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FA vs. RTO, FTAI, ICLR, BILI, FOUR, MEDP, HQY, MARA, ETSY, and LYFT

Should you be buying First Advantage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Advantage include Rentokil Initial (RTO), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), ICON (ICLR), Bilibili (BILI), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Medpace (MEDP), HealthEquity (HQY), Marathon Digital (MARA), Etsy (ETSY), and Lyft (LYFT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

First Advantage vs. Its Competitors

Rentokil Initial (NYSE:RTO) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of First Advantage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

First Advantage has a consensus target price of $20.25, indicating a potential upside of 10.05%. Given First Advantage's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Advantage is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rentokil Initial
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
First Advantage
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

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

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

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage. First Advantage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rentokil Initial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rentokil Initial$6.95B1.82$392.32M$1.5116.56
First Advantage$1.05B3.06$37.29M-$0.91-20.22

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Advantage has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Advantage had 5 more articles in the media than Rentokil Initial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Advantage and 2 mentions for Rentokil Initial. First Advantage's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Rentokil Initial's score of 1.33 indicating that First Advantage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rentokil Initial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Advantage
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

First Advantage beats Rentokil Initial on 12 of the 17 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.
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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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FA vs. The Competition

MetricFirst AdvantageBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.20B$563.32M$19.00B$21.07B
Dividend YieldN/A4.42%2.73%3.59%
P/E Ratio613.3361.8629.5328.45
Price / Sales3.065.5351.0772.04
Price / Cash10.255.2227.3922.92
Price / Book2.945.496.264.69
Net Income$37.29M$2.40M$197.58M$995.51M
7 Day Performance4.37%-1.48%1.55%1.66%
1 Month Performance11.99%0.70%5.45%4.54%
1 Year Performance6.73%-5.32%26.55%10.00%

First Advantage Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FA
First Advantage
1.6212 of 5 stars
$18.40
+0.2%
$20.25
+10.1%
+8.0%$3.20B$1.05B613.335,500News Coverage
Positive News
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.2432 of 5 stars
$23.76
-0.3%
N/A-18.1%$12.04B$6.95B0.0068,485Upcoming Earnings
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.7483 of 5 stars
$113.88
+0.3%
$171.83
+50.9%
+11.3%$11.65B$1.73B41.6140News Coverage
Positive News
ICLR
ICON
4.0687 of 5 stars
$139.63
-2.7%
$198.08
+41.9%
-40.3%$11.59B$8.28B10.7841,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
BILI
Bilibili
1.5437 of 5 stars
$24.95
-1.0%
$23.79
-4.7%
+59.9%$10.53B$3.68B0.008,088Gap Down
FOUR
Shift4 Payments
2.7609 of 5 stars
$105.98
-0.5%
$116.70
+10.1%
+55.7%$9.44B$3.33B28.264,000Upcoming Earnings
MEDP
Medpace
3.7182 of 5 stars
$308.88
-1.0%
$344.82
+11.6%
+17.6%$8.96B$2.11B23.815,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HQY
HealthEquity
3.2399 of 5 stars
$97.08
-0.6%
$118.55
+22.1%
+20.4%$8.45B$1.20B37.013,120Positive News
MARA
Marathon Digital
3.6918 of 5 stars
$18.83
-3.5%
$21.28
+13.0%
-14.9%$6.87B$656.38M88.689Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
ETSY
Etsy
3.5554 of 5 stars
$60.41
+1.3%
$51.13
-15.4%
+3.4%$6.22B$2.81B25.382,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
LYFT
Lyft
4.4828 of 5 stars
$14.77
+0.1%
$16.82
+13.9%
+17.1%$6.17B$5.79B70.292,934Trending News

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This page (NYSE:FA) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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