MAX vs. PAGS, FA, YY, CLVT, RNG, PAYO, DXC, ACVA, EVTC, and XMTR
Should you be buying MediaAlpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaAlpha include PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), First Advantage (FA), JOYY (YY), Clarivate (CLVT), Ringcentral (RNG), Payoneer Global (PAYO), DXC Technology (DXC), ACV Auctions (ACVA), Evertec (EVTC), and Xometry (XMTR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MediaAlpha vs. Its Competitors
MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) and PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PagSeguro Digital has higher revenue and earnings than MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagSeguro Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MediaAlpha presently has a consensus price target of $17.92, indicating a potential upside of 74.97%. PagSeguro Digital has a consensus price target of $11.36, indicating a potential upside of 25.29%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than PagSeguro Digital.
PagSeguro Digital has a net margin of 11.04% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of -0.61%. PagSeguro Digital's return on equity of 15.52% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.
In the previous week, PagSeguro Digital had 5 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for PagSeguro Digital and 13 mentions for MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat PagSeguro Digital's score of 0.78 indicating that MediaAlpha is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
PagSeguro Digital beats MediaAlpha on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MAX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:MAX) was last updated on 8/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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