First Advantage Corporation FA Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Operating margin | 9.9%+15.0pp | 8.4%+15.7pp | 0.5%-5.8pp | -2.1%-10.3pp | -5.2%-14.3pp | |
| Net margin | 0.3%+14.5pp | -2.4%+10.4pp | -9.5%-10.1pp | -12%-15.2pp | -14.2%-18.5pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 0.4%+14.0pp | -2.9%+7.0pp | -12.5%-13.0pp | -13.6%-16.0pp | -13.6%-16.8pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 5%+7.4pp | 4.1%+6.8pp | 0.3%-2.5pp | -1.2%-5.2pp | -2.4%-6.7pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.4×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.7×+0.7× | 2.4×+0.5× | 2.3×-1.6× | 2×-2.3× | 2×-2.3× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.6×+1.0× | 1.6×+1.0× | 1.7×+1.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.5×-11.5× | 4.9×-18.9× | 7.6×+6.1× | 10.6×+9.1× | 16×+14.4× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $7.40-0.1% | $7.58-13.8% | $7.41+16.0% | $7.42+18.5% | $7.40+17.1% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.05B-16.1% | $2.53B-21.8% | $2.68B-6.2% | $2.92B+26.4% | $2.44B+5.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 404.4×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Price / sales | 1.3×-1.1× | 1.6×-2.2× | 1.8×-1.9× | 2.3×-0.7× | 2.3×-0.7× | |
| Price / book | 1.6×-0.3× | 1.9×-0.5× | 2.1×-1.0× | 2.2×-0.3× | 1.9×-0.6× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5×-26.2× | 11.5×-51.0× | 18.4×+0.1× | 26.5×+12.6× | 35.8×+22.3× |
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- Where do First Advantage Corporation's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from First Advantage Corporation's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
