Head-To-Head Survey: NantHealth (NASDAQ:NH) and Zendesk (NASDAQ:ZEN) – Riverton Roll

Zendesk (NYSE:ZEN) and NantHealth (NASDAQ:NH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.9% of Zendesk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of NantHealth shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Zendesk shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.5% of NantHealth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Zendesk has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NantHealth has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Zendesk and NantHealths net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Zendesk and NantHealth, as reported by MarketBeat.

Zendesk presently has a consensus target price of $94.94, indicating a potential upside of 21.17%. NantHealth has a consensus target price of $1.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.96%. Given Zendesks higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zendesk is more favorable than NantHealth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Zendesk and NantHealths top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Zendesk has higher revenue and earnings than NantHealth. Zendesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NantHealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Zendesk beats NantHealth on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

Zendesk Company Profile

Zendesk, Inc., a software development company, provides SaaS products for organizations. Its flagship product is Zendesk Support, a system for tracking, prioritizing, and solving customer support tickets across various channels. The company also offers Zendesk Chat, a live chat software to connect with customers on Websites, applications, and mobile devices; Zendesk Talk, a cloud-based call center software; Zendesk Guide, a knowledge base that powers customer self-service and support agent productivity; Zendesk Sell, a sales force automation software to enhance productivity, processes, and pipeline visibility for sales teams; Zendesk Connect that manages customer communication across channels; and Zendesk Explore, which provides analytics for businesses to measure and enhance the customer experience. In addition, it provides Zendesk Sunshine, a customer relationship management platform; Zendesk Embeddables, which allow developers to embed support, chat, and guide experiences on the Web and within mobile applications; and Zendesk application platform interfaces and Apps. The company has operations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, Asia, and South America. Zendesk, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

NantHealth Company Profile

NantHealth, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a healthcare technology company in the United States and internationally. The company engages in converging science and technology through an integrated clinical platform to provide health information at the point of care. It develops NantHealth solutions, including molecular profiling solutions, software, and hardware systems infrastructure, which integrates patient data management, bioinformatics, and molecular medicine to enable value-based care and evidence-based clinical practice. The company's products include GPS Cancer, a molecular profile that integrates whole genome sequencing of tumor and normal germline samples, as well as whole transcriptome sequencing; GPS Cancer Report, a GPS cancer solution; GPS in rare diseases and chronic illnesses; Liquid GPS, a blood-based molecular test; and Eviti, a decision support solution. It also provides Web-based and mobile software solutions, such as Device Connectivity Suite, a device connectivity and near real-time biometric software and hardware suite; DeviceConX, a device data normalization software; HBox, an Internet of Medical Things and Internet of Things hardware hub; and VitalsConX, a tablet-optimized application. In addition, NantHealth, Inc. offers NaviNet Open, a payer-provider collaboration platform comprising plan central, eligibility and benefit, claims status inquiry, claims management, referral, authorization, document exchange, and AllPayer services; and cloud-based computing, storage, and transport infrastructure-as-a-service solutions. The company was formerly known as Nant Health, LLC and changed its name to NantHealth, Inc. in June 2016. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Culver City, California. NantHealth, Inc. is as a subsidiary of NantWorks, LLC.

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Head-To-Head Survey: NantHealth (NASDAQ:NH) and Zendesk (NASDAQ:ZEN) - Riverton Roll