LiveRamp (RAMP) Competitors

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

Is RAMP or LYFT more profitable?

Lyft has a net margin of 0.39% compared to LiveRamp's net margin of 0.01%. Lyft's return on equity of 8.03% beat LiveRamp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveRamp	0.01%	0.97%	0.75%
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RAMP or LYFT?

Lyft received 151 more outperform votes than LiveRamp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.64% of users gave LiveRamp an outperform vote while only 50.71% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LiveRamp	Outperform Votes 172 69.64%	Underperform Votes 75 30.36%
Lyft	Outperform Votes 323 50.71%	Underperform Votes 314 49.29%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RAMP or LYFT?

93.8% of LiveRamp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of LiveRamp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RAMP or LYFT?

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than LiveRamp. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, 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
LiveRamp	$728.71M	2.57	$11.88M	$0.01	2,843.50
Lyft	$5.96B	1.15	$22.78M	$0.15	109.71

Does the media favor RAMP or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 11 more articles in the media than LiveRamp. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Lyft and 10 mentions for LiveRamp. Lyft's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat LiveRamp's score of 0.86 indicating that Lyft is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LiveRamp	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lyft	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend RAMP or LYFT?

LiveRamp currently has a consensus target price of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 34.22%. Lyft has a consensus target price of $16.56, suggesting a potential upside of 0.65%. Given LiveRamp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveRamp	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	25 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32

Which has more risk and volatility, RAMP or LYFT?

LiveRamp has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lyft beats LiveRamp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.