Quick Takeaways
- FA - FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
- Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
- Headline metric: Return On Equity -2.7%.
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FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP financial metrics
Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.
- Symbol
- FA on Nasdaq
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Fiscal year end
- 31 December
- Latest financial report
- 26 Feb 2026
What Changed
- Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-73%</span>.
- Most recent SEC facts end date: 20 Feb 2026.
Why This Matters
- This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
- Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.
Official SEC Source
Based on latest 10-Q/10-K
Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.
See Original FilingLatest SEC snapshot (2026-02-20) highlights Return On Equity -2.7%, Return On Assets -0.9%, and Operating Margin 8.4%.
Financial Quality Score
Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.
45.0/100
Caution Confidence high
Return On Equity
-2.7%
Metric score 0.0/100
Return On Assets
-0.9%
Metric score 0.0/100
Financial Health
- Current Ratio
- 2.44x
- Quick Ratio
- 2.33x
- Debt to Equity
- 1.97x
Strengths
Current Ratio, Revenues YoY, and NetIncomeLoss YoY
Watchpoints
Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin
Key metrics snapshot
Return On Equity
-2.7%
YoY: -73%
Industry median: 21% (n=103)
Return On Assets
-0.9%
YoY: -77%
Industry median: -10% (n=100)
Operating Margin
8.4%
YoY: -216%
Industry median: -3.8% (n=72)
Current Ratio
2.44x
YoY: +28%
Industry median: 1.09x (n=98)
Quick Ratio
2.33x
YoY: +34%
Industry median: 0.92x (n=62)
Debt-to-equity
1.97x
YoY: +66%
Industry median: 0.22x (n=79)
Revenues YoY
83%
YoY:
Industry median: 8.4% (n=77)
NetIncomeLoss YoY
68%
YoY:
Industry median: 15% (n=94)
Profitability
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Equity | -2.7% | -73% |
| Return On Assets | -0.9% | -77% |
| Operating Margin | 8.4% | -216% |
Financial Health
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 2.44x | +28% |
| Quick Ratio | 2.33x | +34% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.97x | +66% |
Growth
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Revenues YoY | 83% | |
| NetIncomeLoss YoY | 68% |
Share Metrics
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | 174,319,117 | +0.37% |
How we score
This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.
| Metric | Weight | V1 threshold |
|---|---|---|
| ROIC | 20 | 5% to 20% |
| ROE | 15 | 8% to 25% |
| ROA | 10 | 2% to 10% |
| Operating Margin | 5 | 5% to 25% |
| Current Ratio | 12 | 1.0x to 2.0x |
| Quick Ratio | 8 | 0.8x to 1.5x |
| Debt to Equity | 10 | 0.3x to 2.0x (lower is better) |
| Revenue YoY | 10 | -10% to +20% |
| Net Income YoY | 10 | -10% to +20% |
How Calculated (standard_v1)
Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.
- TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
- Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
- (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
- Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
- TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
- TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
- TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
- TTM Revenues YoY
- TTM Net Income YoY