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NASDAQ: FA
First Advantage Corp Stock

Overview
ForecastEarningsRevenueDividendOwnership
$17.12+0.80 (+4.9%)
Updated Aug 22, 2025
FA Price
$17.12
Fair Value Price
$34.78
Market Cap
$2.97B
52 Week Low
$12.32
52 Week High
$20.79
P/E
-17.83x
P/B
2.33x
P/S
2.33x
PEG
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Revenue
$1.05B
Earnings
-$148.56M
Gross Margin
47%
Operating Margin
-5.21%
Profit Margin
-14.2%
Debt to Equity
2.03
Operating Cash Flow
$9M
Beta
1.1
Next Earnings
N/A
Ex-Dividend
N/A
Next Dividend
N/A

FA Overview

First Advantage Corporation's product suite enables employers to perform pre-onboarding screening and post-onboarding monitoring. Its pre-onboarding products include criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks, and biometric fraud mitigation tools. Post-onboarding solutions include criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle record checks, and social media monitoring. First Advantage was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Zen Rating

Our proven quant model uses 115 proprietary factors, including AI, to determine FA's potential to beat the market

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Zen Rating Component Grades

C
Value
A
Growth
C
Momentum
B
Sentiment
C
Safety
C
Financials
C
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Industry: Specialty Business Service

Industry Rating
C
FA
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Overview

Due Diligence Score

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Industry Average (28)
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Due Diligence Checks

FA ($17.12) is undervalued by 50.77% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $34.78 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, but does not have a significant margin of safety
Below Fair Value Valuation
FA ($17.12) is significantly undervalued by 50.77% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $34.78 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, which includes a healthy margin of safety
Significantly Below Fair Value Valuation
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Below Benjamin Graham Formula Value Valuation
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Valuation

FA fair value

Fair Value of FA stock based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Price
$17.12
Fair Value
$34.78
Undervalued by
50.77%
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Below Fair Value Valuation
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Significantly Below Fair Value Valuation
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Below Benjamin Graham Formula Value Valuation

FA price to earnings (PE)

For valuing profitable companies with steady earnings

Company
-17.83x
Industry
30.36x
Market
35.55x

FA price to book (PB)

For valuing companies that are loss-making or have lots of physical asset

Company
2.33x
Industry
4.95x
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P/B vs Industry Valuation

FA's financial health

Profit margin

Revenue
$354.6M
Net Income
-$41.2M
Profit Margin
-11.6%
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Interest Coverage Financials
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Profit Margin Growth Financials

Assets to liabilities

Assets
$3.9B
Liabilities
$2.6B
Debt to equity
2.03
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Short-term Liabilities Financials
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Long-term Liabilities Financials
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Healthy Debt to Equity Financials

Cash flow

Operating
$19.5M
Investing
-$11.1M
Financing
-$6.0M
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Debt Coverage Financials

FA vs Specialty Business Service Stocks

TickerZen RatingMarket Cap1d %P/EP/B
FAC$2.97B+4.90%-17.83x2.33x
ABMC$3.09B+3.76%39.73x1.69x
UNFC$3.32B+2.55%21.07x1.53x
AZZB$3.49B+4.06%13.37x2.88x
CBZC$3.59B+2.87%46.55x1.90x
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First Advantage Stock FAQ

What is First Advantage's quote symbol?

(NASDAQ: FA) First Advantage trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol FA. First Advantage stock quotes can also be displayed as NASDAQ: FA.

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What is the 52 week high and low for First Advantage (NASDAQ: FA)?

(NASDAQ: FA) First Advantage's 52-week high was $20.79, and its 52-week low was $12.32. It is currently -17.65% from its 52-week high and 38.96% from its 52-week low.

How much is First Advantage stock worth today?

(NASDAQ: FA) First Advantage currently has 173,673,549 outstanding shares. With First Advantage stock trading at $17.12 per share, the total value of First Advantage stock (market capitalization) is $2.97B.

First Advantage stock was originally listed at a price of $19.70 in Jun 23, 2021. If you had invested in First Advantage stock at $19.70, your return over the last 4 years would have been -13.1%, for an annualized return of -3.45% (not including any dividends or dividend reinvestments).

How much is First Advantage's stock price per share?

(NASDAQ: FA) First Advantage stock price per share is $17.12 today (as of Aug 22, 2025).

What is First Advantage's Market Cap?

(NASDAQ: FA) First Advantage's market cap is $2.97B, as of Aug 23, 2025.

Market cap (market capitalization) is the total market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares.

First Advantage's market cap is calculated by multiplying FA's current stock price of $17.12 by FA's total outstanding shares of 173,673,549.
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