MAX vs. WNS, YY, JOYY, CNXC, SEZL, XMTR, RNG, FA, DGNX, and GLOB
Should you be buying MediaAlpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaAlpha include WNS (WNS), JOYY (YY), JOYY (JOYY), Concentrix (CNXC), Sezzle (SEZL), Xometry (XMTR), Ringcentral (RNG), First Advantage (FA), Diginex (DGNX), and Globant (GLOB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MediaAlpha vs. Its Competitors
MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) and WNS (NYSE:WNS) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
WNS has higher revenue and earnings than MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WNS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MediaAlpha presently has a consensus target price of $18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 63.30%. WNS has a consensus target price of $67.43, suggesting a potential downside of 11.61%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than WNS.
MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WNS has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of WNS shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WNS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
WNS has a net margin of 12.11% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of -0.61%. WNS's return on equity of 22.90% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.
In the previous week, MediaAlpha had 1 more articles in the media than WNS. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MediaAlpha and 2 mentions for WNS. MediaAlpha's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat WNS's score of -0.41 indicating that MediaAlpha is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MediaAlpha and WNS 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 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
