Advantage Solutions (ADV) Competitors

TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) and Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, TASK or ADV?

TaskUs has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Solutions has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TASK or ADV?

TaskUs received 27 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 39.39% of users gave TaskUs an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave Advantage Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TaskUs	Outperform Votes 39 39.39%	Underperform Votes 60 60.61%
Advantage Solutions	Outperform Votes 12 30.77%	Underperform Votes 27 69.23%

Does the media favor TASK or ADV?

In the previous week, Advantage Solutions had 7 more articles in the media than TaskUs. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Advantage Solutions and 5 mentions for TaskUs. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat TaskUs' score of 0.02 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TaskUs	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Advantage Solutions	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TASK or ADV?

44.6% of TaskUs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of TaskUs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TASK or ADV?

TaskUs currently has a consensus target price of $16.86, indicating a potential upside of 0.76%. Advantage Solutions has a consensus target price of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 53.06%. Given Advantage Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Advantage Solutions is more favorable than TaskUs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TaskUs	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Advantage Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TASK or ADV?

TaskUs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TaskUs, 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
TaskUs	$1.05B	1.42	$45.69M	$0.61	27.43
Advantage Solutions	$3.53B	0.14	-$63.26M	-$1.16	-1.27

Is TASK or ADV more profitable?

TaskUs has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Advantage Solutions' net margin of -3.32%. TaskUs' return on equity of 17.73% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TaskUs	5.58%	17.73%	9.17%
Advantage Solutions	-3.32%	-7.58%	-2.17%

Summary

TaskUs beats Advantage Solutions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.