First Advantage (FA) Debt Ratio (2020 - 2026)

First Advantage (FA) posted Debt Ratio of 0.55 for Q1 2026, up 0.99% on a QoQ basis from 0.54 in Q4 2025, and down 2.67% year-over-year from 0.56 in Q1 2025.

First Advantage (FA) Debt Ratio (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

First Advantage's Debt Ratio history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.55 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 2.67% year-over-year to 0.55 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.55 (down 2.67% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.54, down 2.59% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.55 for Q1 2026 at First Advantage, up from 0.54 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.56 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.29 in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.4 and a median of 0.34 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio slipped 3.3% — and 2025, when it soared 64.37%.
  • First Advantage's Debt Ratio stood at 0.3 in 2022, then rose by 16.02% to 0.34 in 2023, then surged by 62.64% to 0.56 in 2024, then slipped by 2.59% to 0.54 in 2025, then increased by 0.99% to 0.55 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FA's Debt Ratio at 0.55 in Q1 2026, 0.54 in Q4 2025, and 0.55 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Cintas 82.43 Bn 82.25 Bn 1.45 Bn 0.26
2 Rentokil Initial 71.81 Bn 69.31 Bn - 71.37
3 Relx 63.28 Bn 63.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 40.35 Bn 39.49 Bn - -0.05
5 Copart 26.32 Bn 22.97 Bn 732.88 Mn -
6 Global Payments 22.09 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.70 Bn 0.35
7 Rb Global 20.79 Bn 20.60 Bn 927.90 Mn 0.19
8 UL Solutions 17.26 Bn 17.01 Bn 381.00 Mn 0.12
9 Aramark 15.08 Bn 14.60 Bn 426.39 Mn 0.44
10 First Advantage 3.41 Bn 3.18 Bn 173.79 Mn 0.55

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.55
Dec 31, 2025 0.54
Sep 30, 2025 0.55
Jun 30, 2025 0.56
Mar 31, 2025 0.56
Dec 31, 2024 0.56
Sep 30, 2024 0.34
Jun 30, 2024 0.34
Mar 31, 2024 0.34
Dec 31, 2023 0.34
Sep 30, 2023 0.34
Jun 30, 2023 0.30
Mar 31, 2023 0.30
Dec 31, 2022 0.30
Sep 30, 2022 0.29
Jun 30, 2022 0.29
Mar 31, 2022 0.29
Dec 31, 2021 0.29
Sep 30, 2021 0.30
Jun 30, 2021 0.30