PAPL vs ZG vs UWMC Stock Comparison

Pineapple Financial, Zillow and UWM Holdings Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ZG Zillow Group, Inc.
$32.10 +14.6% 1M -53.4% 1Y
Market cap
$7.22B
P/E
131.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.81B
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Software Technology
7 wins
UWMC UWM Holdings Corp
$1.48 +18.4% 1M -73.8% 1Y
Market cap
$526.54M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.58B
Div. yield
–
Mortgage Lending Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Zillow leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Zillow 7, UWM Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPAPLZGUWMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $24.51M $7.22B $526.54M ZG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.8x 131.2x -14.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.7x 7.8x UWMC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -6.6% +17.7% +26.1% UWMC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -90.1% 2.0% -1.0% ZG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.2% 6.3% UWMC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 26.6x -0.7x 10.6x ZG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -78.6% -53.4% -73.8% ZG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -21.2%/yr -26.3%/yr ZG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 138.0% 51.5% 80.1% ZG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 28/100 71/100 35/100 ZG

Percentile Scorecard

PAPLZGUWMC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisPAPLZGUWMC
Valuation 7 #157 of 169 59 #37 of 89 19 #138 of 169
Growth 41 #95 of 159 66 #28 of 81 16 #134 of 159
Profitability 12 #128 of 146 55 #35 of 76 31 #101 of 146
Financial Health 52 #74 of 153 75 #24 of 93 17 #127 of 153
Shareholder Returns – 98 #2 of 50 94 #9 of 135
Overall 28 71 35
  • PAPL ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • ZG ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • UWMC ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodPAPLZGUWMCSPY
1 month -4.0%+14.6%+18.4% +0.7%
3 months -22.6%-5.7%-20.9% +3.7%
6 months -44.5%-28.0%-58.2% +7.1%
Year to date -31.9%-53.0%-66.2% +12.8%
1 year -78.6%-53.4%-73.8% +11.9%
3 years —-15.9%-69.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year —-5.6%-32.8% +22.8%
5 years —-69.6%-78.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year —-21.2%-26.3% +10.9%
10 years —+0.1%— +262.0%
10 years, per year —+0.0%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePAPLZGUWMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 138.0%51.5%80.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 123.9%55.2%89.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.381.171.47 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.57-1.04-0.92 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.4%-72.0%-89.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -78.7%-56.5%-75.7% -1.2%
52-week high $4.50$73.87$6.10 $779.14
52-week low $0.58$27.70$1.00 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultiplePAPLZGUWMC
P/E now vs peer median -9.8xmedian 11.7x 133.0xmedian 39.2x -13.4xmedian 11.7x
P/S now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 2.7x 2.6xmedian 2.4x 0.7xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 86.3xmedian 13.1x 23.5xmedian 17.3x 15.1xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -4.8xmedian 6.5x 28.0xmedian 20.3x -0.5xmedian 6.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.7x 1.7xmedian 1.8x 2.4xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.33 4.13median 1.52 0.26median 0.33

