First Advantage Corporation (FA)

NASDAQ: FA · USD

$21.0

-0.11 (-0.5%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	3.6B
Revenue (ttm)	1.7B
Net income (ttm)	25.1M
EPS (ttm)	$0.15
Shares out	171.8M
P/E (trailing)	144.4x
P/E (forward)	15.3x
Volume	1,493,772
Beta	1.14

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.7B
Net income (ttm): 25.1M
EPS (ttm): $0.15
P/E (trailing): 144.4x
P/E (forward): 15.3x
Market cap: 3.6B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E15.3

P25 13.2P50 18.7P75 25.2

Trailing P/E144.4

P25 16.3P50 24.9P75 35.2

ROE1.9

P25 -18.2P50 6.2P75 16.4

ROIC3.7

P25 -10.4P50 5.2P75 12.3

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001210677
Company name	First Advantage Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	31846B108
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	9,500
Employees change	-500
Employees growth	-5%
Enterprise value	$5.4B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	2003
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Specialty Business Services
IPO date	2021-06-23
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US31846B1089
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-26
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$3.6B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$20.98
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	7374
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	FA
U.S. state	Georgia
Website	https://fadv.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	17.33x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	116.63x
Earnings yield	0.69%
EV/Earnings	212.48x
EV/EBIT	31.05x
EV/EBITDA	12.69x
EV/FCF	21.46x
EV/Sales	3.21x
FCF / EV yield	4.66%
FCF yield	7.03%
Forward EV/Sales	3.04x
Forward P/E	15.34x
Forward P/S	2.01x
Graham number	4.96438
Graham upside	-75.92%
Industry forward P/E	18.51x
Industry P/E	36.15x
Lynch fair value	$2.43
Lynch upside	-88.21%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	15.5x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	14.7x
P/B ratio	2.8x
P/E ratio	144.42x
P/FCF ratio	14.23x
P/OCF ratio	13.55x
P/S ratio	2.13x
Price/EBITDA ratio	8.41x
Sector forward P/E	25.9x
Sector P/E	39.85x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	10.35%
EBITDA margin	25.32%
Effective tax rate	32.73%
FCF margin	14.97%
Gross margin	45.22%
Operating margin	10.35%
Pretax margin	2.25%
Profit margin	1.51%
Profit per employee	$2,647
Profitable quarters	5
Revenue per employee	$175,067
ROA	2.82%
ROA (5Y)	1.79%
ROCE	4.89%
ROE	1.94%
ROE (5Y)	-0.31%
ROIC	3.72%
ROIC (5Y)	2.9%
SBC / revenue	1.23%
Tax / revenue	0.74%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth (Q)	5,498.69%
EPS growth (QoQ)	884.81%
EPS growth 3Y	-24.14%
EPS growth 5Y	11.35%
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	1,945.33%
FCF growth (Q)	90.92%
FCF growth (QoQ)	47.89%
FCF growth 3Y	10.13%
FCF growth 5Y	20.22%
Gross profit growth	29.29%
Gross profit growth (Q)	11.6%
Gross profit growth 3Y	25.21%
Gross profit growth 5Y	20.31%
Net income growth (Q)	5,391.56%
Net income growth (QoQ)	680.17%
Net income growth 3Y	-19.97%
Net income growth 5Y	16.74%
Net income growth quarters	4
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	1,685.09%
OCF growth (Q)	97.07%
OCF growth (QoQ)	48.89%
OCF growth 10Y	22.02%
OCF growth 3Y	11.59%
OCF growth 5Y	19.88%
Operating income growth (Q)	43.18%
Operating income growth 3Y	27.34%
Operating income growth 5Y	49.87%
Revenue growth	32.9%
Revenue growth (Q)	14.88%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	16.5%
Revenue growth 10Y	13.24%
Revenue growth 3Y	28.74%
Revenue growth 5Y	22.61%
Revenue growth quarters	7
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-12.4M
Depreciation and amortization	$249.1M
EBIT	$172.1M
EBITDA	$421.2M
EPS	$0.15
FCF per share	$1.45
Financing cash flow	$-134.9M
Free cash flow	$249M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$228.5M
Gross profit	$752.1M
Income taxes	$12.2M
Investing cash flow	$-63.8M
Net borrowing	$-100M
Net cash flow	$53.7M
Net income	$25.1M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$240.9M
Operating income	$172.1M
Revenue	$1.7B
Stock-based compensation	$20.4M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.24
Book value per share	$7.54
Debt / EBITDA	4.79
Debt / equity	1.58
Debt / FCF	8.2
Goodwill	$2.1B
Interest coverage	1.21
Long-term assets	$3.2B
Long-term liabilities	$2.2B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.8B
Net cash / market cap	-50.86%
Net debt / EBITDA	4.28
Net debt / equity	1.39
Net debt / FCF	7.23
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$227.3M
Shareholders' equity	$1.3B
Tangible book value	$-1.6B
Tangible book value per share	$-9.48
Total assets	$3.7B
Total cash	$240M
Total debt	$2B
Total liabilities	$2.5B
WACC	8.39%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.44
Current assets	$581M
Current liabilities	$229.9M
Current ratio	2.53
Net working capital	$114.3M
Quick ratio	2.42
Working capital	$351.1M
Working capital turnover	5.54

