Contrasting SEEK (SKLTY) & Its Rivals

SEEK (OTCMKTS:SKLTY) is one of 96 public companies in the “Internet Content & Information” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare SEEK to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SEEK and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SEEK	N/A	N/A	25.19
SEEK Competitors	$230.22 million	$44.03 million	472.82

SEEK’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than SEEK. SEEK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for SEEK and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEEK	0	1	0	0	2.00
SEEK Competitors	322	1008	1519	31	2.44

As a group, “Internet Content & Information” companies have a potential upside of 19.66%. Given SEEK’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SEEK has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

25.9% of shares of all “Internet Content & Information” companies are owned by institutional investors. 34.6% of shares of all “Internet Content & Information” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares SEEK and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEEK	N/A	N/A	N/A
SEEK Competitors	-25.56%	-59.63%	-4.17%

Summary

SEEK peers beat SEEK on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

SEEK Company Profile

SEEK Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of online employment marketplace services in Australia, South East Asia, Brazil, New Zealand, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. It operates through ANZ, SEEK Asia, Brazil Online, OCC, Platform support, Portfolio investments, and SEEK Growth Fund segments. The company offers Jora, an online employment marketplace; JobAdder, a talent acquisition suite that simplifies the hiring process for recruiter and corporate talent acquisition teams; and Certsy, a platform to securely verify and share work credentials, and to complete compliance checks. It also owns and manages seek, JobsDB, JobStreet, catho, and occmundial platforms. In addition, the company holds a portfolio of investments in the human capital management industry. SEEK Limited was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.