RAMP vs. EVTC, STER, GB, YEXT, TIXT, PGRU, PAGS, MARA, PAYO, and GOTU
Should you be buying LiveRamp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LiveRamp include EVERTEC (EVTC), Sterling Check (STER), Global Blue Group (GB), Yext (YEXT), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), PropertyGuru Group (PGRU), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), Marathon Digital (MARA), Payoneer Global (PAYO), and Gaotu Techedu (GOTU). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
EVERTEC (NYSE:EVTC) and LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
EVERTEC has a net margin of 8.87% compared to EVERTEC's net margin of -2.22%. LiveRamp's return on equity of 29.86% beat EVERTEC's return on equity.
96.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of LiveRamp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of LiveRamp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, LiveRamp had 7 more articles in the media than EVERTEC. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for LiveRamp and 2 mentions for EVERTEC. LiveRamp's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat EVERTEC's score of 0.50 indicating that EVERTEC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EVERTEC received 133 more outperform votes than LiveRamp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.35% of users gave LiveRamp an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave EVERTEC an outperform vote.
EVERTEC presently has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.46%. LiveRamp has a consensus target price of $47.75, suggesting a potential upside of 44.00%. Given EVERTEC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than EVERTEC.
EVERTEC has higher revenue and earnings than LiveRamp. LiveRamp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVERTEC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EVERTEC has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveRamp has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
EVERTEC beats LiveRamp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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