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

First Advantage (FA) posted FCF Margin of 9.4% for Q1 2026, up 86.6% on a QoQ basis from 5.04% in Q4 2025, and up 419.0% year-over-year from 1.81% in Q1 2025.

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

First Advantage's FCF Margin history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 9.4% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 419.0% year-over-year to 9.4% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.3% (up 949.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.37%, up 615.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 9.4% for Q1 2026 at First Advantage, up from 5.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 27.87% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 21.43% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 14.93% and a median of 17.15% in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — FCF Margin slumped 4930 bps — and 2025, when it surged 2647 bps.
  • First Advantage's FCF Margin stood at 25.21% in 2022, then climbed by 11 bps to 27.87% in 2023, then slumped by 177 bps to 21.43% in 2024, then soared by 124 bps to 5.04% in 2025, then soared by 87 bps to 9.4% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FA's FCF Margin at 9.4% in Q1 2026, 5.04% in Q4 2025, and 17.1% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Cintas 82.43 Bn 82.25 Bn 1.45 Bn 18.67%
2 Rentokil Initial 71.81 Bn 69.31 Bn - -
3 Relx 63.28 Bn 63.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 40.35 Bn 39.49 Bn - 31.67%
5 Copart 26.32 Bn 22.97 Bn 732.88 Mn 40.69%
6 Global Payments 22.09 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.70 Bn -18.53%
7 Rb Global 20.79 Bn 20.60 Bn 927.90 Mn 13.98%
8 UL Solutions 17.26 Bn 17.01 Bn 381.00 Mn 23.48%
9 Aramark 15.08 Bn 14.60 Bn 426.39 Mn 6.09%
10 First Advantage 3.41 Bn 3.18 Bn 173.79 Mn 9.40%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.40%
Dec 31, 2025 5.04%
Sep 30, 2025 17.10%
Jun 30, 2025 9.70%
Mar 31, 2025 5.22%
Dec 31, 2024 -21.43%
Sep 30, 2024 12.09%
Jun 30, 2024 17.15%
Mar 31, 2024 22.28%
Dec 31, 2023 27.87%
Sep 30, 2023 22.46%
Jun 30, 2023 11.31%
Mar 31, 2023 21.83%
Dec 31, 2022 25.21%
Sep 30, 2022 22.12%
Jun 30, 2022 26.94%
Mar 31, 2022 19.45%
Dec 31, 2021 29.76%
Sep 30, 2021 12.87%
Jun 30, 2021 18.95%