MediaAlpha (MAX) Competitors

MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) and JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, MAX or YY?

MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MAX or YY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MediaAlpha	$864.70M	1.03	$16.63M	-$0.12	-109.38
JOYY	$2.24B	1.51	$301.82M	-$3.10	-20.29

Is MAX or YY more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MediaAlpha	-0.61%	-62.53%	12.91%
JOYY	9.02%	4.64%	2.96%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MAX or YY?

64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of JOYY shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are owned by company 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 MAX or YY?

MediaAlpha currently has a consensus target price of $18.25, indicating a potential upside of 39.05%. Given MediaAlpha's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than JOYY.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MediaAlpha	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor MAX or YY?

In the previous week, MediaAlpha had 6 more articles in the media than JOYY. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MediaAlpha and 3 mentions for JOYY. JOYY's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat MediaAlpha's score of 0.54 indicating that JOYY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MediaAlpha	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JOYY	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

JOYY beats MediaAlpha on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.