FA - First Advantage Corporation Stock Price, Fair Value and News

16.43USD+0.02 (+0.12%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD16.43+0.02

Market Closed

0.12%

FA Stock Price

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FA Valuation

Market Cap

2.4B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

63.95

Price/Sales (Trailing)

3.12

EV/EBITDA

18.84

Price/Free Cashflow

14.84

FA Price/Sales (Trailing)

FA Profitability

EBT Margin

6.35%

Return on Equity

4.11%

Return on Assets

2.29%

Free Cashflow Yield

6.74%

FA Fundamentals

FA Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

763.8M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-4.72%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

1.1%

FA Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

37.3M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-26.47%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

37.5%

Breaking Down FA Revenue

Last 7 days

11.2%

Last 30 days

2.7%

Last 90 days

-0.4%

Trailing 12 Months

28.7%

How does FA drawdown profile look like?

FA Financial Health

Current Ratio

4.39

Debt/Equity

0.62

Debt/Cashflow

0.29

FA Investor Care

Dividend Yield

9.13%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

1.5

Buy Backs (1Y)

4.48%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

0.26

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	795.7M	779.4M	773.8M	763.8M
2022	770.1M	796.8M	810.0M	810.0M
2021	530.4M	600.2M	656.3M	712.3M
2020	479.4M	477.1M	474.7M	472.4M
2019	0	0	0	481.8M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of First Advantage Corporation

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Feb 28, 2024	marks steven irwin	sold (taxes)	-14,852	16.84	-882	chief accounting officer
Feb 28, 2024	marks steven irwin	acquired	-	-	2,509	chief accounting officer
Feb 12, 2024	jaeger joseph k.	sold	-338,902	16.9451	-20,000	president, americas
Sep 15, 2023	silver lake group, l.l.c.	sold	-2,422,250	14.2897	-169,510	-
Sep 15, 2023	silver lake group, l.l.c.	sold	-	-	-153,329	-
Sep 14, 2023	smith joelle m	sold	-143,909	14.3909	-10,000	see remarks
Aug 16, 2023	jardine bret t	acquired	79,320	6.61	12,000	see remarks
Aug 16, 2023	jardine bret t	sold	-182,400	15.2	-12,000	see remarks
Jun 23, 2023	jaeger joseph k.	sold (taxes)	-17,517	14.15	-1,238	president, americas
Jun 23, 2023	jaeger joseph k.	acquired	-	-	5,082	president, americas

Which funds bought or sold FA recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 23, 2024	AMALGAMATED BANK	reduced	-65.54	-58,000	29,000	-%
Apr 22, 2024	MetLife Investment Management, LLC	unchanged	-	81,649	486,661	-%
Apr 19, 2024	Olstein Capital Management, L.P.	unchanged	-	-19,000	925,000	0.15%
Apr 18, 2024	SJS Investment Consulting Inc.	reduced	-6.67	-43.00	455	-%
Apr 16, 2024	Arlington Trust Co LLC	sold off	-100	-1,524	-	-%
Apr 15, 2024	Andina Capital Management, LLC	sold off	-100	-271,450	-	-%
Apr 12, 2024	AdvisorNet Financial, Inc	sold off	-100	-331	-	-%
Apr 05, 2024	GAMMA Investing LLC	unchanged	-	-26.00	2,855	-%
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	added	0.59	14,379,300	83,290,300	-%
Mar 01, 2024	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC	added	30.07	1,026,990	2,851,530	-%

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Unveiling First Advantage Corporation's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 09, 2024	slta v (gp), l.l.c.	61.7%	89,557,840	SC 13G/A
Feb 11, 2022	slta v (gp), l.l.c.	58.6%	89,557,840	SC 13G

Recent SEC filings of First Advantage Corporation

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Mar 06, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 06, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 01, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 01, 2024	425	Prospectus Filed
Mar 01, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Feb 29, 2024	425	Prospectus Filed
Feb 29, 2024	10-K	Annual Report
Feb 29, 2024	425	Prospectus Filed
Feb 29, 2024	425	Prospectus Filed
Feb 29, 2024	425	Prospectus Filed

