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

First Advantage has reported Operating Margin for 7 years, with the latest figure at 8.7% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 655.0% year-over-year to 8.7%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.87% (up 1504.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.41%, up 1567.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.7%, down from 10.68% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Margin was 13.52% in Q4 2022, with the low at 26.27% in Q4 2024.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 4.58% across 5 years, with a median of 9.0% in 2022.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Margin tumbled 3423 bps — and 2025, when it soared 3695 bps.
• First Advantage's Operating Margin stood at 13.52% in 2022, then tumbled by 253 bps to 20.71% in 2023, then slipped by 27 bps to 26.27% in 2024, then soared by 141 bps to 10.68% in 2025, then fell by 19 bps to 8.7% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 8.7% (Q1 2026), 10.68% (Q4 2025), and 10.32% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.