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 $305.9M against $208.9M — 1.5× the size. Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; ZipRecruiter, Inc. trades at 10.8×. 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 11 and Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR on 7.

Valuation

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m 10.77 12.38
P/S 0.53 0.68 0.93
P/B 0.37 n/m 1.24
Price to free cash flow n/m 20.44 10.76
EV/EBITDA 5.70 28.53 10.74
EV/Sales (1.07) 0.86 1.20
Earnings yield (20.52%) 9.28% (1.71%)
Free cash flow yield (63.84%) 4.89% 4.26%

Profitability

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 57.94% 89.12% 63.25%
Operating margin (18.76%) 0.35% (1.87%)
Net margin (11.08%) 6.20% (1.37%)
Free cash flow margin (33.67%) 3.33% 3.47%
Return on equity (7.43%) (56.24%) (1.19%)
Return on assets (5.57%) 6.14% 0.00%
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% 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (30.77%) (184.62%) 34.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.66% 1.43% 10.46%
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 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 8.61 (19.67) (0.53)

Dividend

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 1.19%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 208.90m 305.88m 693.23m

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