WNS (WNS) Competitors

First Advantage (NYSE:FA) and WNS (NYSE:WNS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer FA or WNS?

First Advantage currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.49%. WNS has a consensus price target of $85.88, indicating a potential upside of 79.47%. Given First Advantage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WNS 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
WNS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, FA or WNS?

First Advantage has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WNS has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FA or WNS?

WNS has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage. WNS 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	2.91	$37.29M	$0.25	61.28
WNS	$1.30B	1.76	$137.31M	$3.29	14.54

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FA or WNS?

WNS received 493 more outperform votes than First Advantage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.43% of users gave WNS an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Advantage	Outperform Votes 22 55.00%	Underperform Votes 18 45.00%
WNS	Outperform Votes 515 72.43%	Underperform Votes 196 27.57%

Is FA or WNS more profitable?

WNS has a net margin of 12.59% compared to WNS's net margin of 4.88%. First Advantage's return on equity of 21.71% beat WNS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Advantage	4.88%	13.84%	7.96%
WNS	12.59%	21.71%	11.77%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FA or WNS?

94.9% of First Advantage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of WNS shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of First Advantage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WNS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FA or WNS?

In the previous week, First Advantage had 9 more articles in the media than WNS. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for First Advantage and 11 mentions for WNS. WNS's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat First Advantage's score of 0.15 indicating that First Advantage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Advantage	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
WNS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

WNS beats First Advantage on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.