Advantage Solutions (ADV) Competitors

Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) and LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADV or RAMP?

LiveRamp received 160 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.37% of users gave LiveRamp an outperform vote while only 29.73% of users gave Advantage Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Advantage Solutions	Outperform Votes 11 29.73%	Underperform Votes 26 70.27%
LiveRamp	Outperform Votes 171 70.37%	Underperform Votes 72 29.63%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ADV or RAMP?

49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of LiveRamp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ADV or RAMP more profitable?

LiveRamp has a net margin of 0.01% compared to Advantage Solutions' net margin of -3.32%. LiveRamp's return on equity of 0.97% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Solutions	-3.32%	-7.58%	-2.17%
LiveRamp	0.01%	0.97%	0.75%

Do analysts rate ADV or RAMP?

Advantage Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 184.55%. LiveRamp has a consensus target price of $39.83, suggesting a potential upside of 57.71%. Given Advantage Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Advantage Solutions is more favorable than LiveRamp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
LiveRamp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ADV or RAMP?

LiveRamp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions 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
Advantage Solutions	$3.57B	0.11	-$63.26M	-$1.01	-1.22
LiveRamp	$728.71M	2.28	$11.88M	$0.01	2,525.80

Which has more volatility & risk, ADV or RAMP?

Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveRamp has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ADV or RAMP?

In the previous week, LiveRamp had 11 more articles in the media than Advantage Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for LiveRamp and 1 mentions for Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat LiveRamp's score of 1.10 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Advantage Solutions	Very Positive
LiveRamp	Positive

Summary

LiveRamp beats Advantage Solutions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.