Peers (Alternatives to First Advantage Corporation)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
ADP	101.3B	18.6B	0.99%	16.50%	28.48	5.45	7.76%	13.08%
CTAS	67.4B	9.4B	4.48%	48.57%	44.82	7.16	9.34%	15.98%
CPRT	52.8B	4.1B	-3.93%	41.68%	38.94	13.01	10.52%	25.37%
EFX	27.9B	5.4B	-13.50%	14.03%	50.04	5.21	5.76%	-4.95%
BAH	18.7B	10.3B	-1.18%	50.22%	45.77	1.81	13.90%	-5.05%
ALLE	11.1B	3.7B	-4.79%	24.13%	20.5	3.03	11.58%	17.98%
MID-CAP
RHI	7.5B	6.4B	-8.74%	-0.28%	18.3	1.18	-11.68%	-37.51%
AL	5.7B	2.7B	4.70%	34.09%	9.29	2.13	15.87%	733.47%
SRCL	4.6B	2.7B	-5.50%	16.61%	-216.6	1.73	-1.68%	-137.70%
ABM	2.8B	8.2B	1.71%	7.28%	10.95	0.34	3.98%	33.49%
SMALL-CAP
AZZ	1.9B	2.7B	8.63%	114.14%	21.53	0.69	104.63%	175.67%
ALTG	384.5M	1.9B	-6.98%	-16.41%	43.2	0.2	19.40%	-4.30%
ARC	117.6M	281.2M	1.85%	-8.94%	14.28	0.42	-1.68%	-25.77%
AQMS	53.7M	1.1M	2.13%	-58.97%	-2.24	49.78	336.95%	-55.13%
AWX	8.6M	80.5M	-8.33%	-18.22%	-4.77	0.11	-0.82%	-207.00%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																	(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4
Revenue	1.1%	203	200	185	176	213	206	202	190	213	193	175	132	157	137	105	-	-
Operating Expenses	-2.2%	173	177	168	164	184	180	179	173	187	168	158	135	153	131	111	-	-
S&GA Expenses	-7.8%	28.00	30.00	30.00	29.00	29.00	28.00	31.00	29.00	32.00	27.00	25.00	24.00	21.00	19.00	15.00	-	-
R&D Expenses	-16.9%	11.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	14.00	12.00	11.00	12.00	11.00	12.00	8.00	7.00	-	-
EBITDA Margin	-9.2%	0.19*	0.21*	0.23*	0.24*	0.26*	0.27*	0.26*	0.25*	0.20*	0.05*	0.04*	0.04*	0.06*	0.25*	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-70.9%	-12.91	-7.56	-3.89	-8.68	-5.20	-1.74	-3.11	1.00	-3.10	-4.71	-10.45	-6.72	-85.79	12.00	14.00	-	-
Income Taxes	-66.1%	2.00	5.00	4.00	1.00	3.00	7.00	5.00	5.00	7.00	3.00	3.00	-4.43	-22.66	-2.89	3.00	-	-
Earnings Before Taxes	5.2%	16.00	16.00	14.00	3.00	24.00	24.00	20.00	18.00	22.00	20.00	7.00	-23.82	-5.91	-6.34	-19.86	-	-
EBT Margin	-11.6%	0.06*	0.07*	0.08*	0.09*	0.11*	0.10*	0.10*	0.09*	0.03*	0.00*	-0.05*	-0.11*	-0.12*	0.09*	-	-	-
Net Income	37.5%	15.00	11.00	10.00	2.00	20.00	17.00	14.00	13.00	15.00	16.00	4.00	-19.39	-5.86	-3.45	-16.37	-	-
Net Income Margin	-11.4%	0.05*	0.06*	0.06*	0.07*	0.08*	0.07*	0.07*	0.06*	0.02*	-0.01*	-0.04*	-0.08*	-0.10*	0.07*	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	69.8%	56.00	33.00	32.00	39.00	70.00	46.00	53.00	39.00	63.00	26.00	30.00	22.00	34.00	13.00	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet														(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2019Q4
Assets	0.1%	1,631	1,629	1,838	1,848	1,886	1,922	1,911	1,903	1,887	1,857	1,842	1,803	1,764	545
Current Assets	7.0%	374	349	572	555	566	571	523	478	466	444	401	-	278	186
Cash Equivalents	29.7%	214	165	399	400	392	390	352	308	293	276	257	113	153	81.00
Net PPE	-11.4%	79.00	90.00	93.00	103	114	126	137	146	154	161	172	-	190	29.00
Goodwill	0.0%	821	821	794	793	793	792	797	803	794	773	775	3.00	770	262
Liabilities	-2.4%	724	741	744	740	759	762	760	757	754	742	742	856	969	639
Current Liabilities	-10.3%	85.00	95.00	90.00	85.00	101	102	101	100	109	99.00	99.00	-	98.00	78.00
Long Term Debt	0.1%	558	558	558	557	557	556	556	555	555	554	554	-	779	541
LT Debt, Current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.00	-
LT Debt, Non Current	0.1%	558	558	558	557	557	556	556	555	555	554	554	-	779	541
Shareholder's Equity	2.1%	907	888	1,094	1,107	1,127	1,160	1,152	1,146	1,132	1,114	1,100	778	794	-
Retained Earnings	19.2%	-49.54	-61.35	-68.51	-50.95	-27.36	11.00	-4.19	-18.43	-31.44	-46.83	-63.11	-	-47.49	-201
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.5%	977	972	1,184	1,180	1,176	1,174	1,170	1,168	1,165	1,160	1,159	-	839	-
Shares Outstanding	-0.1%	145	145	145	147	149	151	151	151	140	137	131	130	130	-
Float	-	-	-	772	-	-	-	734	-	-	-	584	-	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																	(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4
Cashflow From Operations	65.1%	56,740	34,358	33,123	38,599	69,928	46,430	54,829	41,583	64,817	27,762	32,385	23,713	35,225	14,217	-	-	-
Share Based Compensation	0.5%	4,816	4,790	3,601	2,058	2,032	2,022	1,943	1,859	4,961	1,343	2,664	562	545	530	-	-	-
Cashflow From Investing	89.9%	-4,915	-48,614	-7,235	-6,083	-8,070	-6,163	-7,891	-26,472	-47,435	-5,989	-6,876	-12,127	-4,771	-4,315	-	-	-
Cashflow From Financing	98.6%	-2,991	-219,581	-26,821	-24,163	-58,327	-1,014	227	-40.00	-524	-3,497	118,631	-50,762	-3,952	-2,606	-	-	-
Buy Backs	-9.3%	3,284	3,619	27,339	25,517	58,282	2,248	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

