ADV vs. MAX, PAYO, RPAY, PSFE, VVI, IMXI, ACCD, WNS, CCIV, and CNDT
Should you be buying Advantage Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Solutions include MediaAlpha (MAX), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Repay (RPAY), Paysafe (PSFE), Viad (VVI), International Money Express (IMXI), Accolade (ACCD), WNS (WNS), Churchill Capital Corp IV (CCIV), and Conduent (CNDT).
Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) and MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
MediaAlpha has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Solutions. MediaAlpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MediaAlpha received 22 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.75% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Advantage Solutions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Advantage Solutions had 7 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Advantage Solutions and 12 mentions for MediaAlpha. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat MediaAlpha's score of 0.19 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Advantage Solutions has a net margin of -1.35% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of -10.41%. MediaAlpha's return on equity of 0.00% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.
Advantage Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $3.43, indicating a potential downside of 25.04%. MediaAlpha has a consensus price target of $20.17, indicating a potential downside of 10.57%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than Advantage Solutions.
Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MediaAlpha beats Advantage Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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