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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–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership106.6%-9.78 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding218-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)28 buys / 21 sellsNet buying
Short interest5.97% of floatDays to cover 7.7 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share21.6%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

9%19%30%41%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$52.68M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 69.7% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Silver Lake Technology Management, L.L.C.42.82%
  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.9.15%
  • BlackRock7.02%
  • Capital Research6.22%
  • FMR4.45%
  • AllianceBernstein4.44%
  • Cat Rock Capital Management LP2.46%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.40%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund57.55%
  • VC/PE Fund42.82%
  • Hedge Fund4.71%
  • Individual/Insider2.57%
  • Government Pension Fund0.73%
  • Public Company0.57%
  • Private Company0.13%
  • Insurance Company0.06%

Reported short interest has fallen from 9.35% to 5.97% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 10,255,273 6.0% 7.7
31 Aug 2026 10,371,470 6.0% 7.4
14 Aug 2026 10,795,180 6.3% 3.2
31 Jul 2026 11,765,424 6.9% 6.2
15 Jul 2026 14,339,527 8.4% 8.1
30 Jun 2026 16,036,394 9.3% 7.8

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