DiDi Global (DIDIY) Competitors

DiDi Global (NYSE:DIDIY) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both business services, not elsewhere classified industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

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

1.8% of DiDi Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of DiDi Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of First Advantage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DIDIY or FA?

DiDi Global has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DiDi Global	$27.10B	0.87	$69.51M	N/A	N/A
First Advantage	$1.05B	2.85	$37.29M	-$0.91	-18.85

Do analysts rate DIDIY or FA?

DiDi Global presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.71%. First Advantage has a consensus price target of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 284.73%. Given First Advantage's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Advantage is more favorable than DiDi Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DiDi Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
First Advantage	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is DIDIY or FA more profitable?

First Advantage has a net margin of 0.65% compared to DiDi Global's net margin of 0.00%. First Advantage's return on equity of 13.16% beat DiDi Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DiDi Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Advantage	0.65%	13.16%	7.33%

Does the media refer more to DIDIY or FA?

In the previous week, First Advantage had 2 more articles in the media than DiDi Global. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Advantage and 1 mentions for DiDi Global. First Advantage's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat DiDi Global's score of -0.29 indicating that First Advantage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DiDi Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Advantage	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, DIDIY or FA?

DiDi Global has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Advantage has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Advantage beats DiDi Global on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.