BFH vs. FA, NVEI, PAYO, ADV, ENV, CBZ, ACCD, RPAY, CNDT, and PSFE
Should you be buying Bread Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bread Financial include First Advantage (FA), Nuvei (NVEI), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Advantage Solutions (ADV), Envestnet (ENV), CBIZ (CBZ), Accolade (ACCD), Repay (RPAY), Conduent (CNDT), and Paysafe (PSFE). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bread Financial (NYSE:BFH) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, First Advantage had 2 more articles in the media than Bread Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Advantage and 5 mentions for Bread Financial. First Advantage's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Bread Financial's score of -0.49 indicating that First Advantage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bread Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage. Bread Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Advantage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bread Financial has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Advantage has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bread Financial has a net margin of 10.05% compared to First Advantage's net margin of 6.29%. Bread Financial's return on equity of 20.52% beat First Advantage's return on equity.
Bread Financial currently has a consensus target price of $41.63, indicating a potential upside of 24.14%. First Advantage has a consensus target price of $15.17, indicating a potential upside of 10.38%. Given Bread Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bread Financial is more favorable than First Advantage.
99.5% of Bread Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of First Advantage shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bread Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of First Advantage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Advantage received 16 more outperform votes than Bread Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.63% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote while only 16.00% of users gave Bread Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Bread Financial and First Advantage tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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