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

First Advantage's Gross Margin history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 45.12% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Gross Margin fell 58.0% year-over-year to 45.12% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 45.54% (down 144.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 45.67%, down 214.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin was 45.12% for Q1 2026 at First Advantage, up from 44.56% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 50.24% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 44.56% in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of 48.01% and a median of 49.22% in 2022 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Gross Margin surged 74 bps — and 2024, when it sank 485 bps.
• First Advantage's Gross Margin stood at 49.24% in 2022, then rose by 2 bps to 49.99% in 2023, then dropped by 10 bps to 45.14% in 2024, then declined by 1 bps to 44.56% in 2025, then advanced by 1 bps to 45.12% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows FA's Gross Margin at 45.12% in Q1 2026, 44.56% in Q4 2025, and 45.73% in Q3 2025.