Advantage Solutions (ADV) Competitors

Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) and Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ADV or PLTK?

49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Playtika shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Playtika shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ADV or PLTK?

Playtika has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playtika, 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
Advantage Solutions	$3.57B	0.13	-$326.96M	-$1.16	-1.26
Playtika	$2.55B	0.66	$162.20M	$0.38	11.82

Do analysts rate ADV or PLTK?

Advantage Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $2.25, suggesting a potential upside of 54.11%. Playtika has a consensus price target of $7.68, suggesting a potential upside of 71.01%. Given Playtika's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Playtika is more favorable than Advantage Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Playtika	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ADV or PLTK more profitable?

Playtika has a net margin of 5.37% compared to Advantage Solutions' net margin of -10.71%. Advantage Solutions' return on equity of -33.99% beat Playtika's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Solutions	-10.71%	-33.99%	-8.76%
Playtika	5.37%	-149.09%	5.04%

Does the media refer more to ADV or PLTK?

In the previous week, Advantage Solutions and Advantage Solutions both had 1 articles in the media. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Playtika's score of 0.93 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Advantage Solutions	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Playtika	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ADV or PLTK?

Advantage Solutions has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playtika has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Playtika beats Advantage Solutions on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.