FA

First Advantage Corporation
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY Industrials DELAYED
Last price
18.84
▲ 0.47 (2.56%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
18.27
Prev close
18.37
Day high
18.98
Day low
18.27
Volume
601.37K
Market cap
$3.24B
P/E (TTM)
134.57
52W range
8.82 – 25.15

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
-0.54%
Prior close 18.37
VWAP
18.64
+1.05% from price
Relative volume
0.29×
Quiet session
Session range
3.89%
18.27 – 18.98
Position in range
80%
Near session high
ATR (14D)
0.75
4.00% of price
Prior day high
18.43
PDH
Prior day low
18.13
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
593.99K
Avg 2.01M

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+2.73% +1.6%
1M
-8.32% -9.7%
3M
-3.58% -5.9%
6M
+68.97% +55.3%
YTD
+29.66% +16.4%
1Y
+25.10% +9.6%
3Y
+37.52% -45.8%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-12.45M
Net selling
Buy transactions
8
102.82K shares
Sell transactions
5
12.55M shares
Net transactions
+13
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
122.1 : 1
Heavily one-sided
Insider-held shares
4.39M
Total on file
Bought 102.82KSold 12.55M

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Aug 12, 26
SLTA V GP, L.L.C.
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 12.50M $275.19M Indirect
Jun 8, 26
CLARK JAMES LINDSEY
Director
SELL 4.92K $77.21K Direct
Jun 5, 26
SIM JUDITH KOON LIEN
Director
STOCK 12.80K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
CLARK JAMES LINDSEY
Director
STOCK 12.80K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
BELL SUSAN R
Director
STOCK 12.80K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
PRICE BRIDGETT R
Director
STOCK 12.80K $0 Direct
Jun 1, 26
JARDINE BRET T
Officer
SELL 25.00K $417.64K Direct
Jun 1, 26
JARDINE BRET T
Officer
CONVERSION 25.00K $127.75K Direct
May 12, 26
JARDINE BRET T
Officer
SELL 682 $10.99K Direct
May 11, 26
JARDINE BRET T
Officer
— 976 — Direct
May 11, 26
SMITH JOELLE M.
President
— 24.91K — Direct
May 11, 26
NAIRNE DOUGLAS
Officer
— 715 — Direct
May 7, 26
SMITH JOELLE M.
President
SELL 23.33K $350.01K Direct
Mar 5, 26
JARDINE BRET T
Officer
SELL 1.69K $20.68K Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
BELL SUSAN R
Director 73.95K Stock Award(Grant)
CLARK JAMES LINDSEY
Director 56.84K Sale
JARDINE BRET T
Officer 7.01K Sale
MARKS STEVEN IRWIN
Chief Financial Officer 34.20K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
NAIRNE DOUGLAS
Officer 47.46K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
PRICE BRIDGETT R
Director 62.57K Stock Award(Grant)
SIM JUDITH KOON LIEN
Director 73.95K Stock Award(Grant)
SLTA V GP, L.L.C.
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security — Sale
SMITH JOELLE M.
President 37.32K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
STAPLES SCOTT
Chief Executive Officer 3.82M Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$3.24B
Enterprise value$4.96B
Revenue (TTM)$1.66B
Gross profit$752.05M
EBITDA$421.15M
Net income$25.14M
EPS (TTM)$0.14
Free cash flow$215.07M
Total cash$239.97M
Total debt$2.04B
Book value / share$7.54
Shares outstanding171.75M
Float93.80M
Short % of float13.16%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)1.14

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E134.57
Forward P/E12.51
PEG ratio—
Price / sales—
Price / book2.50
EV / revenue2.98
EV / EBITDA11.77
Gross margin45.22%
Operating margin12.77%
Profit margin1.51%
Return on equity1.94%
Return on assets2.82%
Debt / equity157.74
Current ratio2.53
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $1.57B$860.21M$763.76M$810.02M +83.0%
Operating revenue $1.57B$860.21M$763.76M$810.02M +83.0%
Cost of revenue $855.31M$448.91M$386.78M$408.93M +90.5%
Gross profit $719.08M$411.29M$376.98M$401.10M +74.8%
Research & development $101.85M$63.82M$49.26M$51.93M +59.6%
Selling, general & admin $236.18M$263.94M$116.73M$116.64M -10.5%
Total operating expense $586.62M$473.68M$295.47M$306.82M +23.8%
Operating income $132.47M-$62.38M$81.52M$94.28M +312.3%
Net interest income -$168.67M-$51.85M-$33.04M-$9.20M -225.3%
Pre-tax income -$37.25M-$114.61M$48.48M$85.08M +67.5%
Tax provision -$2.43M-$4.34M$11.18M$20.48M +44.1%
Net income -$34.82M-$110.27M$37.29M$64.60M +68.4%
Net income to common -$34.82M-$110.27M$37.29M$64.60M +68.4%
Basic EPS -0.20-0.740.260.43 +73.0%
Diluted EPS -0.20-0.740.260.43 +73.0%
EBIT $131.42M-$62.77M$81.52M$94.28M +309.4%
EBITDA $380.00M$83.15M$210.99M$232.52M +357.0%
Basic shares 173.20M148.58M144.08M150.23M +16.6%
Diluted shares 173.20M148.58M146.23M151.81M +16.6%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
1.94
Put-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.20
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
17.50
-7.1% from spot
ATM implied vol
73.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-8.6%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
18
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
35
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
22.50
55 contracts
Heaviest put OI
17.50
18 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.290.35 +22.7%
Mar 2026 0.210.26 +25.2%
Dec 2025 0.260.30 +13.7%
Sep 2025 0.280.30 +7.2%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.34 10 $437.57M +7.0%
Next quarter 0.33 10 $433.96M +3.3%
Current year 1.28 10 $1.71B +8.4%
Next year 1.51 10 $1.82B +6.7%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$26.25
High target$30.00
Low target$22.00
Implied upside39.33%
Analyst count8
ConsensusNONE
Strong buy / Buy3 / 3
Hold4
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders2.56%
Held by institutions107.04%
Institutions holding270
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
18.42
+2.30% from price
SMA 20
19.67
-4.22% from price
SMA 50
20.52
-8.17% from price
SMA 100
19.21
-1.93% from price
SMA 200
15.93
+18.24% from price
EMA 12
18.84
-0.02% from price
EMA 26
19.51
-3.42% from price
EMA 50
19.73
-4.52% from price
RSI (14)
43.4
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-0.66
Hist -0.07
ATR (14)
0.75
4.00% of price
Realised vol 30D
40.5%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
22.48
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
16.86
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
20.52 vs 15.93
Trend bias
Above 200
+18.24%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 18.84
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.47
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.10
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
40.5%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-43.1%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-61.1%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.75
4.00% of price
Beta (reported)
1.14
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
10.26M
Prior 10.80M
Change vs prior
-5.0%
Shorts covering
% of float
13.16%
Elevated
% of shares out
5.97%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
7.4
Crowded exit
Float
93.80M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

48 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 17, 26 Citigroup MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Aug 7, 26 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
Aug 7, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Aug 6, 26 Needham UPGRADE Hold Buy
Aug 3, 26 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
May 11, 26 Citigroup MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
May 8, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
May 8, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Mar 6, 26 Citigroup MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Mar 6, 26 Barclays UPGRADE Equal-Weight Overweight
Feb 27, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Nov 7, 25 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend dateAug 18, 2023
Next pay dateAug 31, 2023
Last split—
Split date—

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