Evolent Health (EVH) Competitors

Evolent Health (NYSE:EVH) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVH or LYFT?

Evolent Health received 257 more outperform votes than Lyft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.81% of users gave Evolent Health an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Evolent Health	Outperform Votes 576 74.81%	Underperform Votes 194 25.19%
Lyft	Outperform Votes 319 51.04%	Underperform Votes 306 48.96%

Is EVH or LYFT more profitable?

Lyft has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Evolent Health's net margin of -2.41%. Lyft's return on equity of 8.03% beat Evolent Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evolent Health	-2.41%	5.73%	2.36%
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%

Do analysts rate EVH or LYFT?

Evolent Health currently has a consensus target price of $17.64, indicating a potential upside of 89.40%. Lyft has a consensus target price of $16.60, indicating a potential upside of 52.40%. Given Evolent Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Evolent Health is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evolent Health	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	27 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26

Does the media prefer EVH or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 14 more articles in the media than Evolent Health. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Lyft and 13 mentions for Evolent Health. Evolent Health's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Lyft's score of 0.50 indicating that Evolent Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evolent Health	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lyft	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EVH or LYFT?

83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Evolent Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, EVH or LYFT?

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than Evolent Health. Evolent Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, 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
Evolent Health	$2.55B	0.43	-$113.04M	-$0.82	-11.36
Lyft	$5.79B	0.79	$22.78M	$0.06	181.50

Which has more volatility & risk, EVH or LYFT?

Evolent Health has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lyft beats Evolent Health on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.