MAX vs. ADV, RPAY, PSFE, PAYO, VVI, ACCD, CNDT, LQDT, RGP, and FA
Should you be buying MediaAlpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaAlpha include Advantage Solutions (ADV), Repay (RPAY), Paysafe (PSFE), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Viad (VVI), Accolade (ACCD), Conduent (CNDT), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Resources Connection (RGP), and First Advantage (FA). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) and MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) 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 dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MediaAlpha has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MediaAlpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MediaAlpha received 21 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.00% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Advantage Solutions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Advantage Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Advantage Solutions and 0 mentions for MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Advantage Solutions' score of 0.01 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advantage Solutions has a net margin of -1.35% compared to Advantage Solutions' net margin of -10.41%. Advantage Solutions' return on equity of 0.00% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.
Advantage Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $3.43, suggesting a potential downside of 26.64%. MediaAlpha has a consensus price target of $18.20, suggesting a potential downside of 4.21%. Given Advantage Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than Advantage Solutions.
Summary
MediaAlpha beats Advantage Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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