MPLN vs. GETY, PHR, MAX, EEX, ADV, PSFE, RSKD, QNST, RPAY, and FVRR
Should you be buying MultiPlan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MultiPlan include Getty Images (GETY), Phreesia (PHR), MediaAlpha (MAX), Emerald (EEX), Advantage Solutions (ADV), Paysafe (PSFE), Riskified (RSKD), QuinStreet (QNST), Repay (RPAY), and Fiverr International (FVRR). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) and MultiPlan (NYSE:MPLN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Getty Images presently has a consensus target price of $6.08, suggesting a potential upside of 69.22%. MultiPlan has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 272.51%. Given Getty Images' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MultiPlan is more favorable than Getty Images.
In the previous week, Getty Images had 30 more articles in the media than MultiPlan. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Getty Images and 0 mentions for MultiPlan. Getty Images' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat MultiPlan's score of 0.08 indicating that MultiPlan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Getty Images has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MultiPlan. MultiPlan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Images, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Getty Images has a net margin of 3.33% compared to Getty Images' net margin of -65.83%. MultiPlan's return on equity of 9.18% beat Getty Images' return on equity.
Getty Images has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MultiPlan has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
45.8% of Getty Images shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of MultiPlan shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Getty Images shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of MultiPlan shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Getty Images received 5 more outperform votes than MultiPlan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.88% of users gave Getty Images an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave MultiPlan an outperform vote.
Summary
Getty Images beats MultiPlan on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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