First Advantage (FA) Competitors

Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, ALLE or FA?

Allegion has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Advantage has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ALLE or FA?

Allegion currently has a consensus price target of $144.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.71%. First Advantage has a consensus price target of $58.83, suggesting a potential upside of 222.37%. Given First Advantage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Advantage is more favorable than Allegion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
First Advantage	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer ALLE or FA?

In the previous week, Allegion had 3 more articles in the media than First Advantage. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Allegion and 8 mentions for First Advantage. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat First Advantage's score of 0.79 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ALLE or FA?

Allegion has higher revenue and earnings than First Advantage. Allegion 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
Allegion	$3.65B	3.32	$540.40M	$6.51	21.42
First Advantage	$763.76M	4.13	$37.29M	$0.03	608.33

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

92.2% of Allegion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of First Advantage shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Allegion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of First Advantage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ALLE or FA more profitable?

Allegion has a net margin of 15.36% compared to First Advantage's net margin of 0.65%. Allegion's return on equity of 45.64% beat First Advantage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allegion	15.36%	45.64%	14.09%
First Advantage	0.65%	13.16%	7.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALLE or FA?

Allegion received 406 more outperform votes than First Advantage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.43% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote while only 55.10% of users gave First Advantage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allegion	Outperform Votes 433 58.43%	Underperform Votes 308 41.57%
First Advantage	Outperform Votes 27 55.10%	Underperform Votes 22 44.90%

Summary

Allegion beats First Advantage on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.