DiDi Global (DIDIY) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FA or DIDIY?

DiDi Global has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Advantage	$1.25B	2.34	$37.29M	-$0.92	-18.28
DiDi Global	$27.10B	0.98	$69.51M	N/A	N/A

Is FA or DIDIY 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
First Advantage	0.65%	13.16%	7.33%
DiDi Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer FA or DIDIY?

In the previous week, First Advantage had 8 more articles in the media than DiDi Global. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for First Advantage and 2 mentions for DiDi Global. First Advantage's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat DiDi Global's score of -0.29 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DiDi Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer FA or DIDIY?

First Advantage currently has a consensus target price of $20.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.39%. DiDi Global has a consensus target price of $6.40, suggesting a potential upside of 16.58%. Given First Advantage's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Advantage is more favorable than DiDi Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Advantage	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
DiDi Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has more volatility and risk, FA or DIDIY?

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FA or DIDIY?

94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of DiDi Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of DiDi Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Advantage beats DiDi Global on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.