Contrasting MoneyOnMobile (OTCMKTS:MOMT) and Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV)

Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) and MoneyOnMobile (OTCMKTS:MOMT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Advantage Solutions and MoneyOnMobile, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Solutions	0	2	2	0	2.50
MoneyOnMobile	0	0	0	0	N/A

Advantage Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $3.43, indicating a potential downside of 23.87%.

Volatility & Risk

Advantage Solutions has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MoneyOnMobile has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Advantage Solutions and MoneyOnMobile’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Advantage Solutions	$4.22 billion	0.34	-$63.26 million	($0.20)	-22.55
MoneyOnMobile	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

MoneyOnMobile has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Solutions.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of MoneyOnMobile shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Advantage Solutions and MoneyOnMobile’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Solutions	-1.35%	-4.51%	-1.31%
MoneyOnMobile	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

MoneyOnMobile beats Advantage Solutions on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Advantage Solutions

Advantage Solutions Inc. provides business solutions to consumer goods manufacturers and retailers in North America and internationally. It operates in two segments, Sales and Marketing. The Sales segment offers brand-centric services, such as headquarter relationship management; analytics, insights, and intelligence; and brand-centric merchandising services. This segment also provides retailer-centric services comprising retailer-centric merchandising and in-store media services. The Marketing segment offers brand-centric services, including shopper and consumer marketing, and brand experiential services; retailer-centric services, such as retail experiential and private label services; and digital marketing, and digital media and advertising services. The company was formerly known as Karman Holding Corp. and changed its name to Advantage Solutions Inc. in March 2016. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

About MoneyOnMobile

MoneyOnMobile, Inc. offers MoneyOnMobile, a mobile SMS and smart phone application. Its application offers m-Wallet that connects with money to recharge mobile; pay utility bills; top-up DTH account; shop for any goods or services; buy travel related services; and handle banking transactions. The company was formerly known as Calpian, Inc. and changed its name to MoneyOnMobile, Inc. in August 2016. MoneyOnMobile, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.