FA · First Advantage Corporation

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First Advantage Corp (FA)

NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET Professional Services
Move probability → Options chain →
$19.67 +0.12 (+0.59%)
● At close: October 21 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
DAY'S RANGE $19.67
$19.52 $19.95
52-WEEK RANGE $19.67
$8.82 $25.15

What's happening

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Key Statistics

Market Cap$3.38B
P/E (TTM1)134.29
EPS2 (TTM)$0.14
Div Yield—
Beta31.18
Volume80,101
Open19.63
Prev Close19.55
Bid / Ask12.16 / 26.28
Next Earnings 2026-11-05

Analyst Recommendations

Strong buy 5 Buy 8 Hold 6 Sell 0 Strong sell 0

Aggregate ratings for 2026-10-01 (19 analysts polled by Finnhub) — consensus count.

Performance Overview (Trailing returns vs S&P 500 benchmark)

YTD RETURN
FA +35.31%
vs S&P 500 +21.94%
1-YEAR RETURN
FA +37.68%
vs S&P 500 +22.51%
6-MONTH RETURN
FA +57.15%
3-MONTH RETURN
FA -1.50%

Valuation Measures & Ratios

Enterprise Value4$5.17B
Forward P/E514.11
PEG Ratio60.93
Price / Sales (TTM1)2.03
Price / Book72.39
EV4 / Revenue3.11
EV4 / EBITDA12.16
Profit Margin1.51%
Operating Margin10.59%
Return on Equity (ROE8)1.93%
Return on Assets (ROA9)0.66%
Avg Volume (3M)2,052,860
Quarterly history (5 periods)
Measure Jun '26Mar '26Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25
Market cap $3.05B $2.56B $3.99B — $2.42B
P/E 138.84 -70.76 -84.63 — -47.36
Price/Sales 1.87 1.66 2.95 — 2.67
Price/Book 2.36 1.98 3.07 — 1.89
EV/Revenue 2.97 2.85 4.34 — 4.83
EV/EBITDA 17.22 18.89 30.00 — —
ROE 1.70% -2.79% -3.62% — -4.00%
ROA 0.59% -0.96% -1.22% — -1.32%

Trailing-twelve-month ratios computed from SEC EDGAR quarterly figures and historical daily close prices (Alpaca). Diluted shares are derived from Net income ÷ EPS (diluted) for each quarter, not separately reported. Forward P/E/PEG unavailable (no free data source).

Glossary — what these abbreviations mean
1. TTM
Trailing twelve months — the sum of the last four reported quarters, not a calendar year or the single latest quarter.
2. EPS
Earnings per share — net income divided by diluted shares outstanding.
3. Beta
A stock's historical volatility relative to the overall market. Above 1 means it has moved more than the market; below 1, less.
4. EV (Enterprise Value)
Market cap plus total debt minus cash — roughly what it would cost to buy the whole company, debt included.
5. Forward P/E
Price divided by analysts' estimated earnings for the next 12 months, instead of trailing actual earnings.
6. PEG Ratio
P/E divided by expected earnings growth rate. A lower number can indicate a stock is cheap relative to how fast it's expected to grow.
7. Price / Book
Share price divided by book value (assets minus liabilities) per share.
8. ROE
Return on equity — net income divided by shareholders' equity, a measure of how efficiently a company turns equity into profit.
9. ROA
Return on assets — net income divided by total assets, a measure of how efficiently a company turns assets into profit.
10. MRQ
Most recent quarter — the single latest reported period, as opposed to TTM. The Financials section's "Quarterly" view below shows MRQ-style figures.
11. YoY
Year over year — percent change versus the same period one year earlier, used for growth figures like those on Compare cards and the Screener.

Short Interest

Shares Short9,489,578
Change from Prior Settlement-7.47%
% of Float—
Days to Cover (Short Ratio)4.91

Source: FINRA Rule 4560 consolidated short interest, settlement date 2026-09-30. Reported bi-monthly with a reporting lag — not real-time.

