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First Advantage Corporation
Industrials · Specialty Business Services · NMS
$15.88
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$2.6B
Total market value of the company
307.00
Expensive — high growth expected
10.74
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+8.6%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.5%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
0.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$18.00
+13% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 7 analysts covering this stock
About First Advantage Corporation

First Advantage Corporation provides employment background screening, digital identity, and verification solutions internationally. 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, executive screening, and other screening products. The company also provides post-onboarding solutions, including criminal records monitoring, I-9 verification, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media screening, and global sanctions and licenses; and adjacent products comprising fleet/vehicle compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, and investigative research. Its products and solutions are used by executive management, human resources, talent acquisition, risk, compliance, vendor management, safety, global enterprises, mid-sized, and small companies. The company was formerly known as Fastball Intermediate, Inc. and changed its name to First Advantage Corporation in March 2021. First Advantage Corporation was founded in 2002 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

https://fadv.com

Country: United States Employees: 9,500 Industry: Specialty Business Services
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.208
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
0.0061
Marginal edge — very small allocation suggested
-0.025
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-1.4%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-55.9%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
9
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.15
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$19.01
16% below the year high
52W Low
$8.82
80% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,167,511
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
10.3
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
16.8%
Elevated short interest — bears are positioned against this
N/A
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$0.05
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

159.75
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
2.65
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
2.55
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
45.5%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
8.8%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$193M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$1.6B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$9M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
7
Target High
$20.00
Target Median
$18.00
Target Low
$17.00
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
9 Apr2026 Scott Peters Democrat buy 50K–100K
8 Apr2026 Mike Kelly Republican buy 50K–100K
7 Feb2025 Tim Walberg Republican buy 15K–50K
30 Apr2026 Dave McCormick Republican sell 100K–250K
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Purchase 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
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