Growth Metrics

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

First Advantage (FA) has disclosed Net Margin for 6 consecutive years, with 7.0% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Net Margin rose 3543.0% year-over-year to 7.0%, compared with a TTM value of 4.3% through Dec 2025, up 1200.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 4.3%, up 1200.0% over the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 7.0% for Q4 2025 at First Advantage, down from 0.63% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 12.24% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 42.43% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Net Margin over 5 years is 0.81%, with a median of 1.05% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Net Margin plummeted -14163bps in 2021, then surged 3543bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Net Margin stood at 5.91% in 2021, then surged by 107bps to 12.24% in 2022, then plummeted by -119bps to 2.34% in 2023, then plummeted by -1712bps to 42.43% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 83bps to 7.0% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Net Margin for FA at 7.0% in Q4 2025, 0.63% in Q3 2025, and 0.08% in Q2 2025.