MAX vs. YY, DXC, PAYO, XMTR, EVTC, PINC, FIVN, ACVA, ALIT, and VVX
Should you be buying MediaAlpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaAlpha include JOYY (YY), DXC Technology (DXC), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Xometry (XMTR), Evertec (EVTC), Premier (PINC), Five9 (FIVN), ACV Auctions (ACVA), Alight (ALIT), and V2X (VVX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MediaAlpha vs. Its Competitors
JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) and MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
JOYY presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 34.63%. MediaAlpha has a consensus target price of $17.92, indicating a potential upside of 73.61%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than JOYY.
JOYY has a net margin of 9.02% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of -0.61%. JOYY's return on equity of 4.64% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.
36.8% of JOYY shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of JOYY shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
JOYY has higher revenue and earnings than MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JOYY, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, JOYY had 6 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for JOYY and 6 mentions for MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat JOYY's score of 1.08 indicating that MediaAlpha is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JOYY has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
JOYY and MediaAlpha tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MAX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:MAX) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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