Playtika (PLTK) Competitors

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

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

83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Playtika shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate LYFT or PLTK?

Lyft presently has a consensus target price of $16.64, suggesting a potential upside of 3.44%. Playtika has a consensus target price of $7.68, suggesting a potential upside of 54.65%. Given Playtika's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Playtika is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	25 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
Playtika	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LYFT or PLTK?

Playtika has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Lyft	$5.79B	1.16	$22.78M	$0.15	107.23
Playtika	$2.55B	0.73	$162.20M	$0.38	13.07

Is LYFT or PLTK more profitable?

Playtika has a net margin of 5.37% compared to Lyft's net margin of 0.95%. Lyft's return on equity of 11.28% beat Playtika's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lyft	0.95%	11.28%	1.50%
Playtika	5.37%	-149.09%	5.04%

Which has more volatility & risk, LYFT or PLTK?

Lyft has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playtika has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LYFT or PLTK?

In the previous week, Lyft had 18 more articles in the media than Playtika. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Lyft and 8 mentions for Playtika. Playtika's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Lyft's score of 0.39 indicating that Playtika is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lyft	7 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Playtika	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Playtika beats Lyft on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.