PubMatic (PUBM) Competitors

AvidXchange (NASDAQ:AVDX) and PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Is AVDX or PUBM more profitable?

PubMatic has a net margin of 5.96% compared to AvidXchange's net margin of -0.23%. PubMatic's return on equity of 6.12% beat AvidXchange's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvidXchange	-0.23%	0.74%	0.23%
PubMatic	5.96%	6.12%	2.58%

Do analysts rate AVDX or PUBM?

AvidXchange presently has a consensus target price of $10.07, suggesting a potential upside of 31.85%. PubMatic has a consensus target price of $19.89, suggesting a potential upside of 122.10%. Given PubMatic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PubMatic is more favorable than AvidXchange.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvidXchange	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
PubMatic	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AVDX or PUBM?

80.6% of AvidXchange shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of PubMatic shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of AvidXchange shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of PubMatic shares are owned 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 risk & volatility, AVDX or PUBM?

AvidXchange has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PubMatic has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVDX or PUBM?

PubMatic received 15 more outperform votes than AvidXchange when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.22% of users gave PubMatic an outperform vote while only 38.33% of users gave AvidXchange an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AvidXchange	Outperform Votes 46 38.33%	Underperform Votes 74 61.67%
PubMatic	Outperform Votes 61 59.22%	Underperform Votes 42 40.78%

Which has better earnings & valuation, AVDX or PUBM?

PubMatic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AvidXchange. PubMatic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvidXchange, 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
AvidXchange	$438.94M	3.56	-$47.33M	$0.04	190.88
PubMatic	$291.26M	1.49	$8.88M	$0.23	38.93

Does the media prefer AVDX or PUBM?

In the previous week, AvidXchange and AvidXchange both had 9 articles in the media. AvidXchange's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat PubMatic's score of 0.71 indicating that AvidXchange is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AvidXchange	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PubMatic	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

PubMatic beats AvidXchange on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.