Skillz (SKLZ) Competitors

Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) and MultiPlan (NYSE:MPLN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SKLZ or MPLN?

MultiPlan has higher revenue and earnings than Skillz. Skillz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MultiPlan, 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
Skillz	$150.11M	0.74	-$101.36M	-$2.25	-2.82
MultiPlan	$961.52M	0.49	-$91.70M	-$95.05	-0.31

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SKLZ or MPLN?

Skillz received 27 more outperform votes than MultiPlan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.22% of users gave Skillz an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave MultiPlan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Skillz	Outperform Votes 37 55.22%	Underperform Votes 30 44.78%
MultiPlan	Outperform Votes 10 35.71%	Underperform Votes 18 64.29%

Do analysts recommend SKLZ or MPLN?

Skillz presently has a consensus price target of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 69.16%. MultiPlan has a consensus price target of $26.25, indicating a potential downside of 10.48%. Given Skillz's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Skillz is more favorable than MultiPlan.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skillz	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
MultiPlan	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, SKLZ or MPLN?

Skillz has a beta of 2.74, indicating that its stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MultiPlan has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SKLZ or MPLN?

19.4% of Skillz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of MultiPlan shares are held by institutional investors. 30.4% of Skillz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of MultiPlan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SKLZ or MPLN more profitable?

Skillz has a net margin of -40.87% compared to MultiPlan's net margin of -163.30%. MultiPlan's return on equity of -12.14% beat Skillz's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skillz	-40.87%	-38.95%	-20.10%
MultiPlan	-163.30%	-12.14%	-1.84%

Does the media prefer SKLZ or MPLN?

In the previous week, MultiPlan had 5 more articles in the media than Skillz. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MultiPlan and 1 mentions for Skillz. MultiPlan's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Skillz's score of -0.45 indicating that MultiPlan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Skillz	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MultiPlan	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Skillz beats MultiPlan on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.