BeStock  

First Advantage FA

US equityMarket cap rank #2443Specialty Business Services
$18.37 +$0.28 (+1.55%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 7:30 am ET · After hours $18.37 0.00%
Open$18.29
Prev close$18.09
Day range$17.78 – $18.63
Volume1.94M
Market cap$3.16B
P/E (TTM)122.5
Dividend yield–

Earnings

Average move on report day±9.8%last 16 reports
Closed higher14 of 1688% of the time
Best reaction+23.1%
Worst reaction-12.5%

Stock move on the day after each report

+1.4%2023/Q3-7.0%2023/Q4+0.5%2024/Q1+4.4%2024/Q2+0.1%2024/Q3-12.5%2024/Q4+19.1%2025/Q1+8.0%2025/Q2+6.7%2025/Q3+22.8%2025/Q4+23.1%2026/Q1+17.3%2026/Q2
QuarterReport dateTimingImplied moveActual moveVersus implied
2026/Q26 Aug 2026Pre Market±21.1%+17.32%Within range
2026/Q17 May 2026Pre Market–+23.13%–
2025/Q426 Feb 2026Pre Market±27.8%+22.79%Within range
2025/Q36 Nov 2025Pre Market–+6.73%–
2025/Q27 Aug 2025None±19.1%+7.96%Within range
2025/Q18 May 2025Pre Market–+19.10%–
2024/Q427 Feb 2025None–-12.46%–
2024/Q312 Nov 2024Pre Market±13.1%+0.05%Within range
2024/Q28 Aug 2024Pre Market–+4.38%–
2024/Q19 May 2024None–+0.49%–
2023/Q429 Feb 2024Pre Market–-7.01%–
2023/Q39 Nov 2023Pre Market–+1.42%–
2023/Q29 Aug 2023Pre Market±5.9%+7.98%Bigger than priced
2023/Q110 May 2023Pre Market–+0.08%–
2022/Q428 Feb 2023Pre Market±10.7%+7.40%Within range
2022/Q38 Nov 2022None–+18.61%–

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q1

By business line

  • Sterling$190.39M 49.2%
  • First Advantage Americas$172.73M 44.7%
  • First Advantage International$23.56M 6.1%

Latest reported quarter: ANNUAL, ended Dec 2025

Revenue$1.57B+83.0% YoY
Operating profit$132.47M+312.3% YoY
Net profit-$34.82M+68.4% YoY
Diluted EPS-$0.20+73.0% YoY

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin45.2%
Operating margin10.7%
Net margin1.5%
Return on equity1.9%
Return on assets0.7%
Return on invested capital3.5%
Current ratio2.53
Liabilities / assets65.5%
Cash & investments$237.90M
Total debt$2.04B
Net cash (debt)-$1.80B
Free cash flow / sales11.8%

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