First Advantage (FA) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.35
- Estimate
- $0.29
- Surprise
- +22.7%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $448.8M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.4 → 5.5/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
First Advantage (FA) beat the $0.29 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.35 — a large 22.7% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Sell (5.4/10) to Hold at 5.5/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates FA Sell at 5.4/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +22.7% surprise compares with a +17.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: pre-onboarding screening products
- Thin upside margin: 9.7%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.2)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $20.86
- Price target
- $22.84
- Stop
- $19.39
- Upside to target
- +9.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.4:1
The stock trades at 131.4× trailing but 14.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
FA at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Market cap
- $3.61B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 131.4
- 52-week range
- $8.82–$25.15
- Off 52-week high
- 17.1%
- RSI (14)
- 55
- Volume vs avg
- 0.05×
- Score today
- 5.4/10