Both in Business Services

Liquidity Services vs MediaAlpha

Over the past year LQDT returned +102.3% and MAX returned +12.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.22.

LQDT +102.3% MAX +12.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLQDTMAX
Price$46.76$15.05
Market cap$1.47B$891.0M
Today+5.36%−0.66%
1 month+12.6%+55.5%
6 months+25.6%+67.8%
Year to date+54.3%+16.2%
1 year+98.1%+13.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.1%+22.7%
Gross margin49.3%14.7%
Net margin8.0%6.9%
P/E (TTM)44.1×8.2×
Price / sales3.0×0.7×
Net cash$231.1M-$156.2M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)28.4%63.7%
Short % of float4.9%10.5%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).