First Advantage (FA) EBITDA Margin (2020 - 2026)
First Advantage (FA) reported EBITDA Margin of 26.50% for Q2 2026, up 0.99 percentage points from 25.51% a year earlier and up 1.65 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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First Advantage (FA) EBITDA Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, First Advantage's EBITDA Margin came in at 25.66%, up 11.00 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 24.20%, up 14.49 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBITDA Margin has a five-year change of -3.96 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBITDA Margin came in at 9.71% in FY2024 (-17.91 pp), 27.63% in FY2023 (-1.08 pp), 28.71% in FY2022 (-0.30 pp) and 29.01% in FY2021 (+0.85 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly EBITDA Margin since Q4 2023.
- Year over year, EBITDA Margin has now increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.64 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBITDA Margin in five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 33.67 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2024 (a drop of 38.91 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 24.85% (Q1 2026), 25.62% (Q4 2025) and 25.54% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 254.20 Bn | 239.27 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 20.32% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 230.37 Bn | 210.78 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 11.58% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 125.02 Bn | 110.95 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 40.40% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 110.23 Bn | 97.55 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -8.70% |
| 5 | Datadog | 91.06 Bn | 72.70 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 4.19% |
| 6 | Zscaler | 33.86 Bn | 19.98 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Okta | 32.97 Bn | 23.06 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 20.62% |
| 8 | Axon Enterprise | 31.76 Bn | 26.29 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 8.76% |
| 9 | MongoDB | 28.20 Bn | 18.67 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 4.58% |
| 10 | First Advantage | 3.39 Bn | 2.47 Bn | 203.99 Mn | 26.83% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.83% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 25.24% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 25.99% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 25.93% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 25.92% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.99% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -7.65% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.96% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.86% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 31.08% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.98% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 27.07% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 24.85% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 30.23% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 29.54% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 28.59% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 27.16% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 29.21% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 31.44% |
API Access
First Advantage EBITDA Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=FA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "ticker": "FA", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=FA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();