Financials · FA
For the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, First Advantage Corporation reported $1.72B of revenue and $43.04M of net income.
FA revenue was $465.78M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026), up 13.8% from a year earlier and up 3.8% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $1.57B, up 83.0% from fiscal 2024. It rose in 3 of the last 4 fiscal years. Fiscal 2025 is the highest of the 6 fiscal years on file.
FA net income was $20.49M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026), up 690.2% from a year earlier and up 21.1% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$34.82M, compared with -$110.27M in fiscal 2024.
FA diluted EPS was $0.12 in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026), up about 12-fold from a year earlier and up 20.0% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$0.20, compared with -$0.74 in fiscal 2024.
FA free cash flow was $60.21M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026), down 15.5% from a year earlier and down 12.7% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $188.49M, up 611.9% from fiscal 2024. It rose in 2 of the last 4 fiscal years.
| Line item | Dec 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.57B | $860.21M | $763.76M | $810.02M | $712.29M | $481.77M |
| Research and development | $101.85M | $63.82M | $49.26M | $51.93M | $45.51M | $33.24M |
| Selling, general and admin | $236.18M | $263.94M | $116.73M | $116.64M | $107.98M | $85.08M |
| Operating income | $132.47M | -$62.38M | $81.52M | $94.28M | $63.82M | $92.17M |
| Interest expense | - | - | - | - | $25.12M | $51.96M |
| Pre-tax income | -$37.25M | -$114.61M | $48.48M | $85.08M | $24.91M | $41.15M |
| Income tax | -$2.43M | -$4.34M | $11.18M | $20.48M | $8.86M | -$6.90M |
| Net income | -$34.82M | -$110.27M | $37.29M | $64.60M | $16.05M | $34.25M |
| EPS, basic | -$0.20 | -$0.74 | $0.26 | $0.43 | $0.11 | $0.23 |
| EPS, diluted | -$0.20 | -$0.74 | $0.26 | $0.43 | $0.11 | $0.21 |
| Diluted shares | 173.2M | 148.6M | 146.2M | 151.8M | 141.7M | 163.9M |
| Line item | Dec 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $240.00M | $169.48M | $213.91M | $391.80M | $292.79M | $80.75M |
| Short-term investments | - | - | $0 | $1.96M | $941.0K | - |
| Receivables | $297.28M | $266.80M | $142.69M | $143.81M | $155.77M | - |
| Current assets | $561.70M | $475.99M | $373.74M | $566.20M | $466.16M | - |
| Goodwill | $2.14B | $2.12B | $820.65M | $793.08M | $793.89M | - |
| Total assets | $3.83B | $3.92B | $1.63B | $1.89B | $1.89B | - |
| Current liabilities | $230.46M | $250.69M | $85.04M | $100.79M | $109.31M | - |
| Short-term debt | $0 | $21.85M | $0 | - | $0 | - |
| Long-term debt | $2.08B | $2.12B | $558.46M | $556.65M | $554.85M | - |
| Total debt | $2.08B | $2.14B | $558.46M | $556.65M | $554.85M | - |
| Total liabilities | $2.52B | $2.62B | $723.92M | $759.21M | $754.34M | - |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.31B | $1.31B | $906.73M | $1.13B | $1.13B | - |
| Line item | Dec 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $195.13M | $28.20M | $162.82M | $212.77M | $148.68M | $71.58M |
| Capital expenditures | $6.63M | $1.72M | $2.08M | $6.17M | $7.31M | $6.58M |
| Free cash flow | $188.49M | $26.48M | $160.74M | $206.60M | $141.36M | $65.00M |
| Investing cash flow | -$54.13M | -$1.65B | -$66.85M | -$48.60M | -$72.43M | -$17.79M |
| Financing cash flow | -$70.76M | $1.58B | -$273.56M | -$59.15M | $63.85M | -$3.18M |
| Share repurchases | - | - | $59.48M | $60.53M | - | - |
| Stock-based compensation | $24.46M | $31.76M | $15.27M | $7.86M | $9.53M | $1.22M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $111.80M | $77.20M | $67.40M | $70.00M | $69.40M | $14.90M |