Quotes and the 1-day extended-hours chart: Yahoo Finance. Longer historical charts: Alpaca (IEX feed) — real-time but IEX-only volume (~2.5% of consolidated market volume). Fundamentals + earnings: Finnhub.

Price history

Events

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Technical signal summary

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Peer and sector context

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Balanced evidence

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Potential strengths

Potential concerns

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Financials

Income statement

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Sep '24Jun '24Mar '24
Revenue $448.8M $385.2M $409.2M $390.6M $354.6M $199.1M $184.5M $169.4M
Operating income $57.0M $33.5M $42.2M $37.7M $7.6M $9.1M $9.9M -$726.0K
Net income $16.9M $2.2M $2.6M $308.0K -$41.2M -$8.9M $1.9M -$2.9M
EPS (diluted) $0.10 $0.01 $0.01 $0.00 $-0.24 $-0.06 $0.01 $-0.02
EPS (basic) $0.10 $0.01 $0.01 $0.00 $-0.24 $-0.06 $0.01 $-0.02
Operating margin $13 $9 $10 $10 $2 $5 $5 -$0

Balance sheet

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Total assets $3.75B $3.75B $3.83B $3.86B $3.87B $3.87B $3.92B $1.66B
Total liabilities $2.45B $2.46B $2.52B $2.55B $2.57B $2.59B $2.62B $736.4M
Stockholders' equity $1.29B $1.29B $1.31B $1.30B $1.30B $1.28B $1.31B $920.7M
Total current assets $581.0M $539.3M $561.7M $542.4M $502.8M $471.8M $476.0M $467.0M
Total current liabilities $229.9M $203.5M $230.5M $239.8M $253.4M $241.0M $250.7M $121.4M
Cash & equivalents $237.9M $225.9M $240.0M $216.8M $184.3M $172.0M $168.7M $307.4M

Cash flow

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Operating cash flow $73.6M $49.4M $65.9M $72.4M $37.3M $19.5M -$85.7M $43.5M
Investing cash flow -$19.5M -$14.0M -$16.8M -$13.5M -$12.7M -$11.1M -$1.63B -$7.9M
Financing cash flow -$41.0M -$44.3M -$25.7M -$23.9M -$15.1M -$6.0M $1.58B $942.0K
Free cash flow $68.9M $46.6M $62.2M $71.2M $36.1M $19.0M -$86.0M $43.1M
Capital expenditures $4.7M $2.8M $3.8M $1.1M $1.2M $485.0K $334.0K $416.0K
Depreciation & amortization $27.5M $27.8M $84.2M $28.0M $27.7M $27.6M $61.7M $15.9M

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (10-Q/10-K), as originally tagged by the company. Quarterly cash flow is reconstructed by de-cumulating fiscal-year-to-date figures (how cash flow is tagged in 10-Qs); other quarterly lines are reported directly.

Institutional holders

SEC Form 13F filers holding FA as of the latest reported quarter. 13F only covers investment managers with $100M+ in assets — this is not a complete ownership picture, and does not include insiders (see Recent SEC filings below) or non-13F-eligible holders.

Institutional ownership is not available for this symbol right now.

Insider activity

Directors, officers, and 10%+ owners' reported transactions from SEC Form 4. A filing reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings · checked 25 most recent filings · covers 2025-03-04 to 2026-09-16

Recent transactions

  • Insiders have net sold 12,553,937 shares over the last 182 days, across 0 purchases and 5 sales.
  • Most recent: Smith Joelle M (President) — Option exercise of 16,498 shares on 2026-09-16.

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the SEC Form 4 figures in the tables below -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Insider purchases & sales, last 6 months

Purchases (open market)0 sh(0 txns)
Sales (open market)12,553,937 sh(5 txns)
Net Shares-12,553,937

Counts only open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) — grants, option exercises, tax withholding, and gifts are excluded since they aren't a market buy/sell decision.

