First Advantage Corporation FA Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Operating margin | 9.9%+1.5pp | 8.4%+7.9pp | 0.5%+2.6pp | -2.1%+3.1pp | -5.2%+2.1pp | |
| Net margin | 0.3%+2.7pp | -2.4%+7.1pp | -9.5%+2.5pp | -12%+2.2pp | -14.2%-1.4pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 0.4%+3.3pp | -2.9%+9.6pp | -12.5%+1.1pp | -13.6%0.0pp | -13.6%-3.6pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 5%+0.9pp | 4.1%+3.8pp | 0.3%+1.5pp | -1.2%+1.2pp | -2.4%+0.3pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×-0.1× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.4×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.7×+0.2× | 2.4×+0.2× | 2.3×+0.3× | 2×0.0× | 2×+0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.7×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.5×-0.3× | 4.9×-2.8× | 7.6×-3.0× | 10.6×-5.4× | 16×-7.8× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $7.40-2.5% | $7.58+2.3% | $7.41-0.1% | $7.42+0.3% | $7.40-15.9% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.05B-19.0% | $2.53B-5.5% | $2.68B-8.2% | $2.92B+19.3% | $2.44B-24.4% | |
| Price / earnings | 404.4×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Price / sales | 1.3×-0.3× | 1.6×-0.2× | 1.8×-0.5× | 2.3×0.0× | 2.3×-1.4× | |
| Price / book | 1.6×-0.3× | 1.9×-0.1× | 2.1×-0.2× | 2.2×+0.3× | 1.9×-0.6× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5×-1.9× | 11.5×-6.9× | 18.4×-8.2× | 26.5×-9.2× | 35.8×-26.8× |
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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.
