MultiPlan (MPLN) Competitors

Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) and MultiPlan (NYSE:MPLN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Do analysts rate FLYW or MPLN?

Flywire currently has a consensus price target of $15.62, suggesting a potential upside of 36.02%. MultiPlan has a consensus price target of $26.25, suggesting a potential downside of 8.60%. Given Flywire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Flywire is more favorable than MultiPlan.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flywire	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
MultiPlan	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLYW or MPLN?

Flywire received 82 more outperform votes than MultiPlan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Flywire an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave MultiPlan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flywire	Outperform Votes 92 63.89%	Underperform Votes 52 36.11%
MultiPlan	Outperform Votes 10 35.71%	Underperform Votes 18 64.29%

Which has more volatility & risk, FLYW or MPLN?

Flywire has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MultiPlan has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FLYW or MPLN?

In the previous week, Flywire had 8 more articles in the media than MultiPlan. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Flywire and 1 mentions for MultiPlan. MultiPlan's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Flywire's score of 1.03 indicating that MultiPlan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flywire	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MultiPlan	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is FLYW or MPLN more profitable?

Flywire has a net margin of 4.23% compared to MultiPlan's net margin of -163.30%. Flywire's return on equity of 2.49% beat MultiPlan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flywire	4.23%	2.49%	1.86%
MultiPlan	-163.30%	-12.14%	-1.84%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FLYW or MPLN?

Flywire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MultiPlan. MultiPlan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flywire, 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
Flywire	$511.49M	2.73	-$8.57M	$0.04	287.00
MultiPlan	$930.62M	0.50	-$91.70M	-$101.54	-0.28

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FLYW or MPLN?

95.9% of Flywire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of MultiPlan shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Flywire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of MultiPlan shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Flywire beats MultiPlan on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.