First Advantage Corporation (FA) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $16.75: Risk below floor (2.3 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Below-average business quality.
First Advantage is a global background screening and identity solutions provider serving employers, gig economy platforms, and housing providers across 200+ countries. Revenue is generated from per-transaction screening fees for criminal, employment, education, and drug/health... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $16.75: Risk below floor (2.3 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 51d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About First Advantage Corporation
About First Advantage Corporation
First Advantage processed more than 200 million screens in 2025 across 200+ countries and territories for over 80,000 customers, including roughly two-thirds of the Fortune 100, with proprietary databases containing more than 1 billion U.S. criminal, education, and work history records at December 31, 2025. Approximately 90% of U.S. criminal screens are completed within one business day, reflecting the scale and automation of the company's fulfillment infrastructure.
The company earns revenue primarily from pre-onboarding screening products—criminal background checks, drug and health screening, identity verification, and credential verifications—with volume tied to customers' hiring activity across sectors including healthcare, transportation, e-commerce, and financial services. Post-onboarding products such as continuous criminal monitoring, motor vehicle records tracking, and healthcare sanction monitoring provide a recurring layer that grows as customers expand beyond one-time pre-hire checks. Adjacent offerings include fleet compliance solutions, hiring tax credit processing, and executive investigative research. Technology integration with more than 100 Human Capital Management and Applicant Tracking Systems creates workflow dependencies that support the approximately 96% gross retention rate at December 31, 2025. Competition comes from vertical-focused specialists, mid-size regional players, and payroll or ATS providers seeking to bundle background screening.
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First Advantage remains subject to multiple Federal Trade Commission consent decrees acquired through a 2013 transaction, requiring biennial audits of its information security program in addition to ongoing FCRA compliance. State-level fair-chance hiring ordinances in multiple jurisdictions constrain employers from using criminal history in hiring decisions, which may reduce demand for criminal background check products. Separately, GDPR violations could trigger fines of up to 20 million euros or 4% of annual global revenue, creating a regulatory ceiling on European expansion alongside a U.S. environment already complicated by the CCPA and state biometric data laws.
See also: Industrials · Specialty Business Services
From First Advantage Corporation's most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 10, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — First Advantage Corporation
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- NEWS First Advantage Will Replace Kennedy-Wilson Holdings In The S&P Smallcap 600 Effective Prior To The Opening Of Trading — benzinga Jun 11, 2026 positive
- NEWS Citigroup Maintains Neutral on First Advantage, Raises Price Target to $18 — benzinga May 11, 2026 neutral
- NEWS JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on First Advantage, Raises Price Target to $18 — benzinga May 8, 2026 positive
- NEWS Barclays Maintains Overweight on First Advantage, Raises Price Target to $20 — benzinga May 8, 2026 positive
- NEWS First Advantage Affirms FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance of $1.15-$1.25 vs $1.20 Est; Affirms FY2026 Sales Guidance of $1.625B-$1 — benzinga May 7, 2026 neutral
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3 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Risk profile below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $16.75: Risk below floor (2.3 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $15.59. Score 5.3/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $16.74 (-0.1% upside). Prior stop was $15.59. Stop-loss: $15.59.
Target reached (-5.8% upside); Risk below floor (2.3 < 3.0).
First Advantage Corporation trades at a P/E of 329.8 (forward 11.5). TrendMatrix value score: 7.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
18 analysts cover FA with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $18.
What does First Advantage Corporation do?First Advantage is a global background screening and identity solutions provider serving employers, gig economy...
First Advantage is a global background screening and identity solutions provider serving employers, gig economy platforms, and housing providers across 200+ countries. Revenue is generated from per-transaction screening fees for criminal, employment, education, and drug/health verifications; no single customer exceeds 10% of revenues.