First Advantage (FA) Competitors

Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CART or FA?

First Advantage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maplebear. Maplebear 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
Maplebear	$3.04B	4.44	-$1.62B	$1.49	35.27
First Advantage	$763.76M	4.24	$37.29M	$0.03	624.67

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

63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of First Advantage shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of First Advantage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CART or FA?

Maplebear presently has a consensus price target of $48.96, indicating a potential downside of 6.83%. First Advantage has a consensus price target of $53.29, indicating a potential upside of 184.34%. Given First Advantage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Advantage is more favorable than Maplebear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maplebear	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
First Advantage	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Does the media favor CART or FA?

In the previous week, Maplebear had 10 more articles in the media than First Advantage. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Maplebear and 0 mentions for First Advantage. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat First Advantage's score of 0.00 indicating that Maplebear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maplebear	Positive
First Advantage	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CART or FA?

Maplebear has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Advantage has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CART or FA?

Maplebear received 25 more outperform votes than First Advantage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.14% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maplebear	Outperform Votes 55 59.14%	Underperform Votes 38 40.86%
First Advantage	Outperform Votes 30 57.69%	Underperform Votes 22 42.31%

Is CART or FA more profitable?

Maplebear has a net margin of 13.37% compared to First Advantage's net margin of 0.65%. Maplebear's return on equity of 13.78% beat First Advantage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maplebear	13.37%	13.78%	10.51%
First Advantage	0.65%	13.16%	7.33%

Summary

Maplebear beats First Advantage on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.