FA vs. FTAI, CART, ALLE, RTO, STN, QXO, ICLR, HQY, MEDP, and BILI
Should you be buying First Advantage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Advantage include FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Maplebear (CART), Allegion (ALLE), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Stantec (STN), QXO (QXO), ICON Public (ICLR), HealthEquity (HQY), Medpace (MEDP), and Bilibili (BILI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
First Advantage vs. Its Competitors
FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of First Advantage shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of First Advantage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FTAI Aviation has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage. First Advantage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Advantage has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FTAI Aviation received 315 more outperform votes than First Advantage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.33% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.
FTAI Aviation currently has a consensus price target of $171.83, suggesting a potential upside of 42.78%. First Advantage has a consensus price target of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 255.22%. Given First Advantage's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Advantage is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.
FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 1.59% compared to First Advantage's net margin of 0.65%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 206.25% beat First Advantage's return on equity.
In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 4 more articles in the media than First Advantage. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 3 mentions for First Advantage. First Advantage's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 1.04 indicating that First Advantage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
FTAI Aviation beats First Advantage on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NYSE:FA) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
