Financial Analysis: Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ) versus Professional Diversity Network (NASDAQ:IPDN)

Professional Diversity Network (NASDAQ:IPDN – Get Rating) and Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ – Get Rating) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Professional Diversity Network and Kanzhun’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Professional Diversity Network	-38.26%	-130.70%	-45.72%
Kanzhun	2.56%	1.00%	0.79%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Professional Diversity Network and Kanzhun’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Professional Diversity Network	$8.31 million	5.45	-$2.60 million	N/A	N/A
Kanzhun	$654.04 million	8.78	$15.55 million	$0.05	306.60

Kanzhun has higher revenue and earnings than Professional Diversity Network.

Risk & Volatility

Professional Diversity Network has a beta of 17.08, meaning that its stock price is 1,608% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kanzhun has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

11.3% of Professional Diversity Network shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Kanzhun shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Professional Diversity Network shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Professional Diversity Network and Kanzhun, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Professional Diversity Network	0	0	0	0	N/A
Kanzhun	0	1	3	0	2.75

Kanzhun has a consensus target price of $23.90, indicating a potential upside of 55.90%. Given Kanzhun’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kanzhun is more favorable than Professional Diversity Network.

Summary

Kanzhun beats Professional Diversity Network on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Professional Diversity Network

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Professional Diversity Network, Inc. operates online and in-person networks that provide access to networking, training, educational and employment opportunities for diverse professionals. It operates through four segments: Professional Diversity Network (PDN Network), National Association of Professional Women (NAPW Network), RemoteMore, and Corporate Overhead. The PDN Network segment consists of online professional networking communities with career resources tailored to the needs of various cultural groups. The NAPW Network segment refers to women-only professional networking organization. The RemoteMore segment connects companies with developers with less effort and friction, and software developers to get jobs regardless of their location. The Corporate Overhead refers to operating expenses. The company was founded by Rudy Martinez on October 3, 2003 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

About Kanzhun

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Kanzhun Limited operates an online recruitment platform, BOSS Zhipin in the People's Republic of China. Its recruitment platform assists the recruitment process between job seekers and employers for enterprises, and corporations. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.