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsPAPLZGUWMC
Revenue $2.78M $2.81B $3.58B
Gross profit – $2.05B –
Operating income -$402.62K $12.00M –
Net income -$2.51M $55.00M -$104.96M
Free cash flow -$5.13M $258.00M -$4.92B
R&D – $611.00M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.10 $0.24 $-0.11
Cash & equivalents $10.51M $572.00M $498.41M
Total debt $53.03M $1.44B $19.23B
Shares (diluted) 25.58M 227.90M 337.53M
Enterprise value -$7.49M $3.07B -$1.77B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricPAPLZGUWMC
P/E -9.8x 133.0x -13.4x
P/FCF -4.8x 28.0x -0.5x
P/Operating cash flow -4.8x 18.6x -0.5x
P/S 8.8x 2.6x 0.7x
P/B 0.5x 1.7x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 11.0x 1.8x -0.5x
EV/EBITDA 86.3x 23.5x 15.1x
EV/EBIT -88.0x 583.4x 17.0x
EV/Revenue 12.8x 2.5x 2.2x
EV/FCF -6.9x 27.1x -1.6x
EV/Operating cash flow -6.9x 18.0x -1.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 4.13 0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPAPLZGUWMC
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.6% 17.7% 26.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 14.1% 27.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 10.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 88.0% 109.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 27.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 29.1% 188.7% -175.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 32.0% -31.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 98.2% 198.0% -287.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 32.2% -51.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -628.7% -19.8% -103.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -4.3% -18.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -629.0% -25.0% -100.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -7.0% -18.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPAPLZGUWMC
Gross margin – 72.9% –
EBITDA margin 14.8% 10.6% 14.6%
Operating margin -14.5% 0.4% –
Pretax margin -74.1% 2.1% -3.2%
Net margin -90.1% 2.0% -1.0%
FCF margin -184.6% 9.2% -137.6%
Operating cash flow margin -184.6% 13.8% -135.9%
Return on equity -5.2% 1.3% -8.1%
Return on assets -3.3% 1.0% -0.6%
Return on invested capital – 0.2% 6.3%
Return on capital employed -1.0% 0.3% –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.5x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 7.1x 46.3x
Stock comp / revenue 3.9% 12.9% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPAPLZGUWMC
Debt / assets 28.3% 8.8% 33.5%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.1x 6.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 26.6x -0.7x 10.6x
Debt / FCF -4.2x 1.8x -1.2x
Liabilities / assets 31.9% 18.8% 94.5%
Equity / assets 68.1% 81.2% 5.5%
Interest coverage -0.4x 0.7x 0.8x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.9x –
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.9x –
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.8x –
Altman Z-score 0.35 4.59 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPAPLZGUWMC
Dividend yield – – 20.3%
Net buyback yield – 13.0% –
Shareholder yield – 13.0% 20.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusPAPLZGUWMC
Forward P/E – 13.7xFY2026 7.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.32FY2026 $2.34FY2026 $0.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +42.7%FY2026 +58.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +26.9% +26.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.16MFY2026 $3.04BFY2026 $2.26BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +39.1%FY2026 +17.8%FY2026 -5.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +77.2% +11.5% +37.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPAPLZGUWMC
Held by institutions – 18.3% 17.0%
Institutions holding – 264 291
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.1% +31.8%
Institutions buying – 125 214
Institutions selling – 98 50
Buyers to sellers – 1.28 4.28

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

PAPLZGUWMC
PAPL 1.00 0.10 0.01
ZG 0.10 1.00 0.37
UWMC 0.01 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PAPL, ZG and UWMC?

Zillow (ZG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Pineapple Financial (PAPL) $24.51M, Zillow (ZG) $7.22B, UWM Holdings (UWMC) $526.54M.

Which company is growing faster?

UWM Holdings (UWMC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Pineapple Financial (PAPL) -6.6%, Zillow (ZG) +17.7%, UWM Holdings (UWMC) +26.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zillow (ZG) has the highest net margin (Pineapple Financial (PAPL) -90.1%, Zillow (ZG) 2.0%, UWM Holdings (UWMC) -1.0%). On return on invested capital, UWM Holdings (UWMC) leads (Zillow (ZG) 0.2%, UWM Holdings (UWMC) 6.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Zillow (ZG) returned the most: Pineapple Financial (PAPL) -78.6%, Zillow (ZG) -53.4%, UWM Holdings (UWMC) -73.8%. Over five years, Zillow (ZG) compounded fastest (Zillow (ZG) -21.2%/yr, UWM Holdings (UWMC) -26.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Zillow (ZG) has been the steadiest (Pineapple Financial (PAPL) 138.0%, Zillow (ZG) 51.5%, UWM Holdings (UWMC) 80.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PAPL, ZG and UWMC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Zillow (ZG) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.