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First Advantage Corp
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18.010
-0.19(-1.044%)1D
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High
18.380
Open
18.360
VWAP
18.13
Vol
587.64K
Mkt Cap
3.13B
Low
17.860
Amount
10.65M
EV/EBITDA(TTM)
19.60
Total Shares
145.20M
EV
5.10B
EV/OCF(TTM)
545.64
P/S(TTM)
2.69
First Advantage Corporation is a global provider of employment background screening, identity, and verification solutions. Enabled by its technology, the Company delivers services and insights that help customers mitigate risk and hire talent: employees, contractors, contingent workers, tenants, and drivers. Its comprehensive product suite enables its customers across all industry sectors to perform pre-onboarding screening and post-onboarding monitoring of employees, contractors, contingent workers, tenants, and drivers. Its pre-onboarding products include 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 others. Its post-onboarding solutions include criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media and global sanctions and licenses.
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Market Estimates

Earnings Estimates
Revenue
YoY Chg
EPS
YoYChg
FY2025Q4
FY2025Q3
FY2025Q2
392.15M
+27.68%
0.263
+46.15%
402.63M
+102.21%
0.270
+3.94%
381.05M
+106.48%
0.237
+12.72%
Estimates Revision
The market is revising Upward the revenue expectations for First Advantage Corporation (FA) for FY2025, with the revenue forecasts being adjusted by 0.91% over the past three months. During the same period, the stock price has changed by 24.55%.
Revenue Estimates for FY2025
Revise Upward
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+0.91%
In Past 3 Month
EPS Estimates for FY2025
Revise Upward
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+3.68%
In Past 3 Month
Stock Price
Go Up
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+24.55%
In Past 3 Month
6 Analyst Rating
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9.66% Upside
Wall Street analysts forecast FA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for FA is 19.75 USD with a low forecast of 18.00 USD and a high forecast of 21.00  USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
3 Buy
3 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
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9.66% Upside
Current: 18.010
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Low
18.00
Averages
19.75
High
21.00
Barclays
Equal Weight
maintain
$15 -> $18
2025-05-29
Reason
Barclays raised the firm's price target on First Advantage to $18 from $15 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. The company's investor day highlighted its "differentiated strategy," the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm has confidence in First Advantage's continued execution "of what it controls."
RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra
Outperform -> Sector Perform
downgrade
$20
2025-05-09
Reason
RBC Capital analyst Ashish Sabadra downgraded First Advantage to Sector Perform from Outperform with an unchanged price target of $20.
RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra
Outperform -> Sector Perform
downgrade
$20
2025-05-09
Reason
RBC Capital analyst Ashish Sabadra downgraded First Advantage to Sector Perform from Outperform with an unchanged price target of $20. First Advantage's Q1 results beat expectations as hiring growth was better than feared and the company continues to make progress on new wins and cross-sell, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says that although First Advantage should benefit from Sterling revenue synergies and hiring trends remain stable, it is concerned about a potential slowdown in hiring as macro conditions soften. Furthermore, the high leverage from the Sterling acquisition adds volatility to the stock, adds RBC. As such, it sees a balanced risk/reward post the 19% rally on the earnings report.
BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber
Outperform
maintain
$16 -> $21
2025-05-09
Reason
BMO Capital analyst Jeffrey Silber raised the firm's price target on First Advantage to $21 from $16 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The company's Q1 results beat expectations, mainly driver by better-than-expected margins, while its volumes held up well and management noted record dollar volumes in quarterly contract bookings, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
Barclays
Manav Patnaik
Buy
to
Hold
Downgrades
$20 → $15
2025-04-10
Reason
Barclays downgraded First Advantage to Equal Weight from Overweight with a price target of $15, down from $20. The firm sees a "still challenging" Q1 and Q2 for the staffing group despite more than two years of organic declines. Tariffs could further delay a recovery and visibility remains "extremely low," the analyst tells investors in a research note. Barclays adjusted its and rating and forecasts and sees "no inflection in 2025."
BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber
Buy
Maintains
$24 → $22
2025-03-03
Reason
BMO Capital lowered the firm's price target on First Advantage to $22 from $24 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The company Q4 results missed consensus estimates given weaker-than-expected seasonal hiring, but the management noted a strong start to 2025 in terms of sales and pipeline and expects hiring to return to pre-pandemic "norms," the analyst tells investors in a research note. First Advantage is "difficult to comp", but the stock is also trading at an attractive entry point, BMO added.

Valuation Metrics

The current forward P/E ratio for First Advantage Corp (FA.O) is 18.74, compared to its 5-year average forward P/E of 16.93. For a more detailed relative valuation and DCF analysis to assess First Advantage Corp 's fair value, click here.

Forward PE

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Fair
5Y Average PE
16.93
Current PE
18.74
Overvalued PE
21.13
Undervalued PE
12.73

Forward EV/EBITDA

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Fair
5Y Average EV/EBITDA
10.90
Current EV/EBITDA
12.12
Overvalued EV/EBITDA
13.68
Undervalued EV/EBITDA
8.12

Forward PS

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Undervalued
5Y Average PS
2.87
Current PS
2.04
Overvalued PS
3.64
Undervalued PS
2.10

Financials

Annual
Quarterly
FY2025Q1
YoY :
+109.30%
354.59M
Total Revenue
FY2025Q1
YoY :
+87.56%
22.48M
Operating Profit
FY2025Q1
YoY :
+1316.57%
-41.19M
Net Income after Tax
FY2025Q1
YoY :
+1100.00%
-0.24
EPS - Diluted
FY2025Q1
YoY :
-73.78%
8.36M
Free Cash Flow
FY2025Q1
YoY :
-8.50%
28.30
Gross Profit Margin - %
FY2025Q1
YoY :
+575.58%
-11.62
Net Margin - %
FY2025Q1
N/A
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Trading Trends

Insider
Insiders areSelling! The selling amount has increased 32405.76% over the last month.
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Hedge Funds areSelling! The selling amount has increased 277.08% over the last quarter.
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Congress are Neutral. There are no significant trading trends over the last month.
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FA News & Events

Events Timeline

2025-05-08 (ET)
2025-05-08
06:23:50
First Advantage backs FY25 adjusted EPS view 86c-$1.03, consensus 90c
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2025-05-08
06:22:49
First Advantage reports Q1 adjusted EPS 17c, consensus 13c
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2025-02-27 (ET)
2025-02-27
06:49:42
First Advantage sees FY25 adjusted EPS 86c-$1.03, consensus 98c
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News

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