Tripadvisor (TRIP) Competitors

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) and Pluralsight (NASDAQ:PS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor TRIP or PS?

In the previous week, Tripadvisor had 3 more articles in the media than Pluralsight. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tripadvisor and 0 mentions for Pluralsight. Tripadvisor's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Pluralsight's score of 0.00 indicating that Tripadvisor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tripadvisor	Positive
Pluralsight	Neutral

Is TRIP or PS more profitable?

Tripadvisor has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Pluralsight's net margin of -33.16%. Tripadvisor's return on equity of 12.03% beat Pluralsight's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tripadvisor	1.32%	12.03%	3.73%
Pluralsight	-33.16%	-57.42%	-12.33%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRIP or PS?

99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Pluralsight shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Pluralsight shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer TRIP or PS?

Tripadvisor currently has a consensus price target of $21.76, suggesting a potential upside of 17.14%. Given Tripadvisor's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Pluralsight.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tripadvisor	3 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Pluralsight	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TRIP or PS?

Tripadvisor has higher revenue and earnings than Pluralsight. Pluralsight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tripadvisor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tripadvisor	$1.79B	1.45	$10M	$0.15	123.87
Pluralsight	$316.91M	10.52	-$112.66M	-$0.98	-22.91

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRIP or PS?

Tripadvisor received 773 more outperform votes than Pluralsight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.27% of users gave Pluralsight an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1048 57.77%	Underperform Votes 766 42.23%
Pluralsight	Outperform Votes 275 66.27%	Underperform Votes 140 33.73%

Which has more risk and volatility, TRIP or PS?

Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pluralsight has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tripadvisor beats Pluralsight on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.