First Advantage (FA) EBT Margin (2020 - 2026)

First Advantage (FA) posted EBT Margin of 0.86% for Q1 2026, down 50.08% on a QoQ basis from 1.72% in Q4 2025, and up 1185.0% year-over-year from 0.07% in Q1 2025.

First Advantage (FA) EBT Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

First Advantage's EBT Margin history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.86% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin rose 1185.0% year-over-year to 0.86% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31% (up 1459.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.37%, up 1096.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 0.86% for Q1 2026 at First Advantage, down from 1.72% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 11.61% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 34.12% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 1.03% and a median of 1.48% in 2023 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — EBT Margin sank 4225 bps — and 2025, when it surged 3584 bps.
  • First Advantage's EBT Margin stood at 11.08% in 2022, then declined by 27 bps to 8.13% in 2023, then tumbled by 520 bps to 34.12% in 2024, then surged by 105 bps to 1.72% in 2025, then plunged by 50 bps to 0.86% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FA's EBT Margin at 0.86% in Q1 2026, 1.72% in Q4 2025, and 0.44% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 22.26%
2 Rentokil Initial 73.75 Bn 71.25 Bn - 4.78%
3 Relx 60.28 Bn 60.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 38.09 Bn 37.23 Bn - 30.62%
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn 40.59%
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn -7.56%
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn 14.03%
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn 17.02%
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 2.80%
10 First Advantage 3.34 Bn 3.11 Bn 173.79 Mn 0.86%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.86%
Dec 31, 2025 1.72%
Sep 30, 2025 0.44%
Jun 30, 2025 -1.87%
Mar 31, 2025 -10.99%
Dec 31, 2024 -34.12%
Sep 30, 2024 -4.06%
Jun 30, 2024 1.38%
Mar 31, 2024 -2.54%
Dec 31, 2023 8.13%
Sep 30, 2023 7.81%
Jun 30, 2023 7.42%
Mar 31, 2023 1.48%
Dec 31, 2022 11.08%
Sep 30, 2022 11.61%
Jun 30, 2022 9.76%
Mar 31, 2022 9.45%
Dec 31, 2021 10.46%
Sep 30, 2021 10.20%
Jun 30, 2021 3.91%