Growth Metrics

First Advantage (FA) FCF Margin (2020 - 2025)

First Advantage (FA) has disclosed FCF Margin for 6 consecutive years, with 14.49% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 3592.0% year-over-year to 14.49%, compared with a TTM value of 11.97% through Dec 2025, up 876.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 11.97%, up 876.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 14.49% for Q4 2025 at First Advantage, down from 22.73% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 28.37% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 21.43% in Q4 2024.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 15.98%, with a median of 17.85% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin plummeted -3769bps in 2024, then soared 3592bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 28.37% in 2021, then dropped by -21bps to 22.42% in 2022, then dropped by -28bps to 16.25% in 2023, then crashed by -232bps to 21.43% in 2024, then soared by 168bps to 14.49% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for FA at 14.49% in Q4 2025, 22.73% in Q3 2025, and 6.6% in Q2 2025.