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First Advantage

NSQ:FA US31846B1089
34
  • Value
    48
  • Growth
    77
  • Safety
    Safety
    13
  • Combined
    38
  • Sentiment
    35
  • 360° View
    360° View
    34
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Company Description

First Advantage Corporation is a global provider of employment background screening, identity, and verification solutions. Enabled by its technology, the Company delivers services and insights that help customers mitigate risk and hire talent: employees, contractors, contingent workers, tenants, and drivers. Its comprehensive product suite enables its customers across all industry sectors to perform pre-onboarding screening and post-onboarding monitoring of employees, contractors, contingent workers, tenants, and drivers. Its pre-onboarding products include 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 others. Its post-onboarding solutions include criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media and global sanctions and licenses.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 34 (better than 34% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock First Advantage are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for First Advantage. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 77, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth, as well as stock returns. It ranks higher than 77% of competitors in the same industry. The other indicators are below average, namely the Value, Safety, and Sentiment Ranks.The Value Rank at 48 means that the share price of First Advantage is on the high side compared with its peers regarding revenues, profits, and invested capital. The stock price is higher than for 52% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 13, which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 87% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 35, indicating professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 65% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Dividend Yield
Weakest Rank Capital Growth
Country USA
Industry HR- & Employment Services
Size Large
Website fadv.com
Index
NASDAQ
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 23-Apr-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
48 18 22 19
Growth
77 94 71 69
Safety
Safety
13 72 76 26
Sentiment
35 22 16 38
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34 38 17 16
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
32 40 26 85
Opinions Change
50 31 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 28 63 8
Market Pulse
71 33 25 46
Sentiment
35 22 16 38
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
48 18 22 19
Growth
77 94 71 69
Safety Safety
13 72 76 26
Combined
38 69 46 19
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
46 27 19 25
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
64 38 67 48
Price vs. Book (P/B)
75 67 59 62
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
48 18 22 19
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
48 100 64 74
Profit Growth
50 19 36 12
Capital Growth
88 86 49 93
Stock Returns
58 58 87 31
Growth
77 94 71 69
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
15 37 48 30
Refinancing
62 57 56 60
Liquidity
20 100 98 18
Safety Safety
13 72 76 26

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This is a mixed bag with good value and high growth balanced by risky financing and negative sentiment. This is a risky stock that requires conviction; you should only consider it if you are willing to conduct further research into the underlying sentiment and financial risks.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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