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First Advantage Corporation

$22.28 +$8.03 (+56.35%)

NASDAQ · 14 Sep 2026 20:00 UTC

Previous Close

$21.22

Day Range

$21.55$22.35

Year Range

$8.82$25.15

Market Cap

3.82B

AVG Volume

1.87M

Trailing/Forward PE

151.15/14.81

PEG ratio

8.41

Dividend Yield

Next Earnings Date

2026-11-05

Primary Exchange

NASDAQ

Revenue (USD)

FA Revenue (USD) by year
Period	Revenue (USD)
2025	1.57B
2024	860.21M
2023	763.76M
2022	810.02M
2021	712.29M
2020	509.15M
2008	779.96M
2007	842.9M
2006	817.56M
2005	495.73M

Net Income (USD)

FA Net Income (USD) by year
Period	Net Income (USD)
2025	-34.82M
2024	-110.27M
2023	37.29M
2022	64.6M
2021	16.05M
2020	-84.02M
2008	34.86M
2007	138.11M
2006	66.16M
2005	35.44M

Operating Income (USD)

FA Operating Income (USD) by year
Period	Operating Income (USD)
2025	133.24M
2024	-62.38M
2023	81.52M
2022	94.28M
2021	63.82M
2020	-2.05M
2008	71.82M
2007	117.57M
2006	120.36M
2005	98M

EBITDA (USD)

FA EBITDA (USD) by year
Period	EBITDA (USD)
2025	388.84M
2024	116.65M
2023	212.09M
2022	233.37M
2021	192.75M
2020	87.94M
2008	115.31M
2007	158.53M
2006	159.52M
2005	130.09M

Cash Flows (USD)

FA Cash Flows (USD) by year
Period	Cash Flows (USD)
2025	191.04M
2024	16.32M
2023	135.12M
2022	184.24M
2021	124.88M
2020	44.71M
2008	31.02M
2007	94.25M
2006	60.07M
2005	53.2M

EPS (USD)

FA EPS (USD) by year
Period	EPS (USD)
2025	-0.2
2024	-0.69
2023	0.25
2022	0.42
2021	0.09
2020	-0.34
2008	0.58
2007	2.34
2006	1.14
2005	1.1

Expenses (USD)

FA Expenses (USD) by year
Period	Expenses (USD)
2025	136.95M
2024	247.79M
2023	134.79M
2022	140.52M
2021	177.28M
2020	114.28M
2008	309.7M
2007	441.81M
2006	399.93M
2005	240.91M

Cash & Debt (USD)

FA Cash & Debt (USD) by year
Period	Cash & Debt (USD)
2025	240M
2024	168.69M
2023	213.77M
2022	393.61M
2021	293.58M
2020	154.09M
2008	52.36M
2007	76.6M
2006	31.94M
2005	28.38M

Debt ratios

FA Debt ratios by year
Period	Debt ratios
2025	1.94
2024	2.63
2023	0.49
2022	0.28
2021	0.47
2020	1.22
2008	-0.03
2007	-0.09

Margins

FA Margins by year
Period	Margins
2025	40.17%
2024	47.81%
2023	49.36%
2022	49.52%
2021	50.56%
2020	42.01%
2008	63.76%
2007	66.57%
2006	64.36%
2005	63.86%

Return on Capital

FA Return on Capital by year
Period	Return on Capital
2025	-2.65%
2024	-8.44%
2023	4.11%
2022	5.73%
2021	1.42%
2020	-10.58%
2008	3.72%
2007	14.82%
2006	9.15%
2005	5.62%

Shares Outstanding

FA Shares Outstanding by year
Period	Shares Outstanding
2025	173.2M
2024	162.77M
2023	143.17M
2022	148.7M
2021	150.12M
2020	125.81M
2008	59.48M
2007	59.06M
2006	58.1M
2005	53.2M

Dividends (USD)

FA Dividends (USD) by year
Period	Dividends (USD)
2023	1.5

Employee Count

FA Employee Count by year
Period	Employee Count
2025	9.5K
2024	10K
2023	5K
2022	5.8K
2021	5.5K
2008	4K
2007	4.6K
2006	4.4K
2005	3.8K
2004	1.7K

