Advantage Solutions (ADV) Competitors

Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) and Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UPWK or ADV?

77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Upwork shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UPWK or ADV?

Upwork has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, 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
Upwork	$769.33M	2.45	$215.59M	$1.53	9.08
Advantage Solutions	$3.57B	0.14	-$63.26M	-$1.01	-1.54

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UPWK or ADV?

Upwork received 213 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote while only 29.73% of users gave Advantage Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Upwork	Outperform Votes 224 57.14%	Underperform Votes 168 42.86%
Advantage Solutions	Outperform Votes 11 29.73%	Underperform Votes 26 70.27%

Does the media favor UPWK or ADV?

In the previous week, Upwork had 18 more articles in the media than Advantage Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Upwork and 4 mentions for Advantage Solutions. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Advantage Solutions' score of 0.60 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Upwork	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Advantage Solutions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, UPWK or ADV?

Upwork has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UPWK or ADV more profitable?

Upwork has a net margin of 28.02% compared to Advantage Solutions' net margin of -3.32%. Upwork's return on equity of 50.83% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Upwork	28.02%	50.83%	20.13%
Advantage Solutions	-3.32%	-7.58%	-2.17%

Do analysts rate UPWK or ADV?

Upwork presently has a consensus price target of $18.58, suggesting a potential upside of 33.69%. Advantage Solutions has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 124.36%. Given Advantage Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Advantage Solutions is more favorable than Upwork.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Upwork	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Advantage Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Upwork beats Advantage Solutions on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.