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ADV vs. RAMP, VVX, LZ, ALIT, ASTH, FIVN, FLYW, GDRX, ACVA, and DFIN

Should you be buying Advantage Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Solutions include LiveRamp (RAMP), V2X (VVX), LegalZoom.com (LZ), Alight (ALIT), Astrana Health (ASTH), Five9 (FIVN), Flywire (FLYW), GoodRx (GDRX), ACV Auctions (ACVA), and Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Advantage Solutions vs. Its Competitors

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

LiveRamp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LiveRamp$764.44M2.35-$810K$0.22124.26
Advantage Solutions$3.57B0.13-$326.96M-$0.94-1.55

LiveRamp has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Solutions has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.8% of LiveRamp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of LiveRamp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, LiveRamp had 4 more articles in the media than Advantage Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LiveRamp and 1 mentions for Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat LiveRamp's score of 0.46 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
LiveRamp Neutral
Advantage Solutions Positive

LiveRamp currently has a consensus price target of $40.83, indicating a potential upside of 49.37%. Advantage Solutions has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 54.64%. Given Advantage Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advantage Solutions is more favorable than LiveRamp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LiveRamp
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Advantage Solutions
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

LiveRamp has a net margin of 1.89% compared to Advantage Solutions' net margin of -8.72%. LiveRamp's return on equity of 2.21% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LiveRamp1.89% 2.21% 1.69%
Advantage Solutions -8.72%-39.45%-9.63%

Summary

LiveRamp beats Advantage Solutions on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ADV vs. The Competition

MetricAdvantage SolutionsCONSM PD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$474.26M$2.32B$8.32B$10.47B
Dividend YieldN/A4.52%3.13%4.78%
P/E Ratio-1.5516.6518.1127.24
Price / Sales0.134.126.41178.32
Price / Cash4.5015.1216.2861.86
Price / Book0.621.604.946.70
Net Income-$326.96M$106.49M$256.64M$276.79M
7 Day Performance-4.28%-1.07%-1.32%-0.86%
1 Month Performance-22.61%-6.95%-4.09%6.26%
1 Year Performance-54.25%-20.00%33.00%37.64%

Advantage Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADV
Advantage Solutions
2.1621 of 5 stars
$1.46
-2.3%
$2.25
+54.6%
-53.3%$474.26M$3.57B-1.5569,000Positive News
RAMP
LiveRamp
4.6687 of 5 stars
$27.22
+0.9%
$40.83
+50.0%
+9.9%$1.77B$745.58M123.731,300
VVX
V2X
3.8827 of 5 stars
$57.40
+2.9%
$62.60
+9.1%
-8.3%$1.77B$4.32B26.0916,100
LZ
LegalZoom.com
2.5204 of 5 stars
$10.03
+4.3%
$10.83
+8.0%
+51.3%$1.73B$681.88M62.691,220
ALIT
Alight
4.5084 of 5 stars
$3.10
+1.8%
$8.75
+182.7%
-58.9%$1.64B$2.31B-1.409,500
ASTH
Astrana Health
3.8126 of 5 stars
$29.32
+0.7%
$50.50
+72.2%
-50.1%$1.63B$2.03B57.491,900
FIVN
Five9
4.3999 of 5 stars
$21.60
+4.8%
$37.88
+75.4%
-28.1%$1.59B$1.04B240.033,073
FLYW
Flywire
2.5564 of 5 stars
$12.56
-0.1%
$13.54
+7.8%
-25.5%$1.54B$492.14M251.201,250Analyst Revision
GDRX
GoodRx
4.1538 of 5 stars
$4.16
-2.6%
$5.80
+39.4%
-42.2%$1.48B$792.32M41.60950
ACVA
ACV Auctions
3.0105 of 5 stars
$8.48
+0.2%
$19.27
+127.2%
-53.6%$1.46B$707.24M-17.312,000
DFIN
Donnelley Financial Solutions
3.6292 of 5 stars
$52.81
+2.5%
$71.33
+35.1%
-17.2%$1.42B$781.90M18.661,800News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:ADV) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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