First Advantage Corporation

Specialty Business Services · Industrials

Price

$22.35

+0.04 (+0.18%)

Market Cap

$3.83B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+13.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 152.9M (2021) → 173.2M (2025)

First Advantage Corporation provides technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance related to human capital worldwide. It offers pre-onboarding products and solutions, such as criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks and biometric fraud mitigation tools, education/work history verification, driver records and compliance, healthcare credentials, executive screening, and other screening products. Th

Winston Score History

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Revenue Growth

+8.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+105.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

54.7%ownership

↑ Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$226M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

First Advantage Corporation is growing revenue at 9% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

29.0%

Modest — 29.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

8.8%

Modest — 8.8% operating margin

ROCE

2.6%

Weak — 2.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+53.5%

Fast-growing sales (53.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

2636%

Turns 2636% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

12.4%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.4%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Interest Cover

1.05x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.1x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

454.3x

Expensive — P/E 454.3

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+437.5

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (454.3 → 16.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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