GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) and Its Rivals Financial Results Comparison

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

Table 1 has GoDaddy Inc. and its peers’ net margins, return on assets and return on equity.

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

	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 competitors. With presently higher P/E ratio GoDaddy Inc. is more expensive than its peers.

Analyst Recommendations

Table 3 provides breakdown of recent ratings for GoDaddy Inc. and its peers.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GoDaddy Inc.	0	1	8	2.89
Industry Average	1.00	3.38	4.54	2.72

GoDaddy Inc. presently has an average price target of $87.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.84%. The potential upside of the peers is 69.51%. The equities research analysts’ belief based on the results given earlier is that GoDaddy Inc.’s peers are looking more favorable than the stock itself.

Performance

In this table we provide 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. was less bullish than its peers.

Liquidity

GoDaddy Inc. has a Current Ratio of 0.8 and a Quick Ratio of 0.8. Competitively, GoDaddy Inc.’s peers 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

A beta of 0.66 shows that GoDaddy Inc. is 34.00% less volatile than S&P 500. Competitively, GoDaddy Inc.’s competitors are 19.13% more volatile than S&P 500, because of the 1.19 beta.

Dividends

GoDaddy Inc. does not pay a dividend.

Summary

GoDaddy Inc. shows that it’s better in 4 of the 6 factors compared to 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.