Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN – Get Rating) and Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ: MFH – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Zendesk and Mercurity Fintech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net margins | Return on equity | Return on assets | |
| Zendesk | -16.91% | -36.18% | -6.69% |
| Mercurity Fintech | NOW | -50.58% | -46.01% |
Analyst recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Zendesk and Mercurity Fintech, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell reviews | Keep reviews | Buy reviews | Strong purchase ratings | Assessment points | |
| Zendesk | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2.15 |
| Mercurity Fintech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NOW |
Zendesk currently has a consensus price target of $ 96.79, indicating a potential upside of 29.73%. Given Zendesk’s more likely upside, stock analysts clearly believe that Zendesk is more favorable than Mercurity Fintech.
Volatility and risk
Zendesk has a beta of 1.04, which indicates that the share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. In comparison, Mercurity Fintech has a beta of 1.74, which indicates that the share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and earnings
This table compares Zendesk and Mercurity Fintech’s gross earnings, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross income | Price / sales ratio | Net income | Earnings per share | Price / income ratio | |
| Zendesk | $ 1.34 billion | 6.87 | $ -223.64 million | ($ 2.00) | -37.31 |
| Mercurity Fintech | $ 670,000.00 | 9.21 | $ 20.75 million | NOW | NOW |
Mercurity Fintech has lower revenues, but higher earnings than Zendesk.
Institutional and insider ownership
98.7% of Zendesk shares are owned by institutional investors. In comparison, 16.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of the Zendesk shares are owned by the company’s insiders. In comparison, 62.8% of the Mercurity Fintech shares are owned by the company’s insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is ready for long-term growth.
Summary
Zendesk beats Mercurity Fintech on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Zendesk (Get rating)
Zendesk, Inc., a software development company, provides software as a service solution for organizations in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The flagship product is Zendesk Support, a system for tracking, prioritizing and resolving customer support tickets across different channels. The company also offers Zendesk Chat, a live chat and messaging software to connect with customers on websites and applications for mobile devices; Zendesk Talk, a cloud-based call center software; Zendesk Guide, a knowledge base that drives customer self-service and support agent productivity; Zendesk Gather, a community forum software that allows customer end users to connect and collaborate; Zendesk Explore, which provides analytics for organizations to measure and improve the customer experience; and Zendesk Sell, a customer relationship selling (CRM) product solution to improve pipeline productivity, processes and visibility. In addition, it provides Zendesk Sunshine, a CRM platform; Sunshine Conversations, a messaging platform solution; Zendesk Developer Tools, a combination of application programming interface, web widget and mobile software development kit; Zendesk APIs that allow users to build custom integrations and interact with Zendesk data; and Zendesk apps that enable organizations to customize interfaces for Zendesk product and platform solutions and optimize workflow through plug-ins, as well as Zendesk Suite, an omnichannel offering that combines its solutions. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Mercurity Fintech (Get rating)
Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. is engaged in the design, development, creation, testing, installation, configuration, integration and customization of digital asset infrastructure solutions based on blockchain technologies in the British Virgin Islands and the Asia-Pacific region. The company provides infrastructure solutions for digital assets based on Internet and blockchain technologies for traders, communities and liquidity providers; an asset digitization platform, which offers blockchain-based digitization solutions for traditional assets that include fiat currencies, bonds and precious metals. It also offers a decentralized financial platform that solves retailers’ problems; cross-border payment services through NBpay; and additional services for their platforms, such as custom software development, maintenance, and compliance support services. Formerly known as JMU Limited, the company changed its name to Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. in April 2020. Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
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