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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 14.9%, EPS grew 5,455.6%, free cash flow grew 120.2% and total debt fell 4.34%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.

19.18 0.90 −4.48%
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
132×
Fwd P/E
67.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.16
Beneish M
−2.31
Dividend safety
25/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.11
Total sells 276.08
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — 1 — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — — 1 — 2 2 — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 54.69%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,450.00
Revenue 1,663.13
Net Income 25.14
Free Cash Flow 195.44
Net Debt 1,795.77
Current Ratio 2.53 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 1.57
P/E ratio 132.37 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 67.80 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 1.98
P/B ratio 2.55
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 22.59% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 18.05% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (24.22%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 19.44% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 72.09%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 15.34%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 74.55%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 38.55%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 74.13%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 214 169 240 238
Receivables 146 275 306 317
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
374 476 562 581
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 47 121 110 124
ST’ Debt — 22 — —
Other — — — —
85 251 230 230

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — 25.33% 24.80%
Cash Flow — 29.47% (2.84%)
Earnings — 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value — 10.58% 5.25%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 385 449 — — —
’25 355 391 409 420 1,574
’24 169 185 199 307 860
’23 176 185 200 203 764
’22 190 202 206 213 810
’21 132 175 193 213 712
’20 111 105 137 — 509
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 49 74 — — —
’25 19 37 72 66 195
’24 38 32 43 (86) 28
’23 39 33 34 57 163
’22 42 55 46 70 213
’21 24 32 28 65 149
’20 (18) 4 14 35 54
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 33 54 — — —
’25 8 25 59 49 141
’24 32 25 36 (96) (4)
’23 33 26 27 50 135
’22 34 47 39 64 184
’21 19 26 21 59 125
’20 (18) (5) 10 31 36
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.01 0.10 — — —
’25 (0.24) 0.00 0.01 0.02 (0.20)
’24 (0.02) 0.01 (0.06) (0.62) (0.74)
’23 0.01 0.07 0.07 0.10 0.26
’22 0.09 0.09 0.11 0.13 0.43
’21 (0.15) 0.03 0.11 0.10 0.11
’20 (0.38) (0.13) (0.03) — (0.65)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — — — — — 16.39 10.07 11.90 14.01 11.95

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High — — — — — 24.73 21.01 16.73 20.79 20.28
People
People Employees — — — — 4,200 5,500 5,800 5,000 10,000 9,500
Revenue/emp, $m — — — 0.00 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.09 0.17
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — — 482 509 712 810 764 860 1,574
Gross margin, % — — — 49.08 48.83 50.56 49.52 49.36 47.81 45.67
EBT — — — 41 (96) 25 85 48 (115) (37)
EBT margin, % — — — 8.54 (18.90) 3.50 10.50 6.35 (13.32) (2.37)
Net income — 0 — 34 (84) 16 65 37 (110) (35)
Depreciation — — — 29 141 149 140 131 149 255
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — — — 3.22 3.92 5.07 5.39 5.30 5.79 9.09
Earnings — — — 0.23 (0.65) 0.11 0.43 0.26 (0.74) (0.20)
Cash flow — — — 0.48 0.41 1.06 1.42 1.13 0.19 1.13
Capex — — — (0.11) (0.14) (0.17) (0.19) (0.19) (0.22) (0.31)
Free cash flow — — — 0.37 0.28 0.89 1.23 0.94 (0.03) 0.81
Book value — — — 0.00 6.11 8.06 7.50 6.29 8.80 7.58
Shares, m — — — 150 130 140 150 144 149 173
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — — 0.00 0.00 209.46 30.30 62.42 0.00 0.00
P/S — — — 5.28 5.28 3.76 2.42 3.06 3.24 1.60
P/B — — — 3.29 3.29 2.36 1.74 2.58 2.13 1.92
EV/Sales — — — 6.60 6.60 4.12 2.62 3.52 5.53 2.78
EV/FCF — — — 58.49 58.49 23.52 11.54 19.89 (1,168.99) 31.08
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — — — 72 54 149 213 163 28 195
Capex — — — (17) (18) (24) (29) (28) (32) (54)
Free cash flow — — — 55 36 125 184 135 (4) 141
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — — 108 180 357 465 289 225 331
Total debt — — — 541 785 556 562 558 2,143 2,080
Net debt — — — 459 631 262 168 345 1,974 1,840
Shareholders’ equity — — — — 794 1,132 1,127 907 1,307 1,314
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — — — 0.00 (9.53) 0.88 3.43 2.12 (3.97) (0.90)
ROIC — — — 12.55 (0.09) 2.86 4.55 4.07 (1.19) 2.63
ROE — — — 9.78 (24.00) 1.67 5.72 3.67 (9.96) (2.66)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

First Advantage Corporation vs peers in Specialty Business Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
DLB Dolby Laboratories $5.7B 25.2× 16.5× −3.34% (below 0%: shrinking) −37.50% (below 0%: shrinking) +157.37% (above 0%: growing) 86.78% 11.25% Compare
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. $4.7B 23.5× 21.9× −1.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +575.00% (above 0%: growing) +35.00% (above 0%: growing) 10.32% 4.93% Compare
UNF Unifirst Corporation $4.6B 39.7× 39.4× +3.87% (above 0%: growing) −48.20% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.68% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.00% 3.63% Compare
AZZ AZZ Inc. $3.9B 23.2× 22.1× +16.68% (above 0%: growing) −34.39% (below 0%: shrinking) +115.52% (above 0%: growing) 25.08% 17.21% Compare
FA First Advantage Corporation $3.5B 132× 67.8× +14.88% (above 0%: growing) +5,455.56% (above 0%: growing) +120.17% (above 0%: growing) 45.46% 12.71%
MMS Maximus, Inc. $3.2B 9.0× 8.1× −5.15% (below 0%: shrinking) +4.81% (above 0%: growing) +30.90% (above 0%: growing) 27.27% 12.62% Compare
CBZ CBIZ, Inc. $3.0B 25.6× 12.1× −0.19% (below 0%: shrinking) −53.03% (below 0%: shrinking) +32.13% (above 0%: growing) 10.62% 4.99% Compare
ABM ABM Industries Incorporated $3.0B 18.4× 12.2× +4.19% (above 0%: growing) +25.37% (above 0%: growing) −13.91% (below 0%: shrinking) 12.35% 3.95% Compare
TIC Acuren Corporation $1.9B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +86.14% (above 0%: growing) n/m −102.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.94% 1.86% Compare
Median of peers $3.5B 23.5× 16.5× +1.84% −34.39% +31.52% 26.18% 4.96%

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First Advantage Corporation (FA) key facts

  • Strength: First Advantage Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.6 billion, up 83.0% from fiscal 2024.
  • First Advantage Corporation (FA) is a Specialty Business Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, FA traded at $19.18, a market capitalization of $3.5 billion.
  • Return on equity was −2.66% and debt-to-equity 1.57.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.16 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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