First Advantage Corporation

$20.07

-0.50%

N/A-$0.10

Industrials

Specialty Business Services

NASDAQ

Active Trading

First Advantage Corporation (FA) is a global technology firm that delivers solutions centered on human capital, specializing in verification, screening, safety protocols, ...

Financial Highlights of FA

Profitability trend

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Gross Margin

36.3%

Net Margin

1.5%

P/E Ratio

142.61x

n/a

Debt / Equity

1.58

n/a

Current Ratio

2.53

Dividend Yield

0.0%

Understanding

TTM —

No major balance sheet stress in these headline ratios.

Financial highlights

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Snapshot

Latest / TTM: 2026-09-03

Gross Margin

36.3%

Net Margin

1.5%

P/E Ratio

142.61x

Debt / Equity

1.58

Profitability

Profitability table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Gross MarginGross profit as a percentage of revenue.	50.6%	49.5%	49.4%	47.8%	29.9%	—
Operating MarginOperating income as a percentage of revenue.	9.0%	11.6%	10.7%	-7.3%	9.0%	—
Net MarginNet income as a percentage of revenue.	2.3%	8.0%	4.9%	-12.8%	-2.2%	—
EBITDA MarginEBITDA divided by revenue.	27.4%	28.7%	27.6%	9.7%	24.1%	—
Pre-tax MarginPre-tax profit as a percentage of revenue.	3.5%	10.5%	6.3%	-13.3%	-2.4%	—

Liquidity & leverage

Liquidity & leverage table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Current RatioCurrent assets divided by current liabilities.	4.26	5.62	4.39	1.90	2.44	—
Quick RatioLiquid assets divided by current liabilities.	4.26	5.62	4.39	1.90	2.44	—
Cash RatioCash and equivalents divided by current liabilities.	2.68	3.89	2.51	0.67	1.04	—
Debt / AssetsDebt as a share of total assets.	29.4%	30.2%	34.8%	55.0%	54.5%	—
Debt / EquityDebt compared with shareholder equity.	0.49	0.51	0.63	1.65	1.59	—

Operating efficiency

Operating efficiency table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Receivables TurnoverHow often receivables are collected in a year.	4.51x	5.51x	5.22x	3.12x	5.14x	—
Inventory TurnoverHow often inventory is sold in a year.	0.00x	0.00x	0.00x	0.00x	0.00x	—
Payables TurnoverHow often payables are paid in a year.	6.52x	7.44x	8.23x	3.71x	10.05x	—
Asset TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of assets.	0.38x	0.43x	0.47x	0.22x	0.41x	—
Working Capital TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of working capital.	2.65x	1.97x	2.03x	3.35x	5.66x	—

Valuation ratios

Valuation ratios table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
P/E RatioPrice paid for each dollar of earnings.	173.09x	30.23x	63.73x	-25.31x	-72.65x	—
P/B RatioPrice paid for each dollar of book value.	2.57x	1.73x	2.63x	2.13x	1.92x	—
P/S RatioPrice paid for each dollar of sales.	4.09x	2.41x	3.13x	3.24x	1.60x	—
P/FCF RatioPrice paid for each dollar of free cash flow.	23.31x	10.60x	17.67x	105.11x	17.86x	—
Dividend YieldAnnual dividend divided by current share price.	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	—

Supply Chain of FA

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