FA · First Advantage Corporation
$19.96
+0.81% last session
End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-24
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
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
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 priceJP Morgan
Overweight$18.00
-9.8% vs priceBarclays
Overweight$20.00
+0.2% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | Citigroup | Maintains | Neutral | $15.00 → $18.00 |
| 2026-05-08 | JP Morgan | Maintains | Overweight | $15.00 → $18.00 |
| 2026-05-08 | Barclays | Maintains | Overweight | $15.00 → $20.00 |
| 2026-03-06 | Citigroup | Maintains | Neutral | $16.00 → $15.00 |
| 2026-03-06 | Barclays | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | $14.00 → $15.00 |
| 2026-02-27 | Barclays | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $18.00 → $14.00 |
| 2025-11-07 | JP Morgan | Maintains | Overweight | $21.00 → $17.00 |
| 2025-08-21 | Needham | Reiterates | Hold | $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
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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