First Advantage (FA) Competitors

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Does the media refer more to ULS or FA?

In the previous week, UL Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than First Advantage. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for UL Solutions and 3 mentions for First Advantage. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat First Advantage's score of 0.19 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Advantage	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ULS or FA?

UL Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UL Solutions	$2.68B	3.85	$260M	N/A	N/A
First Advantage	$763.76M	3.34	$37.29M	$0.16	109.76

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ULS or FA?

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

Is ULS or FA more profitable?

First Advantage has a net margin of 3.24% compared to UL Solutions' net margin of 0.00%. First Advantage's return on equity of 13.94% beat UL Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UL Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Advantage	3.24%	13.94%	7.72%

Do analysts recommend ULS or FA?

UL Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $45.80, suggesting a potential downside of 11.24%. First Advantage has a consensus price target of $77.25, suggesting a potential upside of 339.92%. Given First Advantage's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Advantage is more favorable than UL Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UL Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
First Advantage	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ULS or FA?

First Advantage received 9 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UL Solutions	Outperform Votes 15 71.43%	Underperform Votes 6 28.57%
First Advantage	Outperform Votes 24 53.33%	Underperform Votes 21 46.67%

Summary

UL Solutions beats First Advantage on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.