MAX vs. NVEI, WU, ALIT, CNXC, CBZ, ENV, ACVA, DLO, WNS, and PAY
Should you be buying MediaAlpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaAlpha include Nuvei (NVEI), Western Union (WU), Alight (ALIT), Concentrix (CNXC), CBIZ (CBZ), Envestnet (ENV), ACV Auctions (ACVA), DLocal (DLO), WNS (WNS), and Paymentus (PAY). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) and Nuvei (NASDAQ:NVEI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Nuvei received 20 more outperform votes than MediaAlpha when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.81% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave Nuvei an outperform vote.
Nuvei has higher revenue and earnings than MediaAlpha. Nuvei is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MediaAlpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Nuvei had 5 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Nuvei and 2 mentions for MediaAlpha. Nuvei's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat MediaAlpha's score of 0.67 indicating that Nuvei is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Nuvei shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Nuvei shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvei has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MediaAlpha currently has a consensus price target of $22.71, suggesting a potential upside of 26.12%. Nuvei has a consensus price target of $32.06, suggesting a potential downside of 0.40%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than Nuvei.
Nuvei has a net margin of -0.39% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of -7.76%. Nuvei's return on equity of 6.50% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.
Summary
Nuvei beats MediaAlpha on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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