Head to Head Comparison: Zuora (NYSE:ZUO) & OVH Groupe (OTC:OVHFF)

Zuora (NYSE:ZUO) and OVH Groupe (OTC:OVHFF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

83.0% of Zuora shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Zuora shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Zuora and OVH Groupe”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zuora	$445.68 million	3.23	-$68.19 million	($0.43)	-22.93
OVH Groupe	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

OVH Groupe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zuora.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Zuora and OVH Groupe, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zuora	0	5	2	0	2.29
OVH Groupe	0	0	0	0	N/A

Zuora currently has a consensus price target of $11.43, suggesting a potential upside of 15.91%. Given Zuora’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Zuora is more favorable than OVH Groupe.

Profitability

This table compares Zuora and OVH Groupe’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zuora	-10.60%	-12.54%	-2.29%
OVH Groupe	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Zuora beats OVH Groupe on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Zuora

Zuora, Inc. provides a monetization suite for modern businesses to help companies launch and scale new services and operate dynamic customer-centric business models. The company offers Zuora Billing that allows customers to deploy various pricing and packaging strategies to monetize their recurring revenue streams, bill customers, calculate prorations when subscriptions change, and automate billing and payment operations; Zuora Revenue, a revenue recognition and automation solution that accounting teams use to manage their complex revenue streams; Zuora Payments to provide payment orchestration services for companies looking to operate globally; and Zephr, a digital subscriber experience platform that helps companies orchestrate dynamic experiences that increase conversion, reduce churn, and nurture ongoing subscriber relationships. It also provides Zuora Platform, an orchestration engine for all subscription data and processes; and other software. The company markets its products through its systems integrators, consultants, and ecosystem partners. Zuora, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

About OVH Groupe

OVH Groupe S.A. provides public and private cloud, shared hosting, and dedicated server products and solutions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Private Cloud, Public Cloud, and Web Cloud & Other. It offers Bare Metal Cloud that provides dedicated servers; Hosted Private Cloud, which offers servers fully managed by OVHcloud, such as operating system and the virtualisation layer; Public Cloud that provides cloud computing services on shared servers; and web cloud services. The company also offers website hosting, domain name registration, telephony, and internet access services, as well as voice over internet protocol solutions. OVH Groupe S.A. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Roubaix, France.