Book Value Per Share (USD)

FA Book Value Per Share (USD) by year
Period	Book Value Per Share (USD)
2025	7.58
2024	8.03
2023	6.33
2022	7.58
2021	7.54
2020	6.31
2008	15.75
2007	15.78
2006	12.45
2005	11.85

Total Assets (USD)

FA Total Assets (USD) by year
Period	Total Assets (USD)
2025	3.83B
2024	3.92B
2023	1.63B
2022	1.89B
2021	1.89B
2020	1.76B
2008	1.14B
2007	1.23B
2006	1.09B
2005	978.04M

PE Ratio

FA PE Ratio by year
Period	PE Ratio
Sep 26	152.18
Sep 26	144.94
Sep 26	146.04
Aug 26	143.72
Aug 26	142.76
Aug 26	147.4
Aug 26	164
Jul 26	404.1
Jul 26	400.03
Jul 26	455.23
Jul 26	397.99
Jul 26	418.16
Jun 26	362.96
Jun 26	327.32
Jun 26	335.87
Jun 26	323.45
May 26	325.89
May 26	314.08
May 26	302.88
May 26	325.08
Feb 25	535.74
Feb 25	585.37
Feb 25	557.76
Jan 25	554.53
Jan 25	542.78
Jan 25	546.31
Jan 25	512.53
Jan 25	541.32
Dec 24	547.78
Dec 24	542.78
Dec 24	568.04
Dec 24	582.14
Nov 24	564.81
Nov 24	560.99
Nov 24	514
Nov 24	108.34
Nov 24	102.95
Oct 24	104
Oct 24	116.84
Oct 24	115.85
Oct 24	116.2
Sep 24	115.67
Sep 24	115.85
Sep 24	114.67
Sep 24	111.04
Aug 24	112.27
Aug 24	111.33
Aug 24	103.83
Aug 24	99.55
Aug 24	74.54
Jul 24	76.26
Jul 24	73.34
Jul 24	70.47
Jul 24	70.42
Jun 24	71.09
Jun 24	71.44
Jun 24	72.72
Jun 24	72.77
May 24	71.04
May 24	72.9
May 24	72.55
May 24	70.73
May 24	64.5
Apr 24	63
Apr 24	58.81
Apr 24	59.5
Apr 24	59.93
Mar 24	62.27
Mar 24	60.35
Mar 24	60.85
Mar 24	61.46
Mar 24	60.69
Feb 24	58.03
Feb 24	57.8
Feb 24	56.22
Feb 24	55.71
Jan 24	55.34
Jan 24	55.07
Jan 24	53.46
Jan 24	52.62
Dec 23	55.68
Dec 23	54.6
Dec 23	54.6
Dec 23	52.62
Dec 23	53.53
Nov 23	50.91
Nov 23	47.28
Nov 23	45.8
Nov 23	39.13
Oct 23	37.69
Oct 23	38.66
Oct 23	40.74
Oct 23	41.68
Sep 23	40.51
Sep 23	41.06
Sep 23	41.65
Sep 23	38.83
Sep 23	40.98
Aug 23	40.33
Aug 23	39.65

