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First Advantage Corp

Industrials · Specialty Business Services · listed since 2021

21.10$ -2.3% vs. previous close Closing price · As of: Sep 17, 2026
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Price history

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52-week range: 9.00 $ to 24.10 $ · Last price: 21.10 $ (As of: September 17, 2026)

Key figures

Key figures at a glance

Every figure we hold for this stock, grouped by topic. The question mark next to a label explains what the number means.

Basics

Market Cap ?The value of the entire company on the market: share price times total shares outstanding. 3.5$B
Shares Outstanding ?Total number of shares issued. Price times share count gives market cap. 172m
Float ?Share of stock freely tradable on the market — not locked up in the hands of founders, insiders, or major shareholders. 54.6%
Beta ?Volatility versus the overall market: 1 = moves like the market, 2 = twice as much, under 1 = calmer than the market. 1.2

Performance

Perf. 1M ?Price performance over the last month. 14.00%
Perf. 3M ?Price performance over the last 3 months. 62.50%
Perf. 6M ?Price performance over the last 6 months. 18.30%
YTD Performance (%) ?Price performance since the start of the year (Year to Date). 14.00%
52-Week-High Distance ?How far the price sits below its highest point over the last 52 weeks. 0% means the stock is at its year high. -9.7%
Perf. 1Y ?Price performance over the last 12 months. 35.17%
Perf. 3Y ?Price performance over the last 3 years. 48.52%
Perf. 5Y ?Price performance over the last 5 years. 5.10%
Perf. Since Inception ?Price performance since the first available trading day (06/23/2021) — with a complete history, that is since the IPO. 18.70%

Technical Indicators

MA 38 Days ?Moving average of the last 38 trading days: the smoothed price path. A price above it signals short-term strength. 21.10$
MA 50 Days ?Moving average of the last 50 trading days — the most widely watched medium-term trend line. 21.00$
MA 200 Days ?Moving average of the last 200 trading days — the dividing line between a long-term uptrend and downtrend. 15.60$
RSI (14) ?Relative Strength Index over 14 days, scale 0 to 100: above 70 counts as overbought, below 30 as oversold. A hint on timing, not a verdict on the company. 50.5
Volatility 30 Days ?Price swings over the last 30 trading days, annualized. The higher the value, the more the price fluctuates. 71.2%
Volatility 250 Days ?Price swings over the last 250 trading days (roughly one market year), annualized. 59.4%

Calculated from the price history · as of 09/18/2026

Valuation

P/E ?Price-to-earnings ratio: how many years of profit does the stock cost? The lower, the cheaper the valuation. No earnings means no P/E. –
Forward P/E ?P/E based on expected earnings for the next 12 months instead of past earnings — analysts' bet on the future. 14.4
PEG ?P/E divided by expected earnings growth: puts valuation in relation to growth. Around 1 is considered fair, well above that is pricey. –
P/B ?Price-to-book ratio: market value relative to book equity. –
P/S ?Price-to-sales ratio: market value divided by annual sales. Important for companies that aren't (yet) profitable. 2.1
EV/EBITDA ?Enterprise value including debt (EV) relative to operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) — more comparable than P/E because debt counts too. Extreme values arise when EBITDA is near zero. 13.0
Price/FCF ?Market value divided by free cash flow: how many years of freely available cash does the stock cost? More honest than P/E because cash flow is harder to dress up. 14.7

Profitability

Gross Margin ?Gross margin: what's left of sales after only direct production costs are deducted — the product's pricing power. 45.2%
EBIT Margin ?EBIT margin: operating profit as a percentage of sales — the earning power of the core business before interest and taxes. –
Net Margin ?Net margin: what's left of sales as profit after ALL costs, interest, and taxes. 1.5%
Return on Equity ?Return on equity: how much profit does the company generate per year on shareholders' equity? 0.7%
Return on Assets ?Return on assets: how much profit the company generates from its total assets (equity and debt combined). 2.8%

