ZeroFox (NASDAQ:ZFOX – Get Rating) and Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for ZeroFox and Fiserv, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ZeroFox | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Fiserv | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 |
ZeroFox presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 177.78%. Fiserv has a consensus price target of $127.95, suggesting a potential upside of 13.22%. Given ZeroFox’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ZeroFox is more favorable than Fiserv.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ZeroFox | $117.62 million | 0.11 | -$742.05 million | N/A | N/A |
| Fiserv | $17.74 billion | 3.99 | $2.53 billion | $3.92 | 28.83 |
Fiserv has higher revenue and earnings than ZeroFox.
Volatility & Risk
ZeroFox has a beta of -0.36, meaning that its stock price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiserv has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares ZeroFox and Fiserv’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ZeroFox | N/A | -71.15% | -38.58% |
| Fiserv | 14.26% | 13.32% | 5.39% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
88.8% of Fiserv shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.5% of ZeroFox shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fiserv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Fiserv beats ZeroFox on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ZeroFox
ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. operates as an enterprise cybersecurity software-as-a-service company that addresses the full lifecycle of external cyber threats and risks. The company offers ZeroFox Protect that enables organizations to configure protective capabilities to identify and protect their external assets; ZeroFox Predict, a threat intelligence solution that enable customers to directly search across data lake of global threat indicators, tactics, adversary intelligence, exploits, vulnerabilities, and security tools; ZeroFox Detect that provides customers with real-time asset and vulnerability awareness for their external-facing internet digital footprint; ZeroFox Response that enables organizations to provide the 24×7 level of support necessary to respond to external attacks, incidents, data loss or exfiltration, or potential breaches; and ZeroFox Disrupt to report, block, and take down an attack's core components across the internet. It serves customers in various industry verticals, such as education, energy, entertainment, financial services, government healthcare, media, retail, services, and technology. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.
About Fiserv
Fiserv, Inc. engages in the provision of financial services technology. It operates through the following segments: Merchant Acceptance, Financial Technology, and Payments and Network. The Merchant Acceptance segment provides commerce enabling solutions and serves merchants of all sizes around the world. The Financial Technology segment offers technology solutions needed to run operations, including products and services that enable financial institutions to process customer deposit and loan accounts. The Payments and Network segment includes the provision of services to financial institutions and corporate clients with products and services required to process digital payment transactions. The company was founded by Leslie M. Muma and George D. Dalton on July 31, 1984 and is headquartered in Brookfield, WI.
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