ECVT vs. AMPL, CRCT, SEAT, ADEA, KFRC, MAX, WTTR, MEG, GDS, and CRAI
Should you be buying Ecovyst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecovyst include Amplitude (AMPL), Cricut (CRCT), Vivid Seats (SEAT), Adeia (ADEA), Kforce (KFRC), MediaAlpha (MAX), Select Water Solutions (WTTR), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), GDS (GDS), and CRA International (CRAI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL) and Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
73.2% of Amplitude shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.7% of Amplitude shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Amplitude currently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.43%. Ecovyst has a consensus target price of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 49.74%. Given Amplitude's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ecovyst is more favorable than Amplitude.
Amplitude received 4 more outperform votes than Ecovyst when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 35.29% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote while only 29.09% of users gave Amplitude an outperform vote.
Ecovyst has higher revenue and earnings than Amplitude. Amplitude is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecovyst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ecovyst has a net margin of 10.30% compared to Ecovyst's net margin of -32.71%. Amplitude's return on equity of 11.08% beat Ecovyst's return on equity.
In the previous week, Amplitude had 12 more articles in the media than Ecovyst. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Amplitude and 12 mentions for Ecovyst. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Amplitude's score of -0.09 indicating that Amplitude is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amplitude has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecovyst has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ecovyst beats Amplitude on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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