Free Cash Flow Yield

FA Free Cash Flow Yield by year
Period	Free Cash Flow Yield
Sep 26	6.29%
Sep 26	6.61%
Sep 26	6.56%
Aug 26	6.67%
Aug 26	6.71%
Aug 26	6.5%
Aug 26	5.84%
Jul 26	6.34%
Jul 26	6.4%
Jul 26	5.63%
Jul 26	6.44%
Jul 26	6.12%
Jun 26	7.06%
Jun 26	7.82%
Jun 26	7.63%
Jun 26	7.92%
May 26	7.86%
May 26	8.15%
May 26	8.46%
May 26	7.88%
May 26	8.5%
Apr 26	8.85%
Apr 26	8.82%
Apr 26	10.09%
Apr 26	9.82%
Mar 26	9.89%
Mar 26	10.32%
Mar 26	10.15%
Mar 26	9.15%
Feb 26	9.58%
Feb 26	1.66%
Feb 26	1.73%
Feb 26	1.37%
Jan 26	1.21%
Jan 26	1.16%
Jan 26	1.09%
Jan 26	1.04%
Jan 26	1.15%
Dec 25	1.06%
Dec 25	1.08%
Dec 25	1.13%
Dec 25	1.19%
Nov 25	1.18%
Nov 25	1.2%
Nov 25	1.24%
Nov 25	1.23%
Oct 25	1.17%
Oct 25	1.02%
Oct 25	1.05%
Oct 25	1.03%
Oct 25	0.93%
Sep 25	0.96%
Sep 25	0.96%
Sep 25	0.93%
Sep 25	0.92%
Aug 25	0.9%
Aug 25	0.86%
Aug 25	0.89%
Aug 25	0.89%
Aug 25	0.12%
Jul 25	0.11%
Jul 25	0.11%
Jul 25	0.12%
Jul 25	0.12%
Jun 25	0.13%
Jun 25	0.12%
Jun 25	0.11%
Jun 25	0.11%
May 25	0.12%
May 25	0.12%
May 25	0.11%
May 25	0.11%
May 25	0.67%
Apr 25	0.71%
Apr 25	0.74%
Apr 25	0.68%
Apr 25	0.74%
Mar 25	0.72%
Mar 25	0.74%
Mar 25	0.77%
Mar 25	0.75%
Feb 25	0.67%
Feb 25	6.17%
Feb 25	5.64%
Feb 25	5.92%
Jan 25	5.96%
Jan 25	6.09%
Jan 25	6.05%
Jan 25	6.45%
Jan 25	6.1%
Dec 24	6.03%
Dec 24	6.09%
Dec 24	5.82%
Dec 24	5.68%
Nov 24	5.85%
Nov 24	5.89%
Nov 24	6.43%
Nov 24	5%
Nov 24	5.27%
Oct 24	5.21%

Price to Sales

FA Price to Sales by year
Period	Price to Sales
Sep 26	2.3
Sep 26	2.19
Sep 26	2.21
Aug 26	2.17
Aug 26	2.16
Aug 26	2.23
Aug 26	2.48
Jul 26	2.15
Jul 26	2.13
Jul 26	2.42
Jul 26	2.12
Jul 26	2.22
Jun 26	1.93
Jun 26	1.74
Jun 26	1.79
Jun 26	1.72
May 26	1.73
May 26	1.67
May 26	1.61
May 26	1.73
May 26	1.43
Apr 26	1.37
Apr 26	1.38
Apr 26	1.2
Apr 26	1.24
Mar 26	1.23
Mar 26	1.18
Mar 26	1.2
Mar 26	1.33
Feb 26	1.27
Feb 26	1.17
Feb 26	1.13
Feb 26	1.42
Jan 26	1.6
Jan 26	1.68
Jan 26	1.79
Jan 26	1.87
Jan 26	1.69
Dec 25	1.84
Dec 25	1.81
Dec 25	1.73
Dec 25	1.64
Nov 25	1.65
Nov 25	1.62
Nov 25	1.57
Nov 25	1.58
Oct 25	1.75
Oct 25	1.99
Oct 25	1.94
Oct 25	1.97
Oct 25	2.18
Sep 25	2.13
Sep 25	2.12
Sep 25	2.19
Sep 25	2.22
Aug 25	2.27
Aug 25	2.37
Aug 25	2.28
Aug 25	2.3
Aug 25	2.72
Jul 25	3.04
Jul 25	2.91
Jul 25	2.84
Jul 25	2.84
Jun 25	2.61
Jun 25	2.74
Jun 25	2.94
Jun 25	3
May 25	2.83
May 25	2.79
May 25	3
May 25	2.92
May 25	2.83
Apr 25	2.66
Apr 25	2.55
Apr 25	2.78
Apr 25	2.58
Mar 25	2.64
Mar 25	2.56
Mar 25	2.48
Mar 25	2.52
Feb 25	2.83
Feb 25	3.48
Feb 25	3.8
Feb 25	3.62
Jan 25	3.6
Jan 25	3.52
Jan 25	3.55
Jan 25	3.33
Jan 25	3.51
Dec 24	3.56
Dec 24	3.52
Dec 24	3.69
Dec 24	3.78
Nov 24	3.67
Nov 24	3.64
Nov 24	3.34
Nov 24	3.51
Nov 24	3.34
Oct 24	3.37

EV/EBITDA

FA EV/EBITDA by year
Period	EV/EBITDA
Sep 26	13.16
Sep 26	12.74
Sep 26	12.8
Aug 26	12.66
Aug 26	12.61
Aug 26	12.88
Aug 26	13.86
Jul 26	12.87
Jul 26	12.78
Jul 26	13.93
Jul 26	12.74
Jul 26	13.16
Jun 26	12.01
Jun 26	11.27
Jun 26	11.45
Jun 26	11.19
May 26	11.24
May 26	11
May 26	10.76
May 26	11.23
May 26	10.53
Apr 26	10.31
Apr 26	10.33
Apr 26	9.62
Apr 26	9.76
Mar 26	9.72
Mar 26	9.52
Mar 26	9.6
Mar 26	10.13
Feb 26	9.88
Feb 26	14.17
Feb 26	13.93
Feb 26	15.6
Jan 26	16.66
Jan 26	17.1
Jan 26	17.74
Jan 26	18.17
Jan 26	17.17
Dec 25	18.04
Dec 25	17.82
Dec 25	17.36
Dec 25	16.89
Nov 25	16.92
Nov 25	16.76
Nov 25	16.45
Nov 25	16.53
Oct 25	20.46
Oct 25	21.97
Oct 25	21.64
Oct 25	21.86
Oct 25	23.14
Sep 25	22.81
Sep 25	22.77
Sep 25	23.16
Sep 25	23.4
Aug 25	23.66
Aug 25	24.31
Aug 25	23.76
Aug 25	23.89
Aug 25	32.26
Jul 25	34.49
Jul 25	33.6
Jul 25	33.09
Jul 25	33.06
Jun 25	31.49
Jun 25	32.35
Jun 25	33.76
Jun 25	34.23
May 25	33.01
May 25	32.74
May 25	34.2
May 25	33.64
May 25	37.94
Apr 25	36.65
Apr 25	35.84
Apr 25	37.57
Apr 25	36.05
Mar 25	36.48
Mar 25	35.89
Mar 25	35.31
Mar 25	35.66
Feb 25	37.92
Feb 25	14.14
Feb 25	15.33
Feb 25	14.67
Jan 25	14.59
Jan 25	14.31
Jan 25	14.39
Jan 25	13.58
Jan 25	14.27
Dec 24	14.43
Dec 24	14.31
Dec 24	14.91
Dec 24	15.25
Nov 24	14.83
Nov 24	14.74
Nov 24	13.61
Nov 24	14.25
Nov 24	13.61
Oct 24	13.74

