Industrials
First Advantage Corporation(FA)
Live Price
Offline$16.07
+1.77% today
1Y Change
+2.78%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.23B
- Revenue Growth
- +83.0%
- EPS Growth
- +73.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 244 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
First Advantage Corporation (FA) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $2.23B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $16.07 and up 2.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +83.0%, EPS growth of +73.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +83.0%, EPS +73.0%, free cash flow +432.1% with operating margin 8.5% and ROIC 3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 1.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines FA price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+83.0% vs +6.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+8.5% vs +16.9% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +83.0% and EPS at +73.0%, with operating margin around 8.5%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +0.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | +0.7% | +1.8% | +11.6% |
2026 Feb 26, 2026 | +15.4% | -1.5% | +4.0% | -3.4% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | +7.1% | -3.6% | -4.9% | +0.2% |
Benchmark Edge
FA vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
FA
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
FA Max Drawdown
-51.36%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for FA and SPY.
Company Overview
First Advantage Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
First Advantage Corporation provides technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance related to human capital worldwide. It offers pre-onboarding products and solutions, such as criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks and biometric fraud mitigation tools, education/work history verification, driver records and compliance, healthcare credentials, executive screening, and other screening products. The company also provides post-onboarding solutions, including criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media screening, and global sanctions and licenses; and fleet/vehicle compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, resident/tenant screening, and investigative research. Its products and solutions are used by personnel in recruiting, human resources, risk, compliance, vendor management, safety, and/or security in global enterprises, mid-sized, and small companies. The company was formerly known as Fastball Intermediate, Inc. and changed its name to First Advantage Corporation in March 2021. First Advantage Corporation was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Leadership
- Scott Staples
- IPO Date
- Jun 23, 2021
- Employees
- 10.0k
- Street Address
- 1 Concourse Parkway NE
- Mailing
- Atlanta, GA, 30328
- Region
- Atlanta, GA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 888 314 9761
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 5.1
- Price/Sales
- 1.4
- Price/Book
- 1.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +83.0%
- EPS
- +73.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +432.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 40.2%
- Operating Margin
- 8.5%
- Net Margin
- -2.2%
- ROE
- -2.7%
- ROIC
- 3.5%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.01
- Current Ratio
- 2.44
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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