Frontdoor (FTDR) Competitors

APi Group (NYSE:APG) and Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate APG or FTDR?

APi Group currently has a consensus target price of $44.29, suggesting a potential upside of 25.35%. Frontdoor has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.71%. Given Frontdoor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe APi Group is more favorable than Frontdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
APi Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Frontdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk & volatility, APG or FTDR?

APi Group has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontdoor has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APG or FTDR?

Frontdoor received 98 more outperform votes than APi Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.41% of users gave Frontdoor an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave APi Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
APi Group	Outperform Votes 34 48.57%	Underperform Votes 36 51.43%
Frontdoor	Outperform Votes 132 58.41%	Underperform Votes 94 41.59%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, APG or FTDR?

Frontdoor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than APi Group. APi Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontdoor, 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
APi Group	$6.93B	1.40	$153M	-$2.15	-16.43
Frontdoor	$1.78B	1.52	$171M	$2.28	15.29

Is APG or FTDR more profitable?

Frontdoor has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Frontdoor's net margin of 2.49%. APi Group's return on equity of 132.00% beat Frontdoor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
APi Group	2.49%	37.83%	10.90%
Frontdoor	10.27%	132.00%	17.45%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of APG or FTDR?

86.6% of APi Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of APi Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Frontdoor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor APG or FTDR?

In the previous week, Frontdoor had 6 more articles in the media than APi Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Frontdoor and 5 mentions for APi Group. APi Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Frontdoor's score of 0.59 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
APi Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontdoor	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Frontdoor beats APi Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.