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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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This page (NASDAQ:ADV) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
