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Market Summary

USD16.40+0.06

Delayed

0.37%

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Big fall in earnings (Y/Y)

Losses in recent quarter

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FA Valuation

Market Cap

2.4B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

73.36

Price/Sales (Trailing)

3.14

EV/EBITDA

19.1

Price/Free Cashflow

14.87

FA Price/Sales (Trailing)

FA Profitability

EBT Margin

5.49%

Return on Equity

3.58%

Return on Assets

1.99%

Free Cashflow Yield

6.73%

FA Fundamentals

FA Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

757.7M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-3.48%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-16.36%

FA Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

32.5M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-251.06%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-119.63%

Breaking Down FA Revenue

Last 7 days

2.6%

Last 30 days

11.0%

Last 90 days

-4.6%

Trailing 12 Months

23.4%

How does FA drawdown profile look like?

FA Financial Health

Current Ratio

4.29

Debt/Equity

0.62

Debt/Cashflow

0.29

FA Investor Care

Dividend Yield

9.15%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

1.5

Buy Backs (1Y)

0.73%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

0.23

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	757.7M	0	0	0
2023	795.7M	779.4M	773.8M	763.8M
2022	770.1M	796.8M	810.0M	810.0M
2021	530.4M	600.2M	656.3M	712.3M
2020	479.4M	477.1M	474.7M	472.4M
2019	0	0	0	481.8M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of First Advantage Corporation

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Feb 28, 2024	marks steven irwin	sold (taxes)	-14,852	16.84	-882	chief accounting officer
Feb 28, 2024	marks steven irwin	acquired	-	-	2,509	chief accounting officer
Feb 12, 2024	jaeger joseph k.	sold	-338,902	16.9451	-20,000	president, americas
Sep 15, 2023	silver lake group, l.l.c.	sold	-2,422,250	14.2897	-169,510	-
Sep 15, 2023	silver lake group, l.l.c.	sold	-	-	-153,329	-
Sep 14, 2023	smith joelle m	sold	-143,909	14.3909	-10,000	see remarks
Aug 16, 2023	jardine bret t	acquired	79,320	6.61	12,000	see remarks
Aug 16, 2023	jardine bret t	sold	-182,400	15.2	-12,000	see remarks
Jun 23, 2023	jaeger joseph k.	sold (taxes)	-17,517	14.15	-1,238	president, americas
Jun 23, 2023	jaeger joseph k.	acquired	-	-	5,082	president, americas

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 16, 2024	JANE STREET GROUP, LLC	added	83.58	283,570	639,344	-%
May 16, 2024	COMERICA BANK	added	175	2,933	4,656	-%
May 16, 2024	Ancora Advisors LLC	new	-	2,027	2,027	-%
May 16, 2024	CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM	reduced	-5.58	-67,950	829,150	-%
May 15, 2024	CAT ROCK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP	reduced	-30.29	-17,505,700	37,603,800	4.31%
May 15, 2024	VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	new	-	407,560	407,560	-%
May 15, 2024	CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS	sold off	-100	-484,739	-	-%
May 15, 2024	BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/	added	127	3,020,880	5,488,950	-%
May 15, 2024	BAMCO INC /NY/	unchanged	-	-1,312,500	60,825,000	0.16%
May 15, 2024	PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP	added	115	6,875,140	13,051,500	0.34%

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Unveiling First Advantage Corporation's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 09, 2024	slta v (gp), l.l.c.	61.7%	89,557,840	SC 13G/A
Feb 11, 2022	slta v (gp), l.l.c.	58.6%	89,557,840	SC 13G

Recent SEC filings of First Advantage Corporation

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
May 15, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 14, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
May 14, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 14, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 13, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
May 09, 2024	10-Q	Quarterly Report
May 09, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Apr 29, 2024	S-4	Mergers and Acquisition
Apr 25, 2024	ARS	ARS
Apr 25, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A

