It offers its access products through the yourfone, smartmobile.de, 1&1, and 1&1 Versatel brands; and applications through GMX, mail.com, WEB.DE, home.pl, Arsys, STRATO, IONOS, Fasthosts, we22, InterNetX, united-domains, and World4You brand names. In addition, the company offers customers professional services in the fields of active domain management; performance-based advertising and sales services under the Sedo brand name; online advertising services under the United Internet Media brand name; and white-label website builder services under the we22 brand, as well as sells IT hardware. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Montabaur, Germany.
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