Industrials / Specialty Business ServicesUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

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Based on latest report

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Market cap

2.8B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E12.7

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/E322.3

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE0.7

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC5

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All FA market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

249

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Currency

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Showing 249 of 249 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001210677
Company name	First Advantage Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	31846B108
Employees	9,500
Employees Change	-500%
Employees Change Percent	-5
Enterprise value	$4.6B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Specialty Business Services
IPO Date	2021-06-23
Isin	US31846B1089
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$2.8B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$15.95
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	168,947.58x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	7374
Symbol	FA
Website	https://fadv.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	0.31%
EV Earnings	537.7x
EV Sales Forward	2.64x
EV/EBIT	28.99x
EV/EBITDA	11.27x
EV/FCF	21.24x
EV/Sales	2.86x
FCF yield	7.85%
Forward P/E	12.69x
P/B ratio	2.13x
P/E ratio	322.28x
P/S ratio	1.71x
PE Ratio5 Y	125.91x
PS Forward	1.58x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	9.87%
EBITDA Margin	25.39%
FCF margin	13.47%
Gross margin	45.54%
Gross Profit	$730.9M
Gross Profit Growth	48.82%
Gross Profit Growth Q	7.26%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	23.07%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	22.87%
Net Income	$8.5M
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-45.76%
Pretax Margin	0.31%
Profit Margin	0.53%
Profit Per Employee	$899
ROA	2.6
Roa5y	1.79
ROCE	4.46
ROE	0.66
Roe5y	-0.31
ROIC	5.03
Roic5y	2.9

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr1y	6.55%
Cagr3y	12.28%
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	-48.12
FCF Growth	2,799.46%
FCF Growth Q	145.54%
FCF Growth3 Y	1.53%
FCF Growth5 Y	19.43%
OCF Growth	2,310.43%
OCF Growth Q	153.87%
OCF Growth10 Y	22.22%
OCF Growth3 Y	2.37%
OCF Growth5 Y	18.86%
Revenue Growth	53.53x
Revenue Growth Q	8.63x
Revenue Growth Quarters	6x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	26.35x
Revenue Growth5 Y	24.79x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.42
Assets	$3.8B
Cash	$225.9M
Current Assets	$539.3M
Current Liabilities	$203.5M
Debt	$2.1B
Debt EBITDA	$5.01
Debt Equity	$1.6
Debt FCF	$9.56
Equity	$1.3B
Interest Coverage	1.02
Liabilities	$2.5B
Long Term Assets	$3.2B
Long Term Liabilities	$2.3B
Net Cash	$-1.8B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-66.84
Net Debt EBITDA	$4.51
Net Debt Equity	$1.42
Net Debt FCF	$8.51
Tangible Book Value	$-1.7B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-9.64
WACC	8.59

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.65
Net Working Capital	$113.3M
Quick ratio	2.54
Working Capital	$335.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$5.67

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-11.46%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$1.5

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
1Y total return	6.55%
200-day SMA	13.84
3Y total return	41.57%
50-day SMA	11.94
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
All Time High	24.73
All Time High Change	-35.5%
All Time High Date	2021-09-13
All Time Low	8.82
All Time Low Change	80.84%
All Time Low Date	2026-02-24
ATR	0.78
Beta	1.15
Beta1y	1.38
Beta2y	1.19
Ch YTD	9.77
High	16.04
High52	19.01
High52 Date	2025-06-10
High52ch	-16.1%
Low	14.9
Low52	8.82
Low52 Date	2026-02-24
Low52ch	80.84%
Ma50ch	33.64%
Premarket Change Percent	-1.91
Premarket Price	$15.46
Premarket Volume	3,565
Price vs 200-day SMA	15.29%
RSI	78.19
RSI Monthly	52.56
RSI Weekly	61.77
Sharpe ratio	0.32x
Sortino ratio	0.67
Total Return	-11.46%
Tr YTD	9.77
Tr1m	41.4%
Tr1w	22.98%
Tr3m	33.59%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	4
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$19
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.2
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	17.65
Earnings Revenue Estimate	373,342,272x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	5.29x
Operating Income	$158.4M
Operating Income Growth Q	193.6
Operating Income Growth3 Y	20.92
Operating margin	9.87
Price target	$17.67
Price Target Change	$10.78
Price Target Change Top	$19.12

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	78,602,099%
Float Percent	45.59%
Net Borrowing	-89,997,000
Shares Insiders	2.46%
Shares Institutions	58.1%
Shares Out	172,407,142
Shares Qo Q	-0.08%
Shares Yo Y	11.46%
Short Float	17.28%
Short Ratio	12.64
Short Shares	7.88

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$195.2M
Average Volume	1,181,975.4x
Bv Per Share	7.49
CAPEX	$-9M
Ch1m	41.4
Ch1w	22.98
Ch1y	6.55
Ch3m	33.59
Ch3y	27.5
Ch6m	19.84
Change	1.21%
Change From Open	-0.13
Close	15.76
Days Gap	1.33
Depreciation Amortization	249,107,000
Dollar Volume	31,704,756
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$158.4M
EBITDA	$407.5M
EPS	$0.05
F Score	7
FCF	$216.1M
FCF EV Yield	4.71x
FCF Per Share	$1.25
Financing CF	-109,025,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	2,003
Goodwill	2,138,399,000
Graham Number	2.88014
Graham Upside	-81.95
Income Tax	$-3.5M
Investing CF	-57,070,000
Ipr	6.33
Iprfo	-19.65
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-26
Lynch Fair Value	$0.25
Lynch Upside	-98.46
Ma150	13.03
Ma150ch	22.46%
Ma20	12.91
Ma20ch	23.6%
Net CF	53,228,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	15.97
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	12.73
P OCF Ratio	12.22
Position In Range	92.11
Post Close	15.95
Postmarket Change Percent	0.06
Postmarket Price	$15.96
Ppne	237,039,000
Pre Close	15.76
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$6.75
Relative Volume	1.68x
Revenue	1,605,002,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.3x
Share Based Comp	20,919,000
Tax By Revenue	-0.22x
Tr6m	19.84%
Us State	Georgia
Volume	1,987,759
Z Score	1.22

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

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Income

Does FA pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

FA stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns FA?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+58.1%

Float: +45.6% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+2.5%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

FA momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

78.2

Above 70: short-term overbought

Price vs 200-day MA

+15.3%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.15

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.32

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

FA vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	بيع
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	بيع
DE	Deere & Company	155.3B	32.4x	3.3x	6.0%	+4.8%	+23.3%	بيع

Questions

About FA

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