Peers (Alternatives to First Advantage Corporation)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
ADP	103.3B	18.9B	3.89%	17.13%	27.92	5.46	7.08%	13.46%
CTAS	70.2B	9.4B	3.55%	46.60%	46.72	7.46	9.34%	15.98%
CPRT	52.4B	4.1B	0.93%	23.38%	38.65	12.91	10.52%	25.37%
EFX	30.8B	5.4B	4.69%	18.29%	55.13	5.75	5.76%	-4.95%
BAH	19.8B	10.3B	8.58%	63.14%	48.27	1.91	13.90%	-5.05%
ALLE	10.9B	3.6B	-1.06%	12.63%	20.13	3	4.33%	10.69%
MID-CAP
RHI	7.4B	6.2B	2.28%	3.37%	21.08	1.21	-13.83%	-42.32%
AL	5.5B	2.7B	1.27%	26.05%	9.4	2.02	15.08%	16.51%
SRCL	4.3B	2.6B	-4.39%	7.90%	-221.54	1.64	-3.11%	-123.81%
ABM	3.0B	8.2B	7.93%	6.44%	11.58	0.36	3.98%	33.49%
SMALL-CAP
AZZ	1.9B	2.7B	1.35%	107.67%	18.93	0.71	104.63%	188.16%
ALTG	285.4M	1.9B	-26.28%	-43.39%	32.07	0.15	15.20%	-4.30%
ARC	118.7M	283.1M	3.77%	-7.09%	13.57	0.42	-0.83%	-20.92%
AQMS	48.7M	212.0K	-14.00%	-58.65%	-1.94	213.63	-40.62%	-60.52%
AWX	9.4M	81.0M	4.35%	-6.98%	-8.5	0.12	-4.98%	-14.33%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																		(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4
Revenue	-16.4%	169	203	200	185	176	213	206	202	190	213	193	175	132	157	137	105	-	-
Operating Expenses	-1.8%	170	173	177	168	164	184	180	179	173	187	168	158	135	153	131	111	-	-
S&GA Expenses	46.0%	41.00	28.00	30.00	30.00	29.00	29.00	28.00	31.00	29.00	32.00	27.00	25.00	24.00	21.00	19.00	15.00	-	-
R&D Expenses	14.5%	12.00	11.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	14.00	12.00	11.00	12.00	11.00	12.00	8.00	7.00	-	-
EBITDA Margin	-1.9%	0.19*	0.19*	0.21*	0.23*	0.24*	0.26*	0.27*	0.26*	0.25*	0.20*	0.05*	0.04*	0.04*	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	72.4%	-3.57	-12.91	-7.56	-3.89	-8.68	-5.20	-1.74	-3.11	1.00	-3.10	-4.71	-10.45	-6.72	-85.79	12.00	14.00	-	-
Income Taxes	-184.0%	-1.39	2.00	5.00	4.00	1.00	3.00	7.00	5.00	5.00	7.00	3.00	3.00	-4.43	-22.66	-2.89	3.00	-	-
Earnings Before Taxes	-126.1%	-4.30	16.00	16.00	14.00	3.00	24.00	24.00	20.00	18.00	22.00	20.00	7.00	-23.82	-5.91	-6.34	-19.86	-	-
EBT Margin	-13.5%	0.05*	0.06*	0.07*	0.08*	0.09*	0.11*	0.10*	0.10*	0.09*	0.03*	0.00*	-0.05*	-0.11*	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-119.6%	-2.91	15.00	11.00	10.00	2.00	20.00	17.00	14.00	13.00	15.00	16.00	4.00	-19.39	-5.86	-3.45	-16.37	-	-
Net Income Margin	-12.3%	0.04*	0.05*	0.06*	0.06*	0.07*	0.08*	0.07*	0.07*	0.06*	0.02*	-0.01*	-0.04*	-0.08*	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-32.7%	38.00	56.00	33.00	32.00	39.00	70.00	46.00	53.00	39.00	63.00	26.00	30.00	22.00	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet															(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2019Q4
Assets	0.1%	1,632	1,631	1,629	1,838	1,848	1,886	1,922	1,911	1,903	1,887	1,857	1,842	1,803	1,764	545
Current Assets	6.9%	400	374	349	572	555	566	571	523	478	466	444	401	-	278	186
Cash Equivalents	14.9%	246	214	165	399	400	392	390	352	308	293	276	257	113	153	81.00
Net PPE	-10.2%	71.00	79.00	90.00	93.00	103	114	126	137	146	154	161	172	-	190	29.00
Goodwill	-0.1%	820	821	821	794	793	793	792	797	803	794	773	775	3.00	770	262
Liabilities	0.0%	724	724	741	744	740	759	762	760	757	754	742	742	856	969	639
Current Liabilities	9.6%	93.00	85.00	95.00	90.00	85.00	101	102	101	100	109	99.00	99.00	-	98.00	78.00
Long Term Debt	0.1%	559	558	558	558	557	557	556	556	555	555	554	554	-	779	541
LT Debt, Current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.00	-
LT Debt, Non Current	-100.0%	-	558	558	558	557	557	556	556	555	555	554	554	-	779	541
Shareholder's Equity	0.1%	908	907	888	1,094	1,107	1,127	1,160	1,152	1,146	1,132	1,114	1,100	778	794	-
Retained Earnings	-5.9%	-52.45	-49.54	-61.35	-68.51	-50.95	-27.36	11.00	-4.19	-18.43	-31.44	-46.83	-63.11	-	-47.49	-201
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.6%	983	977	972	1,184	1,180	1,176	1,174	1,170	1,168	1,165	1,160	1,159	-	839	-
Shares Outstanding	0.1%	145	145	145	145	147	149	151	151	151	140	137	131	130	-	-
Float	-	-	-	-	772	-	-	-	734	-	-	-	584	-	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																		(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-32.4%	38,329	56,740	34,358	33,123	38,599	69,928	46,430	54,829	41,583	64,817	27,762	32,385	23,713	35,225	14,217	-	-	-
Share Based Compensation	-1.3%	4,751	4,816	4,790	3,601	2,058	2,032	2,022	1,943	1,859	4,961	1,343	2,664	562	545	530	-	-	-
Cashflow From Investing	-43.1%	-7,031	-4,915	-48,614	-7,235	-6,083	-8,070	-6,163	-7,891	-26,472	-47,435	-5,989	-6,876	-12,127	-4,771	-4,315	-	-	-
Cashflow From Financing	123.0%	689	-2,991	-219,581	-26,821	-24,163	-58,327	-1,014	227	-40.00	-524	-3,497	118,631	-50,762	-3,952	-2,606	-	-	-
Buy Backs	-100.0%	-	3,284	3,619	27,339	25,517	58,282	2,248	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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FA Income Statement

