GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) and Its Peers Contrasting side by side.

We are contrasting GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) and its peers on their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and valuation. They are Internet Software & Services companies, competing one another.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

GoDaddy Inc. has 0% of its shares owned by institutional investors vs. an average of 53.89% institutional ownership for its peers. 0.2% of GoDaddy Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.78% of all Internet Software & Services companies shares are owned by company insiders.

Profitability

On first table we have GoDaddy Inc. and its competitors’ return on assets, return on equity and net margins.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GoDaddy Inc.	3.16%	11.60%	1.30%
Industry Average	75.97%	14.51%	8.09%

Earnings & Valuation

The following data compares GoDaddy Inc. and its competitors’ net profit, valuation and top-line revenue.

	Net Income	Gross Revenue	Price/Earnings Ratio
GoDaddy Inc.	86.70M	2.74B	173.82
Industry Average	126.11M	166.00M	66.65

GoDaddy Inc. has higher revenue and P/E Ratio than its peers. With currently higher P/E ratio GoDaddy Inc. is more expensive than its competitors.

Analyst Ratings

Table 3 shows summary of current ratings for GoDaddy Inc. and its competitors.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GoDaddy Inc.	0	1	8	2.89
Industry Average	1.00	3.25	4.77	2.72

GoDaddy Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $87.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.06%. The potential upside of the competitors is 70.27%. Given GoDaddy Inc.’s stronger average rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GoDaddy Inc. is more favorable than its competitors.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of GoDaddy Inc. and its peers.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
GoDaddy Inc.	-2.19%	7.39%	11.5%	-8.72%	24.16%	12.31%
Industry Average	5.40%	15.16%	25.72%	20.88%	33.04%	37.74%

For the past year GoDaddy Inc. has weaker performance than GoDaddy Inc.’s rivals.

Liquidity

GoDaddy Inc. has a Current Ratio of 0.8 and a Quick Ratio of 0.8. Competitively, GoDaddy Inc.’s competitors Current Ratio is 2.71 and has 2.66 Quick Ratio. GoDaddy Inc.’s rivals have better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than GoDaddy Inc.

Volatility and Risk

GoDaddy Inc. is 34.00% less volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500 because the company has a beta of 0.66. In other hand, GoDaddy Inc.’s competitors have beta of 1.19 which is 19.13% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500.

Dividends

GoDaddy Inc. does not pay a dividend.

Summary

GoDaddy Inc. beats on 4 of the 6 factors GoDaddy Inc.’s rivals.

GoDaddy Inc. designs and develops cloud-based technology products for small businesses, Web design professionals, and individuals in the United States and internationally. It provides domain name registration product that enables to engage customers at the initial stage of establishing a digital identity; hosting and presence products, such as shared Website hosting, Website hosting on virtual dedicated servers and dedicated servers, managed hosting, and security. The company also offers Website builder, an online tool that enables customers to build Websites; online store product that allows customers to create their own standalone Website with an integrated online store optimized for mobile shopping; and search engine visibility product that helps customers get their Websites found on search sites through search engine optimization. In addition, the company offers business application products, including Microsoft Office 365, email accounts, email marketing, and telephony services. GoDaddy Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.