Playtika (PLTK) Competitors

Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, PLTK or LYFT?

Playtika has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PLTK or LYFT?

Lyft received 272 more outperform votes than Playtika when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.70% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote while only 46.43% of users gave Playtika an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Playtika	Outperform Votes 52 46.43%	Underperform Votes 60 53.57%
Lyft	Outperform Votes 324 50.70%	Underperform Votes 315 49.30%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PLTK or LYFT?

Playtika has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lyft. Playtika is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, 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
Playtika	$2.60B	0.70	$235M	$0.38	12.71
Lyft	$5.96B	1.09	$22.78M	$0.15	103.73

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PLTK or LYFT?

11.9% of Playtika shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Playtika shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PLTK or LYFT more profitable?

Playtika has a net margin of 8.52% compared to Lyft's net margin of 0.39%. Lyft's return on equity of 8.03% beat Playtika's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Playtika	8.52%	-144.73%	6.99%
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%

Do analysts prefer PLTK or LYFT?

Playtika presently has a consensus target price of $7.78, indicating a potential upside of 61.10%. Lyft has a consensus target price of $16.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.38%. Given Playtika's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Playtika is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Playtika	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	25 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Does the media refer more to PLTK or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 19 more articles in the media than Playtika. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lyft and 6 mentions for Playtika. Playtika's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Lyft's score of 0.28 indicating that Playtika is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Playtika	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lyft	3 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Lyft beats Playtika on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.