Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR (ZH) vs ZipRecruiter, Inc. (ZIP)

Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR and ZipRecruiter, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. ZipRecruiter, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $283.7M against $220.9M — 1.3× the size. Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; ZipRecruiter, Inc. trades at 10.0×. ZipRecruiter, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.41% against −10.1%. ZipRecruiter, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.20% vs −11.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.14% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, ZipRecruiter, Inc. leads on 12 and Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR on 6.

Valuation

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m 10.03 10.24
P/S 0.74 0.63 0.87
P/B 0.52 n/m 1.32
Price to free cash flow n/m 19.03 8.85
EV/EBITDA 4.57 27.28 8.86
EV/Sales (0.86) 0.82 1.15
Earnings yield (14.63%) 9.97% (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield (45.50%) 5.26% 2.32%

Profitability

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 57.94% 89.12% 66.84%
Operating margin (18.76%) 0.35% (3.41%)
Net margin (11.08%) 6.20% (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin (33.67%) 3.33% 1.75%
Return on equity (7.43%) (56.24%) 0.00%
Return on assets (5.57%) 6.14% (0.36%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% 2.14% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) (10.06%) 0.41% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (30.77%) (184.62%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.66% 1.43% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.03 (7.49) 0.01
Current ratio 3.73 3.03 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 8.61 (19.67) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 3.19%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 220.93m 283.68m 283.68m

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