2024-03-31

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Income Statement [Abstract]
REVENUES	$ 169,416	$ 175,520
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization below)	87,192	91,061
Product and technology expense	12,466	12,624
Selling, general, and administrative expense	40,662	28,682
Depreciation and amortization	29,822	31,866
Total operating expenses	170,142	164,233
(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	(726)	11,287
OTHER EXPENSE, NET:
Interest expense, net	3,570	8,681
Total other expense, net	3,570	8,681
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES	(4,296)	2,606
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	(1,388)	681
NET (LOSS) INCOME	(2,908)	1,925
Foreign currency translation (loss) income	(1,773)	869
COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME	(4,681)	2,794
Net (loss) income	$ (2,908)	$ 1,925
Basic net (loss) income per share	$ (0.02)	$ 0.01
Diluted net (loss) income per share	$ (0.02)	$ 0.01
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic	143,591,713	145,862,562
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted	143,591,713	147,031,866

FA Balance Sheet

2024-03-31

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 245,436	$ 213,774
Restricted cash	135	138
Short-term investments	600	0
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $893 and $1036 March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	129,011	142,690
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	21,795	13,426
Income tax receivable	2,568	3,710
Total current assets	399,545	373,738
Property and equipment, net	71,352	79,441
Goodwill	819,633	820,654
Trade name, net	64,370	66,229
Customer lists, net	262,876	275,528
Other intangible assets, net	2,138	2,257
Deferred tax asset, net	2,797	2,786
Other assets	9,202	10,021
TOTAL ASSETS	1,631,913	1,630,654
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	47,956	47,024
Accrued compensation	12,742	16,379
Accrued liabilities	24,102	16,162
Current portion of operating lease liability	3,367	3,354
Income tax payable	2,988	264
Deferred revenues	2,043	1,856
Total current liabilities	93,198	85,039
Long-term debt (net of deferred financing costs of $5,815 and $6268 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	558,909	558,456
Deferred tax liability, net	63,604	71,274
Operating lease liability, less current portion	5,632	5,931
Other liabilities	2,826	3,221
Total liabilities	724,169	723,921
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 12)
EQUITY
Common stock - $0.001 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 145,195,030 and 145,074,802 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively	145	145
Additional paid-in-capital	982,982	977,290
Accumulated deficit	(52,453)	(49,545)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(22,930)	(21,157)
Total equity	907,744	906,733
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 1,631,913	$ 1,630,654

About First Advantage Corporation

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. The company also provides post-onboarding solutions, including criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media screening, and global sanctions and licenses; and other products comprising fleet/vehicle compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, resident/tenant screening, and investigative research. Its products and solutions are used by personnel in recruiting, human resources, risk, compliance, vendor management, safety, and/or security in global enterprises, mid-sized, and small companies. The company was formerly known as Fastball Intermediate, Inc. and changed its name to First Advantage Corporation in March 2021. First Advantage Corporation was founded in 2002 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

CEO	Mr. Scott Staples
WEBSITE	https://fadv.com
INDUSTRY	Information Technology Services
EMPLOYEES	5800

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