Stock of the Day

August 19, 2024

ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI)

$4.20
+$0.12 (+2.9%)
Market Cap: $1.44B

About ZoomInfo Technologies

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides go-to-market intelligence and engagement platform for sales and marketing teams in the United States and internationally. The company's cloud-based platform provides information on organizations and professionals to help users identify target customers and decision makers, obtain continually updated predictive lead and company scoring, monitor buying signals and other attributes of target companies, craft messages, engage through automated sales tools, and track progress through the deal cycle. It serves enterprises, mid-market companies, and down to small businesses that operate in various industry, including software, business services, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, media and internet, transportation, education, hospitality, and real estate. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.

Today's Trend

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZI) shares have risen today as investors digest a mix of analyst upgrades and recent SEC filings showing both new stakes and profit-taking by institutions.

  • Analyst upgrades: Barclays lifted its price objective to $11 (from $9) with an “equal weight” rating, and Piper Sandler raised its target to $11 (from $8) while maintaining a neutral view. American Banking News also bumped targets first to $10 and then to $11.
  • Institutional flows:
    • RPD Fund Management initiated a sizeable position in Q4, acquiring 4.12 million shares (~$43.3 million).
    • BNP Paribas Financial Markets opened a new stake of 368,220 shares.
    • Offsetting buying activity, Man Group trimmed its holding by 24.4% (~942,000 shares), Comerica Bank sold 41.3% (~55,800 shares), and Centiva Capital cut nearly half its position (~27,580 shares).
  • Growth outlook remains solid: A Seeking Alpha note highlighted that ZoomInfo’s growth-acceleration trajectory is intact, supported by the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call, which detailed continued subscription revenue expansion and margin improvement.

Strong analyst revisions combined with fresh institutional buying have driven ZI’s stock higher today, outweighing pockets of profit-taking.