MPLN vs. MAX, EEX, RSKD, PSFE, PHR, RPAY, QNST, FVRR, ADV, and RDWR
Should you be buying MultiPlan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MultiPlan include MediaAlpha (MAX), Emerald (EEX), Riskified (RSKD), Paysafe (PSFE), Phreesia (PHR), Repay (RPAY), QuinStreet (QNST), Fiverr International (FVRR), Advantage Solutions (ADV), and Radware (RDWR). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MultiPlan (NYSE:MPLN) and MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
87.2% of MultiPlan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of MultiPlan shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MediaAlpha had 2 more articles in the media than MultiPlan. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MediaAlpha and 0 mentions for MultiPlan. MediaAlpha's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat MultiPlan's score of 0.00 indicating that MediaAlpha is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MediaAlpha received 25 more outperform votes than MultiPlan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.81% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave MultiPlan an outperform vote.
MediaAlpha has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MultiPlan. MediaAlpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MultiPlan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MultiPlan presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 385.55%. MediaAlpha has a consensus target price of $22.71, suggesting a potential upside of 26.12%. Given MultiPlan's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MultiPlan is more favorable than MediaAlpha.
MediaAlpha has a net margin of -7.76% compared to MultiPlan's net margin of -65.83%. MediaAlpha's return on equity of 0.00% beat MultiPlan's return on equity.
MultiPlan has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MediaAlpha beats MultiPlan on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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