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-6.44%
Dividend per share	$0.00
Dividend yield	0%
Last dividend	$1.50
Shareholder yield	-6.44%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
150-day SMA	$17.73
1D price change	-0.5%
1M price change	5.36%
1M total return	5.36%
1W price change	5.57%
1W total return	5.57%
1Y price change	45.22%
1Y return CAGR	45.26%
1Y total return	45.22%
20-day SMA	$19.48
200-day SMA	$16.27
3M price change	3.2%
3M total return	3.2%
3Y price change	60.95%
3Y return CAGR	17.19%
3Y total return	60.95%
50-day SMA	$20.09
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$25.15
52-week high date	2026-08-07
52-week low	$8.82
52-week low date	2026-02-24
5Y price change	-0.77%
5Y return CAGR	1.96%
5Y total return	10.18%
6M price change	64.15%
6M total return	64.15%
All-time high	$25.15
All-time high date	2026-08-07
All-time low	$8.82
All-time low date	2026-02-24
Average true range (ATR)	$0.84
Average volume	1.6M
Beta (1Y)	1.52
Beta (2Y)	1.32
Beta (5Y)	1.14
Change from 52-week high	-16.6%
Change from 52-week low	137.81%
Change from all-time high	-17.89%
Change from all-time low	134.13%
Change from open	-1.34%
Day's gap	0.85%
Dollar volume	$31.3M
High price	$21.40
Low price	$20.62
Monthly RSI	60.11
Open price	$21.26
Position in 52-week range	45.51%
Premarket change	0.33%
Premarket close	$21.08
Premarket price	$21.15
Premarket volume	610
Previous close	$21.08
Price vs 150-day SMA	16.48%
Price vs 20-day SMA	6%
Price vs 200-day SMA	26.95%
Price vs 50-day SMA	2.78%
Relative volume	0.95
Return from IPO open	3.88%
Return from IPO price	37.47%
RSI	56.64
Sharpe ratio	0.84
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.45
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.17
Sortino ratio	1.54
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.87
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.4
Volume	1.5M
Weekly RSI	57.12
YTD price change	42.12%
YTD total return	42.12%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	93.8M
Float percentage	54.61%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.97%
Shares change (YoY)	6.44%
Shares held by insiders	2.57%
Shares held by institutions	64.11%
Shares outstanding	171.8M
Short % of float	10.12%
Short % of shares	5.53%
Short ratio	5.7 days

Deeper analysis on FA

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Scorecard

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First Advantage Corporation (FA)

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