Balance Sheet & Safety

Equity Ratio ?Equity ratio: equity as a share of total assets. The higher, the more resilient the balance sheet. –
Debt/Equity ?Leverage ratio: financial debt divided by equity. Under 1 is generally seen as solid; negative values mean negative equity. –
Altman Z″ ?Edward Altman's bankruptcy early-warning score. We use the Z″ variant, built from four balance-sheet ratios — it is designed for service companies and non-manufacturers and uses book value instead of market value. On that scale: below 1.1 = danger zone, 2.6 and up = safe zone, in between a grey area. Because the classic Altman Z is calculated differently, the two numbers are not directly comparable. The formula does not fit banks, insurers, or real-estate stocks. 4.49
Piotroski ?Balance-sheet health check by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria on profit, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency. 7+ is very solid, under 3 is a red flag. very solid 8 out of 9

Growth

Sales Growth Last Quarter ?Sales growth in the most recently reported quarter versus the same quarter a year ago (YoY). 8.60%
EPS Growth Last Quarter ?Growth in earnings per share in the most recently reported quarter versus the same quarter a year ago (YoY). -82.40%
Sales Growth (Year) ?Sales growth in the last fiscal year versus the year before. 83.02%
Forward Sales Growth ?Sales growth analysts expect over the next 12 months — an estimate, not a guarantee. 6.88%
Forward EPS Growth ?Earnings-per-share growth analysts expect over the next 12 months — an estimate, not a guarantee. 16.60%

Dividend

This stock currently pays no dividend.

Quality & Screener

Stage ?Weinstein phases 1 through 4: 1 = basing, 2 = uptrend (the only buy phase), 3 = topping, 4 = downtrend. Measured against the 30-week line. 2
RS Rating ?Relative strength from 1 to 99: an RS of 95 means the stock has outperformed 95% of all stocks. 66
EPS Rating ?Earnings growth rating from 1 to 99 versus all stocks — high values mean above-average earnings growth. 5
Fundamental Rating ?Our own Fundamental Rating: 0 to 100 points with an A+ to F grade. 50 points is the average across the universe, 100 the best possible score. It scores growth, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet safety — every stock percentile-ranked against all others. Grades: A+ from 95, A from 75, B from 55, C from 45, D from 25, E from 5, F below. B (57 out of 100)

Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.

Comparison

Industry comparison

The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.

Industry: Specialty Business Services

Industry comparison
Company Market cap ($B) P/E EV/EBITDA Gross Margin % EBIT Margin % Sales Growth (Year) % Perf. 1Y %
First Advantage Corp FA 3.5 – 13.0 45.2 – 83.0 35.2
Cintas Corporation CTAS 79.2 42.9 26.6 50.7 23.2 7.8 0.0
Copart Inc CPRT 27.4 18.7 13.2 49.0 37.5 9.7 -36.4
Global Payments Inc GPN 23.4 31.5 10.9 64.0 12.5 -23.8 1.4
RB Global Inc. RBA 15.7 39.2 13.7 45.8 18.0 9.0 -27.9
Aramark Holdings ARMK 14.9 43.9 15.4 15.3 4.6 6.4 53.5
UL Solutions Inc. ULS 13.0 26.3 15.9 50.4 18.4 6.4 -3.1
Dolby Laboratories DLB 5.4 24.2 13.8 87.6 29.1 5.9 -17.7
Amentum Holdings Inc. AMTM 5.0 34.0 8.2 10.5 4.1 71.6 -9.2
Median of companies shown 14.9 32.7 13.7 49.0 18.2 7.8 -3.1

Based on the most recently reported figures. Only stocks from the same trading venue are lined up, so the market caps are counted in one currency. Compare in a chart →

Fiscal years

Annual Figures

Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.

Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M

Revenue Operating income Net income

2006 · Revenue: 818 $M 2006 · Operating income: 120 $M 2006 · Net income: 66 $M 2007 · Revenue: 843 $M 2007 · Operating income: 118 $M 2007 · Net income: 138 $M 2008 · Revenue: 780 $M 2008 · Operating income: 121 $M 2008 · Net income: 35 $M 2019 · Revenue: 482 $M 2019 · Operating income: 92 $M 2019 · Net income: 34 $M 2020 · Revenue: 509 $M 2020 · Operating income: -2 $M 2020 · Net income: -84 $M 2021 · Revenue: 712 $M 2021 · Operating income: 64 $M 2021 · Net income: 16 $M 2022 · Revenue: 810 $M 2022 · Operating income: 94 $M 2022 · Net income: 65 $M 2023 · Revenue: 764 $M 2023 · Operating income: 82 $M 2023 · Net income: 37 $M 2024 · Revenue: 860 $M 2024 · Operating income: -62 $M 2024 · Net income: -110 $M 2025 · Revenue: 1,574 $M 2025 · Operating income: 141 $M 2025 · Net income: -35 $M
2006200720082019202020212022202320242025
Annual Figures
Fiscal Year Revenue ($M) EBIT ($M) Net Income ($M) EPS ($) Operating Cash Flow ($M) Equity ($M) Total Assets ($M)
2006 818 120 66 1.14 93 675 1,090
2007 843 118 138 2.34 135 884 1,232
2008 780 121 35 0.59 66 893 1,136
2019 482 92 34 0.22 72 -94 545
2020 509 -2 -84 -0.55 52 794 1,764
2021 712 64 16 0.11 149 1,132 1,887
2022 810 94 65 0.43 213 1,127 1,886
2023 764 82 37 0.26 163 907 1,631
2024 860 -62 -110 -0.74 28 1,307 3,923
2025 1,574 141 -35 -0.20 195 1,314 3,834

Quarters

Quarterly Figures

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Revenue & Profit

Cash Flow

Balance Sheet

Margins

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Sales Per Quarter ($M)
2024: Q4 · 307.1 $M Q4 2025: Q1 · 354.6 $M Q1 2025: Q2 · 390.6 $M Q2 2025: Q3 · 409.2 $M Q3 2025: Q4 · 420.0 $M Q4 2026: Q1 · 385.2 $M Q1 2026: Q2 · 448.8 $M Q2

Source: fundamental data

Quarterly Figures
Quarter EPS (Earnings Per Share) EPS YoY (%) Sales ($M) Sales YoY (%) Net Margin (%) OCF ($M) FCF ($M)
2024: Q4 -0.62 -703.40 307 51.60 -32.70 -86 -96
2025: Q1 -0.24 – 355 109.30 -11.60 20 19
2025: Q2 0.00 -86.20 391 111.70 0.10 37 47
2025: Q3 0.01 – 409 105.50 0.60 72 59
2025: Q4 0.02 – 420 36.80 0.80 66 66
2026: Q1 0.01 – 385 8.60 0.60 49 47
2026: Q2 0.10 – 449 14.90 3.80 74 69

What Do These Terms Mean?

EPS (Earnings Per Share):
Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
YoY (Year over Year):
Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
Sales:
All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
Net Margin:
What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
FCF (Free Cash Flow):
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.

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Screening

Appears in These Scanners

This stock currently matches 9 of our scanner strategies — each hit links to the scanner.

Quality & Balance Sheet

Breakout & Setup

Momentum & Trend

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Outlook

Analysts & Price Target

Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.

Consensus Sell 1 = Strong buy … 5 = Strong sell
Analyst Ratings 10
Price Target (average) 26.25$
Distance to price 24.4% The price target sits 24.4% above the current price.

Distribution of Recommendations

Strong Buy 2
Buy 2
Hold 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0

Estimates by Fiscal Year

Estimates by Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EPS Estimate ($) EPS Range ($) Revenue Estimate ($M) Expected Growth Analysts
12/31/2026 1.28 1.23 – 1.32 1,706 22.7% 10
12/31/2027 1.51 1.39 – 1.58 1,820 18.0% 10

Average of the analyst estimates for the coming fiscal years. The range shows how far the most optimistic and the most cautious estimate sit apart — the wider it is, the less certain the expectation.