Price/Operating Cashflow

FA Price/Operating Cashflow by year
Period	Price/Operating Cashflow
Sep 26	14.64
Sep 26	13.95
Sep 26	14.05
Aug 26	13.83
Aug 26	13.74
Aug 26	14.18
Aug 26	15.78
Jul 26	15.33
Jul 26	15.17
Jul 26	17.27
Jul 26	15.1
Jul 26	15.86
Jun 26	13.77
Jun 26	12.42
Jun 26	12.74
Jun 26	12.27
May 26	12.36
May 26	11.91
May 26	11.49
May 26	12.33
May 26	11.51
Apr 26	11.06
Apr 26	11.1
Apr 26	9.7
Apr 26	9.97
Mar 26	9.9
Mar 26	9.49
Mar 26	9.65
Mar 26	10.7
Feb 26	10.22
Feb 26	39.28
Feb 26	37.85
Feb 26	47.62
Jan 26	53.84
Jan 26	56.43
Jan 26	60.14
Jan 26	62.69
Jan 26	56.83
Dec 25	61.94
Dec 25	60.62
Dec 25	57.95
Dec 25	55.16
Nov 25	55.36
Nov 25	54.4
Nov 25	52.6
Nov 25	53.08
Oct 25	149.5
Oct 25	170.33
Oct 25	165.83
Oct 25	168.79
Oct 25	186.55
Sep 25	181.93
Sep 25	181.34
Sep 25	186.78
Sep 25	190.1
Aug 25	193.65
Aug 25	202.64
Aug 25	195.07
Aug 25	196.84
Aug 25	304.7
Jul 25	340.41
Jul 25	326.16
Jul 25	318.02
Jul 25	317.47
Jun 25	292.31
Jun 25	306.18
Jun 25	328.75
Jun 25	336.15
May 25	316.73
May 25	312.29
May 25	335.78
May 25	326.72
May 25	86.48
Apr 25	81.11
Apr 25	77.76
Apr 25	84.92
Apr 25	78.63
Mar 25	80.42
Mar 25	77.99
Mar 25	75.57
Mar 25	77.01
Feb 25	86.36
Feb 25	15.41
Feb 25	16.83
Feb 25	16.04
Jan 25	15.95
Jan 25	15.61
Jan 25	15.71
Jan 25	14.74
Jan 25	15.57
Dec 24	15.75
Dec 24	15.61
Dec 24	16.34
Dec 24	16.74
Nov 24	16.24
Nov 24	16.13
Nov 24	14.78
Nov 24	16.46
Nov 24	15.65
Oct 24	15.81

Price to Book

FA Price to Book by year
Period	Price to Book
Sep 26	2.96
Sep 26	2.82
Sep 26	2.84
Aug 26	2.79
Aug 26	2.77
Aug 26	2.86
Aug 26	3.19
Jul 26	2.67
Jul 26	2.64
Jul 26	3
Jul 26	2.63
Jul 26	2.76
Jun 26	2.4
Jun 26	2.16
Jun 26	2.22
Jun 26	2.13
May 26	2.15
May 26	2.07
May 26	2
May 26	2.15
May 26	1.71
Apr 26	1.64
Apr 26	1.65
Apr 26	1.44
Apr 26	1.48
Mar 26	1.47
Mar 26	1.41
Mar 26	1.43
Mar 26	1.59
Feb 26	1.52
Feb 26	1.31
Feb 26	1.27
Feb 26	1.59
Jan 26	1.8
Jan 26	1.89
Jan 26	2.01
Jan 26	2.1
Jan 26	1.9
Dec 25	2.07
Dec 25	2.03
Dec 25	1.94
Dec 25	1.84
Nov 25	1.85
Nov 25	1.82
Nov 25	1.76
Nov 25	1.77
Oct 25	1.68
Oct 25	1.92
Oct 25	1.87
Oct 25	1.9
Oct 25	2.1
Sep 25	2.05
Sep 25	2.04
Sep 25	2.1
Sep 25	2.14
Aug 25	2.18
Aug 25	2.28
Aug 25	2.2
Aug 25	2.22
Aug 25	2.23
Jul 25	2.49
Jul 25	2.38
Jul 25	2.32
Jul 25	2.32
Jun 25	2.13
Jun 25	2.24
Jun 25	2.4
Jun 25	2.45
May 25	2.31
May 25	2.28
May 25	2.45
May 25	2.39
May 25	1.87
Apr 25	1.75
Apr 25	1.68
Apr 25	1.83
Apr 25	1.7
Mar 25	1.73
Mar 25	1.68
Mar 25	1.63
Mar 25	1.66
Feb 25	1.86
Feb 25	2.85
Feb 25	3.12
Feb 25	2.97
Jan 25	2.95
Jan 25	2.89
Jan 25	2.91
Jan 25	2.73
Jan 25	2.88
Dec 24	2.92
Dec 24	2.89
Dec 24	3.03
Dec 24	3.1
Nov 24	3.01
Nov 24	2.99
Nov 24	2.74
Nov 24	2.91
Nov 24	2.77
Oct 24	2.79

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