Financial Contrast: First Advantage (NYSE:FA) versus DynTek (OTCMKTS:DYNE)

DynTek (OTCMKTS:DYNE) and First Advantage (NYSE:FA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for DynTek and First Advantage, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DynTek	0	0	0	0	N/A
First Advantage	0	2	4	0	2.67

First Advantage has a consensus price target of $77.25, indicating a potential upside of 291.34%. Given First Advantage’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Advantage is more favorable than DynTek.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DynTek and First Advantage”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DynTek	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Advantage	$756.89 million	3.79	$37.29 million	$0.22	89.73

First Advantage has higher revenue and earnings than DynTek.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.9% of First Advantage shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of DynTek shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of First Advantage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares DynTek and First Advantage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DynTek	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Advantage	3.24%	13.94%	7.72%

Summary

First Advantage beats DynTek on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DynTek

DynTek, Inc. provides professional information technology services to mid-market commercial businesses, state and local government agencies, and educational institutions. It offers infrastructure and data center solutions, including advanced networking, security, server virtualization, and servers and storage solutions; and Microsoft platform solutions comprising management and virtualization, messaging, communications, desktop, data platform, identity and security, portals and collaboration, and midmarket solutions. The company also provides endpoint computing solutions, such as desktop and application, application and desktop virtualization, and desktop management solutions; and talent acquisition and staff augmentation solutions. In addition, it engages in value-added resale of hardware and software products. The company was formerly known as TekInsight, Inc. and changed its name to DynTek, Inc. in December 2001. DynTek, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

About First Advantage

First Advantage Corporation provides employment background screening, identity, and verification solutions worldwide. It offers pre-onboarding products and solutions, such as criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks and biometric fraud mitigation tools, education/work history verification, driver records and compliance, healthcare credentials, executive screening, and other screening products. The company also provides post-onboarding solutions, including criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media screening, and global sanctions and licenses; and other products comprising fleet/vehicle compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, resident/tenant screening, and investigative research. Its products and solutions are used by personnel in recruiting, human resources, risk, compliance, vendor management, safety, and/or security in global enterprises, mid-sized, and small companies. The company was formerly known as Fastball Intermediate, Inc. and changed its name to First Advantage Corporation in March 2021. First Advantage Corporation was founded in 2002 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.