WNS (WNS) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FA or WNS?

94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of WNS shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of First Advantage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WNS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FA or WNS?

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
First Advantage	$763.76M	3.19	$37.29M	$0.25	67.20
WNS	$1.32B	1.63	$140.10M	$2.83	15.96

Is FA or WNS more profitable?

WNS has a net margin of 10.59% compared to WNS's net margin of 4.88%. First Advantage's return on equity of 22.23% beat WNS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Advantage	4.88%	13.84%	7.96%
WNS	10.59%	22.23%	12.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FA or WNS?

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 56.10% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Advantage	Outperform Votes 23 56.10%	Underperform Votes 18 43.90%
WNS	Outperform Votes 518 72.45%	Underperform Votes 197 27.55%

Does the media refer more to FA or WNS?

In the previous week, WNS had 5 more articles in the media than First Advantage. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for WNS and 15 mentions for First Advantage. WNS's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat First Advantage's score of 0.22 indicating that First Advantage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Advantage	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WNS	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend FA or WNS?

First Advantage currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.14%. WNS has a consensus price target of $72.44, suggesting a potential upside of 60.42%. Given First Advantage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WNS is more favorable than First Advantage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Advantage	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
WNS	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Summary

WNS beats First Advantage on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.