First Advantage (0MS) Stock Overview

Provides employment background screening, digital identity, and verification solutions internationally. More details

0MS fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 77.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 115.29% per year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 34.5%

Risk Analysis

Volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the German market

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for First Advantage
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$9.55
52 Week High	US$16.40
52 Week Low	US$7.45
Beta	1.17
1 Month Change	-4.02%
3 Month Change	-28.73%
1 Year Change	-26.54%
3 Year Change	-16.96%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-39.94%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	0MS	DE Professional Services	DE Market
7D	-0.5%	-0.3%	2.6%
1Y	-26.5%	8.0%	11.4%

Return vs Industry: 0MS underperformed the German Professional Services industry which returned 9.7% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 0MS underperformed the German Market which returned 16.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 0MS's price volatile compared to industry and market?
0MS volatility
0MS Average Weekly Movement	10.3%
Professional Services Industry Average Movement	5.6%
Market Average Movement	6.0%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	13.7%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.7%

Stable Share Price: 0MS's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: 0MS's weekly volatility (10%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of German stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2002	9,500	Scott Staples	fadv.com

First Advantage Corporation provides employment background screening, digital identity, and verification solutions internationally. 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, I-9 verification, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media screening, and global sanctions and licenses; and adjacent products comprising fleet/vehicle compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, and investigative research.

First Advantage Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do First Advantage's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
0MS fundamental statistics
Market cap	€1.68b
Earnings (TTM)	-€29.75m
Revenue (TTM)	€1.35b

1.2x

P/S Ratio

-55.8x

P/E Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
0MS income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$1.57b
Cost of Revenue	US$855.31m
Gross Profit	US$719.08m
Other Expenses	US$753.91m
Earnings	-US$34.82m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.20
Gross Margin	45.67%
Net Profit Margin	-2.21%
Debt/Equity Ratio	158.8%

How did 0MS perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/04/09 16:52
End of Day Share Price	2026/04/09 00:00
Earnings	2025/12/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

First Advantage Corporation is covered by 11 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Manav Patnaik	Barclays
Jeffrey Silber	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Heather Balsky	BofA Global Research

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Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) announces an Equity Buyback for $100 million worth of its shares.

First Advantage Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2026

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q4, 2025 Results on Feb 26, 2026

First Advantage Corporation Announces Resignation of Bianca Stoica, as Member of the Board of Directors , Effective on January 29, 2026

First Advantage Corporation Narrows Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2025

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q3, 2025 Results on Nov 06, 2025

Recent updates

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) announces an Equity Buyback for $100 million worth of its shares.

First Advantage Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2026

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q4, 2025 Results on Feb 26, 2026

First Advantage Corporation Announces Resignation of Bianca Stoica, as Member of the Board of Directors , Effective on January 29, 2026

First Advantage Corporation Narrows Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2025

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q3, 2025 Results on Nov 06, 2025

First Advantage Corporation Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Full Year Ending December 31, 2025

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Aug 07, 2025

First Advantage Corporation(NasdaqGS:FA) dropped from Russell 2000 Growth-Defensive Index

First Advantage Corporation Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2025

First Advantage Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 06, 2025

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q1, 2025 Results on May 08, 2025

First Advantage Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2025

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Feb 27, 2025

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.054 loss per share (vs US$0.075 profit in 3Q 2023)

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) completed the acquisition of Sterling Check Corp. (NasdaqGS:STER) from a group of shareholders.

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Nov 12, 2024

First Advantage Corporation Promotes Joelle M. Smith to President, Effective September 16, 2024

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.033 (vs US$0.068 in 2Q 2023)

First Advantage Corporation Reaffirms Standalone Earnings Guidance for the Full-Year of 2024

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Aug 08, 2024

First Advantage Corporation Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for 2024

First quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.02 loss per share (vs US$0.013 profit in 1Q 2023)

First Advantage Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2024

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 09, 2024

First Advantage Corporation Introduces Next-Gen Rightid to Detect Job Applicant Fraud in Pre-Hire Process

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) entered into an agreement to acquire Sterling Check Corp. (NasdaqGS:STER) from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and others for $1.7 billion.

First Advantage Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for Full Year 2024

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 29, 2024

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.075 (vs US$0.11 in 3Q 2022)

First Advantage Corporation Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 09, 2023

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) acquired Infinite ID LLC for $41 million.

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.068 (vs US$0.094 in 2Q 2022)

First Advantage Corporation Declares One-Time Special Dividend, Payable on August 31, 2023

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 09, 2023

First Advantage Corporation Reaffirms Revenue Guidance for 2023

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.013 (vs US$0.086 in 1Q 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.43 (vs US$0.11 in FY 2021)

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 28, 2023

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.11 (vs US$0.11 in 3Q 2021)

First Advantage Corporation Revised Revenue Guidance for the Full Year 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 08, 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.094 (vs US$0.029 in 2Q 2021)

First Advantage Corporation Revises Revenue Guidance for the Full Year 2022

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Aug 04, 2022

First Advantage Corporation Announces the Appointment of Bridgett Price to the Board of Directors as an Independent Director and Member of the Audit Committee

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.086 (vs US$0.15 loss in 1Q 2021)

First Advantage Corporation Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

High number of new and inexperienced directors

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q1, 2022 Results on May 11, 2022

First Advantage Appoints Steven Marks as Chief Accounting Officer

First Advantage Corporation to Report Q4, 2021 Results on Mar 23, 2022

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) acquired Business of Business of Form I-9 Compliance from Form I-9 Compliance.

High number of new and inexperienced directors

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) completed the acquisition of Corporate Screening Services, Inc.

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) completed the acquisition of MultiLatin Advisors, S.A. de C.V.

CEO & Director recently sold €5.8m worth of stock