Both in Business Services

MediaAlpha vs Liquidity Services

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

MAX +12.7% LQDT +102.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMAXLQDT
Price$15.05$46.76
Market cap$891.0M$1.47B
Today−0.66%+5.36%
1 month+55.5%+12.6%
6 months+67.8%+25.6%
Year to date+16.2%+54.3%
1 year+13.5%+98.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+22.7%+8.1%
Gross margin14.7%49.3%
Net margin6.9%8.0%
P/E (TTM)8.2×44.1×
Price / sales0.7×3.0×
Net cash-$156.2M$231.1M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)63.7%28.4%
Short % of float10.5%4.9%
Next earnings——

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