American Well (AMWL) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ADV or AMWL?

49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of American Well shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of American Well shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ADV or AMWL?

In the previous week, American Well had 4 more articles in the media than Advantage Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for American Well and 5 mentions for Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat American Well's score of 0.72 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Well	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ADV or AMWL?

Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Well has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ADV or AMWL?

Advantage Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 165.15%. American Well has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.45%. Given Advantage Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Advantage Solutions is more favorable than American Well.

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
American Well	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADV or AMWL?

American Well received 22 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.31% of users gave American Well an outperform vote while only 29.73% of users gave Advantage Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Advantage Solutions	Outperform Votes 11 29.73%	Underperform Votes 26 70.27%
American Well	Outperform Votes 33 42.31%	Underperform Votes 45 57.69%

Is ADV or AMWL more profitable?

Advantage Solutions has a net margin of -3.32% compared to American Well's net margin of -81.83%. Advantage Solutions' return on equity of -7.58% beat American Well's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Solutions	-3.32%	-7.58%	-2.17%
American Well	-81.83%	-56.73%	-42.15%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ADV or AMWL?

Advantage Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than American Well. Advantage Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Well, 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	0.12	-$63.26M	-$1.01	-1.31
American Well	$254.36M	0.38	-$208.14M	-$14.00	-0.45

Summary

Advantage Solutions beats American Well on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.