Payoneer Global (PAYO) Competitors

First Advantage (NYSE:FA) and Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO) are both mid-cap 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.

Do analysts prefer FA or PAYO?

First Advantage currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.57%. Payoneer Global has a consensus price target of $6.71, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. Given First Advantage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Payoneer Global 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
Payoneer Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Payoneer Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of First Advantage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Payoneer Global 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FA or PAYO?

Payoneer Global has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage. Payoneer Global 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	3.04	$37.29M	$0.22	72.69
Payoneer Global	$831.10M	2.59	$93.33M	$0.30	19.47

Which has more volatility & risk, FA or PAYO?

First Advantage has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payoneer Global has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FA or PAYO?

In the previous week, Payoneer Global had 10 more articles in the media than First Advantage. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Payoneer Global and 18 mentions for First Advantage. First Advantage's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Payoneer Global's score of 0.65 indicating that Payoneer Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Advantage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Payoneer Global	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FA or PAYO?

Payoneer Global received 13 more outperform votes than First Advantage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.92% of users gave Payoneer Global 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%
Payoneer Global	Outperform Votes 36 67.92%	Underperform Votes 17 32.08%

Is FA or PAYO more profitable?

Payoneer Global has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Payoneer Global's net margin of 4.28%. First Advantage's return on equity of 17.56% beat Payoneer Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Advantage	4.28%	13.92%	7.89%
Payoneer Global	13.19%	17.56%	1.71%

Summary

Payoneer Global beats First Advantage on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.