FA Income Statement

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
REVENUES	$ 763,761	$ 810,023	$ 712,295
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization below)	386,777	408,928	352,170
Product and technology expense	49,263	51,931	45,507
Selling, general, and administrative expense	116,732	116,640	107,980
Depreciation and amortization	129,473	138,246	142,815
Total operating expenses	682,245	715,745	648,472
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	81,516	94,278	63,823
OTHER EXPENSE, NET:
Interest expense, net	33,040	9,199	24,972
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	13,938
Total other expense, net	33,040	9,199	38,910
Income before provision for income taxes	48,476	85,079	24,913
Provision for income taxes	11,183	20,475	8,862
NET INCOME	37,293	64,604	16,051
Foreign currency translation	1,174	(20,694)	(4,121)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	38,467	43,910	11,930
Net Income (Loss)	$ 37,293	$ 64,604	$ 16,051
Basic net income per share	$ 0.26	$ 0.43	$ 0.11
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.26	$ 0.43	$ 0.11
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic	144,083,808	150,227,213	140,480,590
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted	146,226,096	151,807,139	141,687,384

FA Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 213,774	$ 391,655
Restricted cash	138	141
Short-term investments	0	1,956
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts)	142,690	143,811
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	13,426	25,407
Income tax receivable	3,710	3,225
Total current assets	373,738	566,195
Property and equipment, net	79,441	113,529
Goodwill	820,654	793,080
Trade names, net	66,229	71,162
Customer lists, net	275,528	326,014
Other intangible assets	2,257	0
Deferred tax asset, net	2,786	2,422
Other assets	10,021	13,423
TOTAL ASSETS	1,630,654	1,885,825
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	47,024	54,947
Accrued compensation	16,379	22,702
Accrued liabilities	16,162	16,400
Current portion of operating lease liability	3,354	4,957
Income tax payable	264	724
Deferred revenues	1,856	1,056
Total current liabilities	85,039	100,786
Long-term debt (net of deferred financing costs)	558,456	556,649
Deferred tax liability, net	71,274	90,556
Operating lease liability, less current portion	5,931	7,879
Other liabilities	3,221	3,337
Total liabilities	723,921	759,207
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
EQUITY
Common stock - $0.001 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 145,074,802 and 148,732,603 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively	145	149
Additional paid-in-capital	977,290	1,176,163
Accumulated deficit	(49,545)	(27,363)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)	(21,157)	(22,331)
Total equity	906,733	1,126,618
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 1,630,654	$ 1,885,825

About First Advantage Corporation

First Advantage Corporation provides technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance related to human capital worldwide. It offers pre-onboarding products and solutions, such as criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks and biometric fraud mitigation tools, education/work history verification, driver records and compliance, healthcare credentials, executive screening, and other screening products. The company also provides post-onboarding solutions, including criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media screening, and global sanctions and licenses; and other products comprising fleet/vehicle compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, resident/tenant screening, and investigative research. Its products and solutions are used by personnel in recruiting, human resources, risk, compliance, vendor management, safety, and/or security in global enterprises, mid-sized, and small companies. The company was formerly known as Fastball Intermediate, Inc. and changed its name to First Advantage Corporation in March 2021. First Advantage Corporation was founded in 2002 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

CEO	Mr. Scott Staples
WEBSITE	https://fadv.com
INDUSTRY	Information Technology Services
EMPLOYEES	5800

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What is the market capital of First Advantage Corporation (FA)?

As of Wed Apr 24 2024, market cap of First Advantage Corporation is 2.38 Billion. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

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