ADV vs. PLTK, PINC, UPWK, DFIN, XMTR, PHR, GDRX, OLO, LZ, and VVX
Should you be buying Advantage Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Solutions include Playtika (PLTK), Premier (PINC), Upwork (UPWK), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Xometry (XMTR), Phreesia (PHR), GoodRx (GDRX), OLO (OLO), LegalZoom.com (LZ), and V2X (VVX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Advantage Solutions vs. Its 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:ADV) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff