FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
FANasdaq
$22.35
↑ +0.2%Jul 17 close · end-of-day
Price
1Y↑ +33.0%
End-of-day closes; the latest point is the live 15-min-delayed price · split & dividend adjusted · chart by TradingView
Key statistics
Market Cap
$3.9B
Enterprise Value
$5.7B
P/E
447.0
P/S
2.4
P/B
3.0
EV/EBITDA
21.2
PEG
—
FCF Yield
5.5%
Dividend Yield
—
Revenue (TTM)
$1.6B
Net Income (TTM)
$8.5M
Free Cash Flow (TTM)
$216.1M
Gross Margin
—
Operating Margin
9.9%
Net Margin
0.5%
ROE
0.7%
ROIC
5.1%
Debt / Equity
1.6
Net Cash
-$1.8B
Return 1Y
+25.2%
Company profile
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, and other screening products.
- CEO
- Scott D. Staples
- Sector
- Services
- Industry
- Business Services
- Employees
- 5,500
- Headquarters
- Georgia
- Website
- fadv.com
Management & directors
- Jardine Bret TChief Legal Officer
- Nairne DouglasGlobal Chief Operating Officer
- Smith Joelle MPresident
- Marks Steven IrwinChief Financial Officer
- Staples ScottChief Executive Officer
Roles derived from SEC Form 4 filings.
Earnings
FA Q1 2026 Earnings
Period ends 2026-03-31
MetricActualYoY
Revenue$385.2M↑ +8.6%
Diluted EPS$0.01↓ -104.2%
Actuals from SEC filings; YoY vs the year-ago quarter. Analyst estimates & surprise require a data feed (coming soon).
Financial statements
| Line item | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $472.4M | $712.3M | $810.0M | $763.8M | $860.2M | $1.6B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | -$2.0M | $63.8M | $94.3M | $81.5M | -$62.4M | $132.5M |
| Net income | -$47.5M | $16.1M | $64.6M | $37.3M | -$110.3M | -$34.8M |
| Diluted EPS | -$0.37 | $0.11 | $0.43 | $0.26 | -$0.74 | -$0.20 |
| Operating cash flow | $72.9M | $148.7M | $212.8M | $162.8M | $28.2M | $195.1M |
| Free cash flow | $67.5M | $141.4M | $206.6M | $160.7M | $26.5M | $188.5M |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | -0.4% | 9.0% | 11.6% | 10.7% | -7.3% | 8.4% |
| Net margin | -10.1% | 2.3% | 8.0% | 4.9% | -12.8% | -2.2% |
| Line item | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $184.5M | $199.1M | $307.1M | $354.6M | $390.6M | $409.2M | $420.0M | $385.2M |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | $9.9M | $9.1M | -$80.7M | $7.6M | $37.7M | $42.2M | $44.9M | $33.5M |
| Net income | $1.9M | -$8.9M | -$100.4M | -$41.2M | $308,000.00 | $2.6M | $3.5M | $2.2M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.01 | -$0.06 | -$0.67 | -$0.24 | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.01 |
| Operating cash flow | $32.0M | $43.5M | -$85.7M | $19.5M | $37.3M | $72.4M | $65.9M | $49.4M |
| Free cash flow | $31.4M | $43.1M | -$86.0M | $19.0M | $36.1M | $71.2M | $62.2M | $46.6M |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 4.6% | -26.3% | 2.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% | 10.7% | 8.7% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | -4.4% | -32.7% | -11.6% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
Company news
Jul 7, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
Analyst estimates
Coming soonConsensus revenue & EPS estimates and price targets will appear here once a forward-estimates data feed is connected.
Insider transactions
BoughtSoldMonthly insider $ volume · trailing 12 months
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | Clark James Lindsey | Sale | 4,921 | $15.69 | $77,210.49 | filing |
| 2026-06-05 | Bell Susan R. | Award | 12,805 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-05 | Price Bridgett R | Award | 12,805 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-05 | Sim Judith | Award | 12,805 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-05 | Clark James Lindsey | Award | 12,805 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-01 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Sale | 25,000 | $16.71 | $417,640.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-01 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Option exercise | 25,000 | $5.11 | $127,750.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Sale | 682 | $16.12 | $10,993.84 | filing |
| 2026-05-11 | Smith Joelle M· President | Tax withholding | 6,974 | $16.04 | $111,862.96 | filing |
| 2026-05-11 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Tax withholding | 294 | $16.04 | $4,715.76 | filing |
| 2026-05-11 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Option exercise | 976 | — | — | filing |
| 2026-05-11 | Nairne Douglas· Global Chief Operating Officer | Option exercise | 715 | — | — | filing |
| 2026-05-11 | Smith Joelle M· President | Option exercise | 24,905 | — | — | filing |
| 2026-05-07 | Smith Joelle M· President | Sale | 23,334 | $15.00 | $350,012.33 | filing |
| 2026-03-05 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Sale | 600 | $12.09 | $7,254.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-04 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Sale | 1,090 | $12.32 | $13,428.80 | filing |
| 2026-03-04 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Tax withholding | 329 | $12.22 | $4,020.38 | filing |
| 2026-03-04 | Nairne Douglas· Global Chief Operating Officer | Option exercise | 743 | — | — | filing |
| 2026-03-04 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Option exercise | 929 | — | — | filing |
| 2026-03-03 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Tax withholding | 596 | $11.83 | $7,050.68 | filing |
| 2026-03-03 | Jardine Bret T· Chief Legal Officer | Option exercise | 1,686 | — | — | filing |
| 2026-02-28 | Marks Steven Irwin· Chief Financial Officer | Tax withholding | 1,675 | $11.51 | $19,279.25 | filing |
| 2026-02-28 | Marks Steven Irwin· Chief Financial Officer | Option exercise | 1,146 | — | — | filing |
| 2026-02-28 | Marks Steven Irwin· Chief Financial Officer | Option exercise | 1,363 | — | — | filing |
| 2026-02-28 | Marks Steven Irwin· Chief Financial Officer | Option exercise | 2,228 | — | — | filing |
Showing the latest 25 transactions — full history in the linked SEC filings.
Fundamentals & filings from SEC EDGAR. Prices adjusted for splits & dividends. Not investment advice.