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

22.44 0.62 +2.84%
Market cap
$3.8B
P/E
150×
Fwd P/E
74.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.16
Beneish M
−2.31
Dividend safety
25/100

First Advantage Corporation (FA) Return on equity

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First Advantage Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 1.94%, up 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−2.66%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.0% (fiscal 2020) to 9.78% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 43% of that period. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 0.00% and below the Industrials sector median of 3.91%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −2.66% 7.30
FY2024 −9.96% (13.63)
FY2023 3.67% (2.05)
FY2022 5.72% 4.05
FY2021 1.67% 25.67
FY2020 −24.0% (33.78)
FY2019 9.78% —

Against its own ten years

Low −24.0% High 9.78%
Ten-year median 1.67%
Current reading's percentile 43

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
MMS Maximus, Inc. compare 21.1%
AZZ AZZ Inc. compare 12.3%
ABM ABM Industries Incorporated compare 9.19%
DLB Dolby Laboratories compare 8.69%
CBZ CBIZ, Inc. compare 7.29%
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 4.98%
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 4.35%
FA First Advantage Corporation 1.94%
TIC Acuren Corporation compare −7.46%
Specialty Business Services industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 3.91%
Market median 1.07%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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