Insider roster

NameTitleMost Recent TransactionDateShares
Smith Joelle MPresidentOption exercise2026-09-1616,498
SLTA V (GP), L.L.C.Reporting personOpen market sale2026-08-1212,500,000
Clark James LindseyDirectorOpen market sale2026-06-084,921
Bell Susan R.DirectorGrant / award2026-06-0512,805
Price Bridgett RDirectorGrant / award2026-06-0512,805
Sim JudithDirectorGrant / award2026-06-0512,805
Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOption exercise2026-06-0125,000
Nairne DouglasGlobal Chief Operating OfficerOption exercise2026-05-11715
Marks Steven IrwinChief Financial OfficerOption exercise2026-02-281,146
Staples ScottChief Executive OfficerOption exercise2025-11-1420,478

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPrice
2026-09-16Smith Joelle MPresidentOption exercise 16,498—
2026-09-16Smith Joelle MPresidentTax withholding 6,554$21.56
2026-08-12SLTA V (GP), L.L.C.Reporting personOpen market sale 12,500,000$22.02
2026-08-12SLTA V (GP), L.L.C.Reporting personOther acquisition/disposition 4,028,842$0.00
2026-06-08Clark James LindseyDirectorOpen market sale 4,921$15.69
2026-06-05Bell Susan R.DirectorGrant / award 12,805$0.00
2026-06-05Price Bridgett RDirectorGrant / award 12,805$0.00
2026-06-05Sim JudithDirectorGrant / award 12,805$0.00
2026-06-05Clark James LindseyDirectorGrant / award 12,805$0.00
2026-06-01Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOption exercise 25,000$5.11
2026-06-01Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOpen market sale 25,000$16.71
2026-05-12Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOpen market sale 682$16.12
2026-05-11Nairne DouglasGlobal Chief Operating OfficerOption exercise 715—
2026-05-11Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOption exercise 976—
2026-05-11Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerTax withholding 294$16.04
2026-05-11Smith Joelle MPresidentOption exercise 24,905—
2026-05-11Smith Joelle MPresidentTax withholding 6,974$16.04
2026-05-07Smith Joelle MPresidentOpen market sale 23,334$15.00
2026-03-05Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOpen market sale 600$12.09
2026-03-04Nairne DouglasGlobal Chief Operating OfficerOption exercise 743—
2026-03-04Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOpen market sale 1,090$12.32
2026-03-04Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOption exercise 929—
2026-03-04Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerTax withholding 329$12.22
2026-03-03Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOption exercise 1,686—
2026-03-03Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerTax withholding 596$11.83
2026-03-02Nairne DouglasGlobal Chief Operating OfficerOpen market purchase 9,000$11.86
2026-02-28Marks Steven IrwinChief Financial OfficerOption exercise 1,146—
2026-02-28Marks Steven IrwinChief Financial OfficerOption exercise 1,363—
2026-02-28Marks Steven IrwinChief Financial OfficerOption exercise 2,228—
2026-02-28Marks Steven IrwinChief Financial OfficerTax withholding 1,675$11.51
2025-11-17Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOpen market sale 954$13.13
2025-11-14Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerOption exercise 1,365—
2025-11-14Jardine Bret TChief Legal OfficerTax withholding 411$13.19
2025-11-14Staples ScottChief Executive OfficerOption exercise 20,478—
2025-11-14Staples ScottChief Executive OfficerTax withholding 5,089$13.19
2025-11-08Marks Steven IrwinChief Financial OfficerOption exercise 13,652—
2025-11-08Marks Steven IrwinChief Financial OfficerTax withholding 4,102$13.31
2025-03-04Nairne DouglasGlobal Chief Operating OfficerOption exercise 742—

Recent SEC filings

Official company reports and insider transaction filings. Form 4 reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR submissions · updated 2026-10-22 04:56 UTC

FiledFormReport periodOfficial filing
2026-09-1842026-09-16 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-1442026-08-12 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-128-K2026-08-12 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-0610-Q2026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-068-K2026-08-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-1042026-06-08 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-0842026-06-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-0842026-06-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-0842026-06-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-0842026-06-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-088-K2026-06-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-0342026-06-01 View on SEC.gov →

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