MultiPlan (MPLN) Competitors

American Well (NYSE:AMWL) and MultiPlan (NYSE:MPLN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

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

56.1% of American Well shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of MultiPlan shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of American Well shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of MultiPlan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMWL or MPLN?

American Well received 22 more outperform votes than MultiPlan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.48% of users gave American Well an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave MultiPlan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Well	Outperform Votes 32 48.48%	Underperform Votes 34 51.52%
MultiPlan	Outperform Votes 10 41.67%	Underperform Votes 14 58.33%

Does the media favor AMWL or MPLN?

In the previous week, American Well had 6 more articles in the media than MultiPlan. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for American Well and 2 mentions for MultiPlan. American Well's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat MultiPlan's score of 0.39 indicating that MultiPlan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Well	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MultiPlan	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate AMWL or MPLN?

American Well currently has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 87.44%. MultiPlan has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 174.91%. Given American Well's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MultiPlan is more favorable than American Well.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Well	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MultiPlan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AMWL or MPLN?

MultiPlan has higher revenue and earnings than American Well. MultiPlan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Well, 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
American Well	$259.05M	0.60	-$675.16M	-$2.40	-0.22
MultiPlan	$961.52M	0.48	-$91.70M	-$0.15	-4.82

Is AMWL or MPLN more profitable?

MultiPlan has a net margin of -9.54% compared to MultiPlan's net margin of -260.63%. American Well's return on equity of -8.31% beat MultiPlan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Well	-260.63%	-40.19%	-33.28%
MultiPlan	-9.54%	-8.31%	-2.05%

Which has more risk & volatility, AMWL or MPLN?

American Well has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, MultiPlan has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MultiPlan beats American Well on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.