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$10.15 -0.35 (-3.33%)
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MAX vs. CLVT, WNS, FA, ACVA, DXC, YY, RNG, PAYO, EVTC, and APLD

Should you be buying MediaAlpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaAlpha include Clarivate (CLVT), WNS (WNS), First Advantage (FA), ACV Auctions (ACVA), DXC Technology (DXC), JOYY (YY), Ringcentral (RNG), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Evertec (EVTC), and Applied Digital (APLD). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

MediaAlpha vs. Its Competitors

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

MediaAlpha currently has a consensus price target of $17.92, indicating a potential upside of 76.52%. Clarivate has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.38%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than Clarivate.

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
Clarivate
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

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 media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MediaAlpha Positive
Clarivate Positive

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

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
MediaAlpha1.58% -46.92% 11.27%
Clarivate -26.32%8.75%3.96%

64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Clarivate shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Clarivate shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MediaAlpha has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MediaAlpha$864.70M0.79$16.63M$0.2836.25
Clarivate$2.53B1.19-$636.70M-$0.97-4.55

Summary

MediaAlpha beats Clarivate on 9 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.
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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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MAX vs. The Competition

MetricMediaAlphaTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$680.35M$2.38B$12.98B$20.42B
Dividend YieldN/A1.37%2.68%3.72%
P/E Ratio36.2531.2228.5727.79
Price / Sales0.7939.4541.6438.15
Price / Cash29.2841.4726.0718.22
Price / Book-14.715.836.244.58
Net Income$16.63M$32.07M$188.15M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-7.98%3.94%2.20%1.63%
1 Month Performance-3.96%4.33%2.47%4.23%
1 Year Performance-18.86%32.47%28.47%14.20%

MediaAlpha Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAX
MediaAlpha
3.3194 of 5 stars
$10.15
-3.3%
$17.92
+76.5%
-16.1%$680.35M$864.70M36.25160
CLVT
Clarivate
2.0528 of 5 stars
$4.32
+0.2%
$5.00
+15.7%
-21.7%$2.95B$2.56B-4.4512,000
WNS
WNS
1.3042 of 5 stars
$63.41
+4.9%
$62.25
-1.8%
+21.3%$2.94B$1.31B17.0564,505Trending News
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FA
First Advantage
2.4251 of 5 stars
$16.61
+5.1%
$66.00
+297.4%
+7.8%$2.88B$1.05B553.675,500Positive News
ACVA
ACV Auctions
2.27 of 5 stars
$16.25
+1.1%
$22.50
+38.5%
-8.5%$2.78B$674.16M-33.162,000
DXC
DXC Technology
3.3727 of 5 stars
$15.29
+1.7%
$17.00
+11.2%
-11.6%$2.77B$12.87B7.25120,000
YY
JOYY
1.9594 of 5 stars
$50.90
+0.6%
$35.00
-31.2%
+57.0%$2.74B$2.24B15.387,450Positive News
RNG
Ringcentral
4.6942 of 5 stars
$28.36
+2.1%
$33.08
+16.6%
+7.2%$2.55B$2.40B-64.454,260Analyst Upgrade
PAYO
Payoneer Global
4.239 of 5 stars
$6.85
+3.3%
$10.44
+52.4%
+28.6%$2.48B$977.72M22.832,407
EVTC
Evertec
1.8794 of 5 stars
$36.08
+0.5%
$40.00
+10.9%
+14.1%$2.30B$868.96M18.134,800
APLD
Applied Digital
3.6224 of 5 stars
$10.07
-3.0%
$12.73
+26.4%
+50.6%$2.27B$165.57M-7.35121Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:MAX) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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