First Advantage (FA) Competitors

WNS (NYSE:WNS) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WNS or FA?

WNS received 495 more outperform votes than First Advantage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.45% of users gave WNS an outperform vote while only 54.76% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WNS	Outperform Votes 518 72.45%	Underperform Votes 197 27.55%
First Advantage	Outperform Votes 23 54.76%	Underperform Votes 19 45.24%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WNS or FA?

WNS has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage. WNS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Advantage, 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
WNS	$1.32B	1.85	$140.10M	$2.83	18.07
First Advantage	$757.66M	3.13	$37.29M	$0.22	74.27

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WNS or FA?

97.4% of WNS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of WNS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of First Advantage shares are owned by 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.

Does the media refer more to WNS or FA?

In the previous week, First Advantage had 8 more articles in the media than WNS. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for First Advantage and 10 mentions for WNS. WNS's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat First Advantage's score of 0.21 indicating that First Advantage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WNS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Advantage	8 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WNS or FA more profitable?

WNS has a net margin of 10.59% compared to WNS's net margin of 4.28%. First Advantage's return on equity of 22.23% beat WNS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WNS	10.59%	22.23%	12.11%
First Advantage	4.28%	14.12%	7.97%

Do analysts prefer WNS or FA?

WNS currently has a consensus price target of $72.44, indicating a potential upside of 41.63%. First Advantage has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.16%. Given First Advantage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WNS is more favorable than First Advantage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WNS	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
First Advantage	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

WNS beats First Advantage on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.