Tripadvisor (TRIP) Competitors

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) and Pluralsight (NASDAQ:PS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is TRIP or PS more profitable?

Tripadvisor has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Pluralsight's net margin of -33.16%. Tripadvisor's return on equity of 12.03% beat Pluralsight's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tripadvisor	1.32%	12.03%	3.73%
Pluralsight	-33.16%	-57.42%	-12.33%

Does the media refer more to TRIP or PS?

In the previous week, Tripadvisor had 19 more articles in the media than Pluralsight. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Tripadvisor and 2 mentions for Pluralsight. Tripadvisor's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Pluralsight's score of 0.00 indicating that Tripadvisor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tripadvisor	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pluralsight	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, TRIP or PS?

Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pluralsight has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TRIP or PS?

Tripadvisor has higher revenue and earnings than Pluralsight. Pluralsight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tripadvisor, 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
Tripadvisor	$1.79B	1.39	$10M	$0.15	119.34
Pluralsight	$316.91M	10.52	-$112.66M	-$0.98	-22.91

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRIP or PS?

Tripadvisor received 773 more outperform votes than Pluralsight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.27% of users gave Pluralsight an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1048 57.77%	Underperform Votes 766 42.23%
Pluralsight	Outperform Votes 275 66.27%	Underperform Votes 140 33.73%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TRIP or PS?

99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Pluralsight shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Pluralsight shares are owned by 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 TRIP or PS?

Tripadvisor currently has a consensus price target of $22.19, suggesting a potential upside of 23.95%. Given Tripadvisor's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Pluralsight.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tripadvisor	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Pluralsight	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Tripadvisor beats Pluralsight on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.