First Advantage Corporation
FA Industrials Specialty Business Services
First Advantage Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.6 billion, up 83.0% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +14.9%
- EPS
- +5,455.6%
- Free cash flow
- +120.2%
- Total debt
- −4.34%
Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier
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First Advantage Corporation (FA) Gross margin
First Advantage Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 45.2%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (45.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 45.7% (fiscal 2025) to 50.6% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 32.8% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.7%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 45.7% | (2.14) |
| FY2024 | 47.8% | (1.55) |
| FY2023 | 49.4% | (0.16) |
| FY2022 | 49.5% | (1.04) |
| FY2021 | 50.6% | 1.73 |
| FY2020 | 48.8% | (0.25) |
| FY2019 | 49.1% | — |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 45.5% | 0.34 |
| Mar 2026 | 45.1% | 0.56 |
| Dec 2025 | 44.6% | (1.17) |
| Sep 2025 | 45.7% | (1.06) |
| 21 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| DLB Dolby Laboratories compare | 87.6% |
| FA First Advantage Corporation | 45.2% |
| UNF Unifirst Corporation compare | 36.6% |
| TIC Acuren Corporation compare | 33.9% |
| MMS Maximus, Inc. compare | 25.6% |
| AZZ AZZ Inc. compare | 24.3% |
| CBZ CBIZ, Inc. compare | 13.0% |
| ABM ABM Industries Incorporated compare | 12.0% |
| AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare | 10.3% |
| Specialty Business Services industry median | 32.8% |
| Industrials sector median | 30.7% |
| Market median | 46.4% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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