Advantage Solutions (ADV) Competitors

Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) and CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, ADV or CARG?

Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarGurus has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ADV or CARG?

CarGurus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Solutions. CarGurus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Solutions, 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	$3.99B	0.25	-$63.26M	-$0.41	-7.59
CarGurus	$888.97M	4.20	$31.10M	-$0.46	-78.33

Does the media prefer ADV or CARG?

In the previous week, CarGurus had 6 more articles in the media than Advantage Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CarGurus and 5 mentions for Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat CarGurus' score of 0.66 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Advantage Solutions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CarGurus	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ADV or CARG?

CarGurus has a consensus price target of $37.86, suggesting a potential upside of 5.09%. Given CarGurus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CarGurus is more favorable than Advantage Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
CarGurus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

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

49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of CarGurus shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of CarGurus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADV or CARG?

CarGurus received 508 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% of users gave CarGurus an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Advantage Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Advantage Solutions	Outperform Votes 10 27.78%	Underperform Votes 26 72.22%
CarGurus	Outperform Votes 518 63.33%	Underperform Votes 300 36.67%

Is ADV or CARG more profitable?

Advantage Solutions has a net margin of -3.32% compared to CarGurus' net margin of -5.47%. CarGurus' return on equity of 13.96% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Solutions	-3.32%	-7.58%	-2.17%
CarGurus	-5.47%	13.96%	8.92%

Summary

CarGurus beats Advantage Solutions on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.