DDI vs. PLTK, PINC, UPWK, DFIN, XMTR, GDRX, PHR, OLO, LZ, and VVX
Should you be buying DoubleDown Interactive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DoubleDown Interactive include Playtika (PLTK), Premier (PINC), Upwork (UPWK), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Xometry (XMTR), GoodRx (GDRX), Phreesia (PHR), OLO (OLO), LegalZoom.com (LZ), and V2X (VVX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
DoubleDown Interactive vs. Its Competitors
DoubleDown Interactive (NASDAQ:DDI) and Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
11.9% of Playtika shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Playtika shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Playtika has higher revenue and earnings than DoubleDown Interactive. DoubleDown Interactive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playtika, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DoubleDown Interactive has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playtika has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DoubleDown Interactive has a net margin of 34.95% compared to Playtika's net margin of 5.37%. DoubleDown Interactive's return on equity of 14.21% beat Playtika's return on equity.
DoubleDown Interactive currently has a consensus target price of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 88.82%. Playtika has a consensus target price of $7.68, indicating a potential upside of 68.95%. Given DoubleDown Interactive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DoubleDown Interactive is more favorable than Playtika.
In the previous week, DoubleDown Interactive had 4 more articles in the media than Playtika. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DoubleDown Interactive and 1 mentions for Playtika. Playtika's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat DoubleDown Interactive's score of 0.43 indicating that Playtika is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
DoubleDown Interactive beats Playtika on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:DDI) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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