MediaAlpha (MAX) Competitors

Clarivate (NYSE:CLVT) and MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CLVT or MAX?

85.7% of Clarivate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Clarivate shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CLVT or MAX?

Clarivate presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.38%. MediaAlpha has a consensus price target of $17.92, suggesting a potential upside of 76.52%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than Clarivate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clarivate	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
MediaAlpha	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to CLVT or MAX?

In the previous week, Clarivate had 5 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Clarivate and 0 mentions for MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Clarivate's score of 0.62 indicating that MediaAlpha is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Clarivate	Positive
MediaAlpha	Positive

Is CLVT or MAX more profitable?

MediaAlpha has a net margin of 1.58% compared to Clarivate's net margin of -26.32%. Clarivate's return on equity of 8.75% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clarivate	-26.32%	8.75%	3.96%
MediaAlpha	1.58%	-46.92%	11.27%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CLVT or MAX?

MediaAlpha has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clarivate. Clarivate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MediaAlpha, 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
Clarivate	$2.56B	1.18	-$636.70M	-$0.97	-4.55
MediaAlpha	$864.70M	0.79	$16.63M	$0.28	36.25

Which has more volatility & risk, CLVT or MAX?

Clarivate has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MediaAlpha beats Clarivate on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.