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 $398.8M against $208.4M — 1.9× the size. Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; ZipRecruiter, Inc. trades at 12.6×. 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 12.60 11.54
P/S 0.66 0.80 0.86
P/B 0.47 n/m 1.20
Price to free cash flow n/m 23.91 9.63
EV/EBITDA 5.00 32.38 8.68
EV/Sales (0.94) 0.97 1.18
Earnings yield (16.42%) 7.94% (2.42%)
Free cash flow yield (51.07%) 4.18% 2.27%

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%) 34.45%
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 — — 1.07%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric ZH ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 208.42m 398.80m 318.52m

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