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First Advantage vs Paychex (FA vs PAYX)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year First Advantage (FA) returned +82.0% and Paychex (PAYX) +0.5%; so far this year the figures are +61.9% and +4.3%.
Paychex is the larger company by market value, about 10.3 times the size of First Advantage.
On trailing earnings, FA trades at 94.1 times and PAYX at 23.2 times.
Revenue grew +17.7% at FA and +13.7% at PAYX over the last year.
FA pays no dividend. PAYX yields 4.89%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| FA | PAYX | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $23.53 | $117.06 |
| 1-day | +1.73% | -2.04% |
| YTD | +61.94% | +4.35% |
| 1 year | +81.98% | +0.48% |
| 3 years | +79.76% | +7.53% |
| Market cap | $4.0B | $41.7B |
| P/E | 94.1 | 23.2 |
| P/S | 2.35 | 6.52 |
| P/B | 3.05 | 11.25 |
| Revenue growth | +17.70% | +13.70% |
| EPS growth | — | +13.50% |
| Gross margin % | — | 73.5 |
| Net margin % | 2.5 | 28.3 |
| ROE % | 3.2 | 48.7 |
| Debt / equity | 1.50 | 1.23 |
| FCF yield % | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| Dividend yield % | — | 4.89 |
| Beta | 0.38 | -0.07 |
| RSI (14) | 74.3 | 58.6 |
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