| Line item | Dec 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | 83.0% | 12.6% | -5.7% | 13.7% | - | - |
| Net income growth, YoY | - | - | -42.3% | 302.5% | - | - |
| EPS growth, YoY | - | - | -39.5% | 290.9% | - | - |
| Operating margin | 8.4% | -7.3% | 10.7% | 11.6% | 9.0% | 19.1% |
| Net margin | -2.2% | -12.8% | 4.9% | 8.0% | 2.3% | 7.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.0% | 3.1% | 21.0% | 25.5% | 19.8% | 13.5% |
| Return on equity | -2.7% | -8.4% | 4.1% | 5.7% | 1.4% | - |
| Return on assets | -0.9% | -2.8% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 0.9% | - |
| Current ratio | 2.44 | 1.90 | 4.39 | 5.62 | 4.26 | - |
| Debt to equity | 1.58 | 1.64 | 0.62 | 0.49 | 0.49 | - |
| Line item | Sep 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $465.78M | $448.76M | $385.20M | $420.02M | $409.15M | $390.63M | $354.59M | $307.12M | $199.12M | $184.55M | $169.42M | $202.56M |
| Research and development | $27.30M | $27.27M | $24.61M | $23.89M | $25.14M | $25.68M | $27.16M | $24.77M | $12.91M | $13.68M | $12.47M | $10.89M |
| Selling, general and admin | $57.58M | $57.81M | $53.48M | $55.66M | $57.46M | $57.47M | $65.58M | $138.59M | $46.05M | $38.64M | $40.66M | $27.85M |
| Operating income | $60.11M | $57.02M | $33.52M | $44.87M | $42.24M | $37.74M | $7.62M | -$80.67M | $9.11M | $9.90M | -$726.0K | $29.38M |
| Pre-tax income | $29.05M | $25.06M | $3.31M | $7.22M | $1.79M | -$7.30M | -$38.96M | -$104.79M | -$8.08M | $2.55M | -$4.30M | $16.47M |
| Income tax | $8.57M | $8.14M | $1.14M | $3.75M | -$798.0K | -$7.61M | $2.23M | -$4.42M | $782.0K | $689.0K | -$1.39M | $1.65M |
| Net income | $20.49M | $16.91M | $2.17M | $3.47M | $2.59M | $308.0K | -$41.19M | -$100.37M | -$8.86M | $1.86M | -$2.91M | $14.81M |
| EPS, basic | $0.12 | $0.10 | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.01 | $0.00 | -$0.24 | -$0.67 | -$0.06 | $0.01 | -$0.02 | $0.10 |
| EPS, diluted | $0.12 | $0.10 | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.01 | $0.00 | -$0.24 | -$0.67 | -$0.06 | $0.01 | -$0.02 | $0.11 |
| Diluted shares | 175.4M | 173.2M | 174.9M | - | 175.5M | 175.1M | 172.8M | - | 144.1M | 145.9M | 143.6M | - |
| Line item | Sep 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $240.90M | $237.90M | $225.91M | $240.00M | $216.93M | $184.34M | $172.79M | $169.48M | $307.48M | $269.65M | $245.57M | $213.91M |
| Short-term investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $600.0K | $0 |
| Receivables | $350.26M | $309.28M | $287.68M | $297.28M | $291.03M | $283.08M | $266.05M | $266.80M | $143.02M | $130.77M | $129.01M | $142.69M |
| Current assets | $626.64M | $581.05M | $539.32M | $561.70M | $542.43M | $502.85M | $471.80M | $475.99M | $466.98M | $427.23M | $399.55M | $373.74M |
| Goodwill | $2.14B | $2.14B | $2.14B | $2.14B | $2.14B | $2.14B | $2.13B | $2.12B | $822.28M | $819.14M | $819.63M | $820.65M |
| Total assets | $3.75B | $3.75B | $3.75B | $3.83B | $3.86B | $3.87B | $3.87B | $3.92B | $1.66B | $1.64B | $1.63B | $1.63B |
| Current liabilities | $256.21M | $229.94M | $203.50M | $230.46M | $239.83M | $253.39M | $241.00M | $250.69M | $121.35M | $99.10M | $93.20M | $85.04M |
| Short-term debt | - | - | - | $0 | $0 | $21.85M | $21.85M | $21.85M | - | - | - | $0 |
| Long-term debt | $1.99B | $2.03B | $2.06B | $2.08B | $2.10B | $2.10B | $2.12B | $2.12B | $559.84M | $559.37M | $558.91M | $558.46M |
| Total debt | $1.99B | $2.03B | $2.06B | $2.08B | $2.10B | $2.13B | $2.14B | $2.14B | $559.84M | $559.37M | $558.91M | $558.46M |
