First Advantage (FA) Interest Coverage Ratio (2020 - 2026)

First Advantage (FA) posted Interest Coverage Ratio of 1.03 for Q1 2026, down 14.51% on a QoQ basis from 1.2 in Q4 2025, and up 465.3% year-over-year from 0.18 in Q1 2025.

First Advantage (FA) Interest Coverage Ratio (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

First Advantage's Interest Coverage Ratio history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.03 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio rose 465.3% year-over-year to 1.03 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.86 (up 934.02% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.43, up 145.12% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio was 1.03 for Q1 2026 at First Advantage, down from 1.2 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 3.44 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 2.73 in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.97 and a median of 0.98 in 2025 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Interest Coverage Ratio plunged 210.51% — and 2025, when it soared 613.55%.
  • First Advantage's Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 3.06 in 2022, then slipped by 19.3% to 2.47 in 2023, then plunged by 210.51% to 2.73 in 2024, then surged by 144.12% to 1.2 in 2025, then declined by 14.51% to 1.03 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FA's Interest Coverage Ratio at 1.03 in Q1 2026, 1.2 in Q4 2025, and 1.16 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Cintas 82.43 Bn 82.25 Bn 1.45 Bn 2.21
2 Rentokil Initial 71.81 Bn 69.31 Bn - 2.06
3 Relx 63.28 Bn 63.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 40.35 Bn 39.49 Bn - -
5 Copart 26.32 Bn 22.97 Bn 732.88 Mn 2,081.98
6 Global Payments 22.09 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.70 Bn -
7 Rb Global 20.79 Bn 20.60 Bn 927.90 Mn 3.31
8 UL Solutions 17.26 Bn 17.01 Bn 381.00 Mn 17.25
9 Aramark 15.08 Bn 14.60 Bn 426.39 Mn -
10 First Advantage 3.41 Bn 3.18 Bn 173.79 Mn 1.03

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.03
Dec 31, 2025 1.20
Sep 30, 2025 1.16
Jun 30, 2025 0.98
Mar 31, 2025 0.18
Dec 31, 2024 -2.73
Sep 30, 2024 0.33
Jun 30, 2024 0.49
Mar 31, 2024 -0.04
Dec 31, 2023 2.47
Sep 30, 2023 1.37
Jun 30, 2023 0.90
Mar 31, 2023 0.62
Dec 31, 2022 3.06
Sep 30, 2022 3.44
Jun 30, 2022 1.18
Mar 31, 2022 0.86
Dec 31, 2021 5.43
Sep 30, 2021 2.36
Jun 30, 2021 1.65