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FA · First Advantage Corporation

Specialty Business ServicesUnited StatesAnalyst view: Buy

$19.96

+0.81% last session

End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-24

Mildly bullish3 bullish · 1 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Buy (2.40 from 7 analysts)
To mean target: -5.5%

Market cap

$3B

Enterprise value

$5B

Trailing P/E

383.6

Forward P/E

13.4

Dividend yield

Beta

1.19

Avg volume

2M

Employees

10K

2D change

-3.91%

5D change

-14.18%

10D change

-9.31%

30D change

14.71%

60D change

24.38%

MTD change

1.51%

YTD change

32.00%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingBuy
Recommendation mean (1–5)2.40
Covering analysts7
Mean price target$18.86
Low price target$17.00
Upside to mean target-5.5%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)50.2
50-day MA$17.56
200-day MA$14.16
Price vs 50-day MA+10.1%
Price vs 200-day MA+36.6%
MACD histogram-0.30
Volume vs 3-month avg0.1×
52w low $8.9552w high $22.35

Analyst sentiment over time — FA

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-05-11

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

Citigroup

Neutral

$18.00

-9.8% vs price
▲ raised from $15.00Maintains · 2026-05-11

JP Morgan

Overweight

$18.00

-9.8% vs price
▲ raised from $15.00Maintains · 2026-05-08

Barclays

Overweight

$20.00

+0.2% vs price
▲ raised from $15.00Maintains · 2026-05-08

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-05-11CitigroupMaintainsNeutral$15.00 $18.00
2026-05-08JP MorganMaintainsOverweight$15.00 $18.00
2026-05-08BarclaysMaintainsOverweight$15.00 $20.00
2026-03-06CitigroupMaintainsNeutral$16.00 $15.00
2026-03-06BarclaysUpgradeEqual-WeightOverweight$14.00 $15.00
2026-02-27BarclaysMaintainsEqual-Weight$18.00 $14.00
2025-11-07JP MorganMaintainsOverweight$21.00 $17.00
2025-08-21NeedhamReiteratesHold$0.00

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-07-24

  • RSI (14): RSI is 50 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 10.1% above the 50-day MA ($17.56).
  • Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 36.5% above the 200-day MA ($14.16).
  • MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
  • MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-0.30) — short-term momentum is fading.
  • 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($8.95) and high ($22.35).

FA Price Chart

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$2.0B
EBITDA$0M
Free cash flow$0M
Operating cash flow$0M
Book value / share$7.49
Net debt / EBITDA4.6
WACC10.0%
Revenue growth9.00%
Earnings growth

About First Advantage Corporation

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. Its products and solutions are used by executive management, human resources, talent acquisition, risk, compliance, vendor management, safety, 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.

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