Tripadvisor (TRIP) Competitors

Pluralsight (NASDAQ:PS) and Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PS or TRIP?

Tripadvisor received 773 more outperform votes than Pluralsight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.27% of users gave Pluralsight an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pluralsight	Outperform Votes 275 66.27%	Underperform Votes 140 33.73%
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1048 57.77%	Underperform Votes 766 42.23%

Do analysts prefer PS or TRIP?

Tripadvisor has a consensus target price of $21.76, suggesting a potential upside of 18.61%. Given Pluralsight's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Pluralsight.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pluralsight	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Tripadvisor	3 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Which has more risk and volatility, PS or TRIP?

Pluralsight has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PS or TRIP?

Tripadvisor has higher revenue and earnings than Pluralsight. Pluralsight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tripadvisor, 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
Pluralsight	$316.91M	10.52	-$112.66M	-$0.98	-22.91
Tripadvisor	$1.79B	1.43	$10M	$0.15	122.34

Is PS or TRIP more profitable?

Tripadvisor has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Tripadvisor's net margin of -33.16%. Pluralsight's return on equity of 12.03% beat Tripadvisor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pluralsight	-33.16%	-57.42%	-12.33%
Tripadvisor	1.32%	12.03%	3.73%

Does the media prefer PS or TRIP?

In the previous week, Tripadvisor had 14 more articles in the media than Pluralsight. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Tripadvisor and 0 mentions for Pluralsight. Pluralsight's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Tripadvisor's score of 0.00 indicating that Tripadvisor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pluralsight	Neutral
Tripadvisor	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PS or TRIP?

80.5% of Pluralsight shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Pluralsight shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tripadvisor beats Pluralsight on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.