Valuation

What is priced in?

Instead of guessing what the stock is worth, we turn the question around: what free cash flow growth has to happen for today’s market value to add up? The assumptions behind it can be moved.

Today’s market value implies roughly 3.5% growth in free cash flow per year over ten years (assumptions: discount rate 10.0%, terminal growth 2.5%).

What is priced in?
Free cash flow (last twelve months) $240.9M
Market cap $3.53B
Free cash flow in year ten $338.9M
Terminal value as a share of market value 50.5%

For comparison: over the past five years free cash flow grew by 32.5% per year.

It shows which assumption is built into today’s price, not whether that assumption will hold. Every assumption can be changed with the sliders; the figures move with them.

A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.

AI classification

AI Rating

Not yet rated — we only show a category once an SEC-backed file with at least two cited passages is available.

How the Rating Is Built

Growth

Growth Score

Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.

3 of 10 Weak growth
  • Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years 24.8%
  • More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year 6.9%
  • Share count grows by less than 3% a year 4.5%
  • Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") 92.0%
  • Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 29.9%
  • Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 55.9%
  • Net debt below twice EBITDA 4.9 x EBITDA
  • Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years 494 m
  • Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago 3.9%
  • Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 3.3%

A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail

Quality check

AAQS

3/10

The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).

  • Sales growth 10Y > 5% 3.5%
  • Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% 7.5%
  • EBIT growth 10Y > 5% 0.8%
  • Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% 7.5%
  • Net debt < 4x EBIT 13.1x
  • EBIT positive, 10Y straight –
  • Max. EBIT decline < 50% –
  • Return on equity > 15% –
  • ROCE > 15% 3.9%
  • Expected return > 10% 11.8%

View stocks with the full AAQS score · Read the methodology at AlleAktien

Source: fundamental data

Insiders

Insider Transactions

Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.

Insider Transactions
Date Person Role Type Shares Price Value
Aug 12, 2026 Slta V (Gp), L.l.c. Director Other 4,028,842 0.00 –
Aug 12, 2026 Slta V (Gp), L.l.c. Director Sell 12,500,000 22.02 275,187,500

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The company

About the Company

First Advantage Corporation bietet weltweit Lösungen zur Hintergrundüberprüfung von Mitarbeitern, zur digitalen Identität und zur Verifizierung an. Es bietet Pre-Onboarding-Produkte und -Lösungen wie Strafregisterprüfungen, Drogen-/Gesundheitsscreenings, erweiterte Belegschaftsprüfungen, FBI-Channeling, Identitätsprüfung…

Employees
9,500
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA
Address
1 Concourse Parkway NE, 30328 Atlanta, United States
Phone
678 868 4151
Website
fadv.com
IPO Date
06/23/2021
ISIN
US31846B1089

Management

Management
Name Title Birth Year
Scott D Staples CEO & Director 1965
Joelle M. Smith President 1976
Steven Marks Executive VP & CFO 1987
Douglas Nairne Global Chief Operating Officer 1967
Bret T. Jardine ESQ. Chief Legal Officer & Secretary 1967
Brian Gerald Anderson Chief Product & Technology Officer 1979
Stephanie D. Gorman Vice President of Investor Relations –
Mariah Mellor Senior Director of Corporate Communications –
Maureen Lally Chief Marketing Officer –
Beth Price Chief People & Culture Officer –

Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.

Filings

Company Filings (8-K)

An 8-K is the filing a US company must use to disclose material events immediately — takeovers, changes at the top, major contracts or payment troubles, for instance. The links open the original document at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

  • 08/12/2026 FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP (FA): Other Events; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗
  • 08/06/2026 FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP (FA): Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗

Data as of: September 17, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)

Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.

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