| Total liabilities | $2.42B | $2.45B | $2.46B | $2.52B | $2.55B | $2.57B | $2.59B | $2.62B | $736.42M | $722.64M | $724.17M | $723.92M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.32B | $1.29B | $1.29B | $1.31B | $1.30B | $1.30B | $1.28B | $1.31B | $920.71M | $913.31M | $907.74M | $906.73M |
| Line item | Sep 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $63.80M | $73.60M | $49.43M | $65.94M | $72.37M | $37.34M | $19.47M | -$85.67M | $43.49M | $32.04M | $38.33M | $56.74M |
| Capital expenditures | $3.59M | $4.65M | $2.81M | $3.79M | $1.13M | $1.23M | $485.0K | $334.0K | $416.0K | $649.0K | $321.0K | $287.0K |
| Free cash flow | $60.21M | $68.94M | $46.62M | $62.16M | $71.24M | $36.11M | $18.99M | -$86.00M | $43.07M | $31.39M | $38.01M | $56.45M |
| Investing cash flow | -$23.10M | -$19.50M | -$14.02M | -$16.83M | -$13.48M | -$12.74M | -$11.08M | -$1.63B | -$7.90M | -$6.78M | -$7.03M | -$4.92M |
| Financing cash flow | -$41.63M | -$40.98M | -$44.26M | -$25.73M | -$23.92M | -$15.11M | -$5.99M | $1.58B | $942.0K | -$476.0K | $689.0K | -$2.99M |
| Share repurchases | $204.0K | $18.87M | $19.69M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3.00M |
| Stock-based compensation | $5.08M | $5.24M | $4.43M | $5.03M | $5.72M | $5.74M | $7.97M | $12.46M | $9.50M | $5.05M | $4.75M | $4.82M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $28.30M | $27.50M | $27.80M | $28.50M | $28.00M | $27.70M | $27.60M | $30.10M | $15.90M | $15.70M | $15.50M | $17.40M |
| Line item | Sep 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | 13.8% | 14.9% | 8.6% | 36.8% | 105.5% | 111.7% | 109.3% | 51.6% | -0.6% | -0.4% | -3.5% | -4.7% |
| Net income growth, YoY | 690.2% | 5391.6% | - | - | - | -83.4% | - | - | - | -81.0% | - | -26.5% |
| EPS growth, YoY | 1100.0% | - | - | - | - | -100.0% | - | - | - | -85.7% | - | -21.4% |
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 12.7% | 8.7% | 10.7% | 10.3% | 9.7% | 2.1% | -26.3% | 4.6% | 5.4% | -0.4% | 14.5% |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 3.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.1% | -11.6% | -32.7% | -4.4% | 1.0% | -1.7% | 7.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.9% | 15.4% | 12.1% | 14.8% | 17.4% | 9.2% | 5.4% | -28.0% | 21.6% | 17.0% | 22.4% | 27.9% |
| Current ratio | 2.45 | 2.53 | 2.65 | 2.44 | 2.26 | 1.98 | 1.96 | 1.90 | 3.85 | 4.31 | 4.29 | 4.39 |
| Debt to equity | 1.50 | 1.57 | 1.59 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 1.64 | 1.67 | 1.64 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.62 |
Source: XBRL data First Advantage Corporation files with the SEC, latest filing dated Nov 5, 2026 (see filings on SEC EDGAR). Provided for information only, not investment advice. Check the filing before relying on a number.
* Worked out from the filings rather than stated in them: Q4 is the full year less the first nine months.
Per-share figures are as filed. The filings show no stock split in these periods.
EPS growth is left out where the share count moved enough to suggest a split the filings do not show. Growth rates need a positive starting figure. CAGR is compound annual growth between fiscal years. The CSV holds every period on file, in full figures, from the same SEC filings.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA | $1.72B | +17.7% | $43.04M | 2.5% | $4.04B |
| ADP | $22.26B | +6.5% | $4.53B | 20.3% | $119.24B |
| INFY | $20.16B | +4.6% | $3.31B | 16.4% | $50.24B |
| WDAY | $10.15B | +13.3% | $1.25B | 12.3% | $45.84B |
| ZS | $3.35B | +25.4% | -$63.18M | -1.9% | $32.45B |
| CTSH | $21.89B | +5.0% | $2.57B | 11.8% | $28.43B |
| VRSN | $1.73B | +6.5% | $849.80M | 49.1% | $27.43B |
| VRSK | $3.18B | +4.9% | $879.20M | 27.7% | $25.73B |
| IOT | $1.85B | +29.5% | $90.55M | 4.9% | $24.73B |