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MAX vs. LIF, ATHM, FA, RNG, FIVN, CNXC, WNS, STNE, PLTK, and FLYW

Should you be buying MediaAlpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaAlpha include Life360 (LIF), Autohome (ATHM), First Advantage (FA), RingCentral (RNG), Five9 (FIVN), Concentrix (CNXC), WNS (WNS), StoneCo (STNE), Playtika (PLTK), and Flywire (FLYW). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

MediaAlpha vs.

MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) and Life360 (NASDAQ:LIF) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

MediaAlpha has a net margin of 1.41% compared to Life360's net margin of -4.72%. Life360's return on equity of -4.03% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MediaAlpha1.41% -11.98% 5.19%
Life360 -4.72%-4.03%-3.16%

In the previous week, Life360 had 5 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Life360 and 2 mentions for MediaAlpha. Life360's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat MediaAlpha's score of 0.06 indicating that Life360 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MediaAlpha
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Life360
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Life360 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MediaAlpha.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MediaAlpha$388.15M2.01-$40.42M$0.1768.79
Life360$304.52M11.52-$28.17MN/AN/A

MediaAlpha currently has a consensus price target of $21.57, indicating a potential upside of 84.45%. Life360 has a consensus price target of $47.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.34%. Given MediaAlpha's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than Life360.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MediaAlpha
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Life360
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

MediaAlpha received 27 more outperform votes than Life360 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Life360 an outperform vote while only 67.74% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MediaAlphaOutperform Votes
42
67.74%
Underperform Votes
20
32.26%
Life360Outperform Votes
15
83.33%
Underperform Votes
3
16.67%

64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Life360 shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Life360 beats MediaAlpha on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MAX vs. The Competition

MetricMediaAlphaBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$775.66M$22.69B$8.15B$20.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.55%2.21%3.67%
P/E Ratio68.4530.8835.8645.84
Price / Sales2.016.4574.7717.83
Price / CashN/A35.4831.5420.33
Price / Book-8.126.346.175.70
Net Income-$40.42M$529.67M$143.02M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-8.13%1.53%0.94%0.68%
1 Month Performance4.80%7.51%1.04%1.62%
1 Year Performance-27.45%13.06%20.07%16.23%

MediaAlpha Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAX
MediaAlpha
2.7523 of 5 stars
$11.74
-8.2%
$21.57
+83.8%
-20.7%$782.46M$388.15M69.05160
LIF
Life360
1.7474 of 5 stars
$45.28
+1.6%
$47.63
+5.2%
N/A$3.38B$304.52M0.00600Short Interest ↓
ATHM
Autohome
2.1082 of 5 stars
$27.83
+1.4%
$28.00
+0.6%
+11.1%$3.37B$1.01B13.845,511
FA
First Advantage
2.5513 of 5 stars
$19.37
+2.0%
$53.29
+175.1%
+15.9%$3.34B$763.76M644.975,000
RNG
RingCentral
4.2701 of 5 stars
$35.03
+3.6%
$40.60
+15.9%
+10.2%$3.16B$2.20B-33.014,084Upcoming Earnings
FIVN
Five9
3.395 of 5 stars
$40.99
+0.3%
$57.50
+40.3%
-44.8%$3.08B$1.00B-81.822,684
CNXC
Concentrix
4.8046 of 5 stars
$47.43
-0.8%
$75.00
+58.1%
-42.4%$3.05B$9.62B12.78450,000Short Interest ↑
WNS
WNS
1.1368 of 5 stars
$61.49
+1.9%
$61.00
-0.8%
-1.9%$2.93B$1.32B21.4060,125
STNE
StoneCo
4.6141 of 5 stars
$9.46
+3.4%
$14.38
+52.0%
-40.7%$2.92B$2.41B7.3917,091
PLTK
Playtika
4.4662 of 5 stars
$7.40
+2.0%
$9.25
+25.1%
-3.1%$2.76B$2.57B12.773,600
FLYW
Flywire
4.0052 of 5 stars
$21.23
+4.1%
$25.38
+19.6%
-14.7%$2.63B$403.09M141.171,200Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:MAX) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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