FA vs. PAY, WNS, PAYO, FLYW, MAX, PSFE, ADV, RPAY, ENV, and CBZ
Should you be buying First Advantage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Advantage include Paymentus (PAY), WNS (WNS), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Flywire (FLYW), MediaAlpha (MAX), Paysafe (PSFE), Advantage Solutions (ADV), Repay (RPAY), Envestnet (ENV), and CBIZ (CBZ). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Paymentus (NYSE:PAY) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Paymentus currently has a consensus target price of $19.06, suggesting a potential upside of 1.45%. First Advantage has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.76%. Given Paymentus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Advantage is more favorable than Paymentus.
First Advantage has higher revenue and earnings than Paymentus. First Advantage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paymentus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Advantage had 10 more articles in the media than Paymentus. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for First Advantage and 4 mentions for Paymentus. Paymentus' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat First Advantage's score of 0.69 indicating that First Advantage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
12.6% of Paymentus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.8% of Paymentus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of First Advantage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Paymentus received 605 more outperform votes than First Advantage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.21% of users gave Paymentus an outperform vote while only 54.76% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.
Paymentus has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Advantage has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paymentus has a net margin of 4.43% compared to Paymentus' net margin of 4.28%. Paymentus' return on equity of 14.12% beat First Advantage's return on equity.
Summary
First Advantage beats Paymentus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get First Advantage News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
First Advantage Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
