MAX vs. CNXC, RNG, STNE, FIVN, WNS, PLTK, PAGS, YY, FLYW, and CRTO
Should you be buying MediaAlpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaAlpha include Concentrix (CNXC), RingCentral (RNG), StoneCo (STNE), Five9 (FIVN), WNS (WNS), Playtika (PLTK), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), JOYY (YY), Flywire (FLYW), and Criteo (CRTO). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MediaAlpha vs.
MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) and Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
MediaAlpha received 17 more outperform votes than Concentrix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.74% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Concentrix an outperform vote.
64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Concentrix shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Concentrix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Concentrix had 1 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Concentrix and 3 mentions for MediaAlpha. Concentrix's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat MediaAlpha's score of 0.83 indicating that Concentrix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Concentrix has higher revenue and earnings than MediaAlpha. Concentrix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MediaAlpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MediaAlpha currently has a consensus target price of $21.57, suggesting a potential upside of 89.22%. Concentrix has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.04%. Given MediaAlpha's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MediaAlpha is more favorable than Concentrix.
Concentrix has a net margin of 2.61% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of 1.41%. Concentrix's return on equity of 16.67% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.
MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concentrix has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Concentrix beats MediaAlpha on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MAX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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