First Advantage (DB:0MS) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

0MS Stock Overview

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

0MS fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	5/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 54.9% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 57.1% per year

Risk Analysis

Profit margins (0.6%) are lower than last year (5.5%)

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Shareholders have been diluted in the past year

First Advantage Corporation Competitors

Amadeus FiRe

XTRA:AAD

€411.8m

Bilfinger

XTRA:GBF

€1.7b

CEWE Stiftung KGaA

XTRA:CWC

€691.9m

Befesa

XTRA:BFSA

€734.8m

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for First Advantage
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$16.60
52 Week High	US$18.60
52 Week Low	US$13.60
Beta	1.2
11 Month Change	-8.79%
3 Month Change	-0.60%
1 Year Change	22.06%
33 Year Change	2.47%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	4.40%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	0MS	DE Professional Services	DE Market
7D	-4.6%	-5.3%	-0.4%
1Y	22.1%	-53.7%	7.1%

Return vs Industry: 0MS exceeded the German Professional Services industry which returned -54.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 0MS exceeded the German Market which returned 7.8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 0MS's price volatile compared to industry and market?
0MS volatility
0MS Average Weekly Movement	3.7%
Professional Services Industry Average Movement	4.0%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	11.0%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.4%

Stable Share Price: 0MS has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: 0MS's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2002	5,000	Scott Staples	fadv.com

First Advantage Corporation provides employment background screening, identity, and verification solutions 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.

First Advantage Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do First Advantage's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
0MS fundamental statistics
Market cap	€2.88b
Earnings (TTM)	€4.65m
Revenue (TTM)	€716.95m

642.3x

P/E Ratio

4.2x

P/S Ratio

Is 0MS overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
0MS income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$755.64m
Cost of Revenue	US$381.73m
Gross Profit	US$373.92m
Other Expenses	US$369.01m
Earnings	US$4.91m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.028
Gross Margin	49.48%
Net Profit Margin	0.65%
Debt/Equity Ratio	61.3%

How did 0MS perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

0MS Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

First Advantage Corporation Competitors

XTRA:AAD

€411.8m

XTRA:GBF

€1.7b

XTRA:CWC

€691.9m

XTRA:BFSA

€734.8m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

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

Recent updates

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 (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 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.

First Advantage Corporation (NasdaqGS:FA) acquired Infinite ID LLC.

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

First Advantage Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2021

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility

About the Company

First Advantage Corporation Fundamentals Summary

642.3x

4.2x

Earnings & Revenue