Growth Metrics

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

First Advantage (FA) has disclosed Operating Margin for 6 consecutive years, with 22.72% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 355.0% year-over-year to 22.72%, compared with a TTM value of 0.5% through Dec 2025, up 676.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.5%, up 676.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 22.72% for Q4 2025 at First Advantage, down from 10.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 14.5% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 26.27% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 5.15%, with a median of 9.59% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin soared 1140bps in 2022, then crashed -4077bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 11.91% in 2021, then grew by 13bps to 13.52% in 2022, then rose by 7bps to 14.5% in 2023, then tumbled by -281bps to 26.27% in 2024, then rose by 14bps to 22.72% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for FA at 22.72% in Q4 2025, 10.32% in Q3 2025, and 9.66% in Q2 2025.