Growth Metrics

First Advantage (FA) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2025)

First Advantage (FA) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 6 consecutive years, with $5.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation fell 59.66% year-over-year to $5.0 million, compared with a TTM value of $24.5 million through Dec 2025, down 23.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $24.5 million, down 23.0% over the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $5.0 million for Q4 2025 at First Advantage, down from $5.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $12.5 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $562000.0 in Q1 2021.
  • Average Share-based Compensation over 5 years is $4.4 million, with a median of $4.8 million recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Share-based Compensation surged 810.28% in 2021, then crashed 59.66% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $5.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 59.04% to $2.0 million in 2022, then soared by 137.01% to $4.8 million in 2023, then surged by 158.7% to $12.5 million in 2024, then plummeted by 59.66% to $5.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for FA at $5.0 million in Q4 2025, $5.7 million in Q3 2025, and $5.7 million in Q2 2025.