Advantage Solutions (ADV) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ADV or RNG?

RingCentral has a consensus target price of $41.29, indicating a potential upside of 22.29%. Given RingCentral's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RingCentral 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
RingCentral	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media favor ADV or RNG?

In the previous week, Advantage Solutions and Advantage Solutions both had 3 articles in the media. RingCentral's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Advantage Solutions' score of 0.88 indicating that RingCentral is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Advantage Solutions	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RingCentral	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADV or RNG?

RingCentral received 913 more outperform votes than Advantage Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.85% of users gave RingCentral 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%
RingCentral	Outperform Votes 923 72.85%	Underperform Votes 344 27.15%

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

49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of RingCentral shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of RingCentral shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ADV or RNG?

Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RingCentral has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ADV or RNG more profitable?

Advantage Solutions has a net margin of -3.32% compared to RingCentral's net margin of -4.17%. RingCentral's return on equity of -2.55% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Solutions	-3.32%	-7.58%	-2.17%
RingCentral	-4.17%	-2.55%	0.72%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ADV or RNG?

Advantage Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than RingCentral. RingCentral 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	$4.22B	0.19	-$63.26M	-$0.41	-6.15
RingCentral	$2.20B	1.39	-$165.24M	-$1.06	-31.85

Summary

RingCentral beats Advantage Solutions on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.