Contrasting Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD) and First Pacific (OTCMKTS:FPAFY)

Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD) and First Pacific (OTCMKTS:FPAFY) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

38.9% of Falcon’s Beyond Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of First Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Falcon’s Beyond Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Falcon’s Beyond Global and First Pacific, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Falcon’s Beyond Global	1	0	0	0	1.00
First Pacific	0	0	0	0	0.00

Risk and Volatility

Falcon’s Beyond Global has a beta of -1.49, indicating that its share price is 249% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Pacific has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Falcon’s Beyond Global and First Pacific”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Falcon’s Beyond Global	$7.69 million	171.46	$22.06 million	$0.39	27.92
First Pacific	$10.06 billion	0.36	$600.30 million	N/A	N/A

First Pacific has higher revenue and earnings than Falcon’s Beyond Global.

Profitability

This table compares Falcon’s Beyond Global and First Pacific’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Falcon’s Beyond Global	146.55%	-82.54%	16.46%
First Pacific	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Falcon’s Beyond Global beats First Pacific on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Falcon’s Beyond Global

Falcon’s Beyond Global, Inc. is an experiential entertainment development enterprise. It connects the world by bringing stories to life through theme parks, resorts, animation, consumer products, gaming, and movies. The company propels intellectual property activations concurrently across physical and digital experiences through three core business units. Falcon’s Creative Group is a themed entertainment and master planning firm. Falcon’s Beyond Destinations develops, owns, and operates global entertainment destinations from resorts, theme parks, and attractions to retail, dining and location-based entertainment venues. Falcon’s Beyond Brands expands franchises across multiple platforms from media to gaming, music to consumer products and beyond. The firm also invents in immersive rides, attractions and technologies for entertainment destinations around the world. The company was founded on July 8, 2022 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

About First Pacific

First Pacific Company Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the consumer food products, telecommunications, infrastructure, and natural resources businesses in the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company offers a range of telecommunications and digital services, including fiber optic backbone, and fixed line and cellular networks. It also manufactures and distributes a range of food products, including noodles, dairy products, snack foods, food seasonings, nutrition and special foods, beverages, wheat flour, and pasta; breeds seeds; cultivates oil palm, rubber, sugar cane, and other crops; and offers cooking oils, margarines, and shortenings. In addition, the company explores for, mines, and produces gold, copper, and silver; and produces sugar and bioethanol. Further, it is involved in the operation of gas-fired power plant; provision of water distribution, sewerage, and sanitation services; and operation of toll roads and rails, as well as distribution of electricity. First Pacific Company Limited was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.