ADV vs. MAX, RPAY, PSFE, PAYO, CCIV, CNDT, VVI, IMXI, ACCD, and LQDT
Should you be buying Advantage Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Solutions include MediaAlpha (MAX), Repay (RPAY), Paysafe (PSFE), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Churchill Capital Corp IV (CCIV), Conduent (CNDT), Viad (VVI), International Money Express (IMXI), Accolade (ACCD), and Liquidity Services (LQDT).
Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) and MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
MediaAlpha received 24 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Advantage Solutions an outperform vote.
Advantage Solutions has a net margin of -0.36% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of -7.76%. MediaAlpha's return on equity of 0.00% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Advantage Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Advantage Solutions and 10 mentions for MediaAlpha. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat MediaAlpha's score of 0.24 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MediaAlpha has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MediaAlpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advantage Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $3.43, suggesting a potential upside of 3.41%. MediaAlpha has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.90%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than Advantage Solutions.
Summary
MediaAlpha beats Advantage Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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