First Advantage (FA) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026)

First Advantage (FA) posted Tax Rate of 34.4% for Q1 2026, down 33.77% on a QoQ basis from 51.95% in Q4 2025, and up 4013.0% year-over-year from 0.84% in Q1 2025.

First Advantage (FA) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

First Advantage's Tax Rate history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 34.4% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 4013.0% year-over-year to 34.4% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 70.18% (down 5061.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.52%, up 2885.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 34.4% for Q1 2026 at First Advantage, down from 51.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 104.22% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 46.41% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 17.83% and a median of 27.5% in 2022 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Tax Rate sank 6085 bps — and 2025, when it surged 7720 bps.
  • First Advantage's Tax Rate stood at 14.44% in 2022, then sank by 421 bps to 46.41% in 2023, then surged by 48 bps to 24.34% in 2024, then surged by 313 bps to 51.95% in 2025, then plunged by 34 bps to 34.4% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FA's Tax Rate at 34.4% in Q1 2026, 51.95% in Q4 2025, and 44.46% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 20.55%
2 Rentokil Initial 73.75 Bn 71.25 Bn - -
3 Relx 60.28 Bn 60.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 38.09 Bn 37.23 Bn - -19.56%
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn 20.06%
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn 5.27%
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn 21.71%
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn 24.81%
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 25.72%
10 First Advantage 3.34 Bn 3.11 Bn 173.79 Mn 34.40%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 34.40%
Mar 31, 2026 34.40%
Mar 31, 2026 34.40%
Dec 31, 2025 51.95%
Dec 31, 2025 51.95%
Dec 31, 2025 51.95%
Sep 30, 2025 -44.46%
Sep 30, 2025 -44.46%
Sep 30, 2025 -44.46%
Jun 30, 2025 104.22%
Jun 30, 2025 104.22%
Jun 30, 2025 104.22%
Mar 31, 2025 -5.73%
Mar 31, 2025 -5.73%
Mar 31, 2025 -5.73%
Dec 31, 2024 -24.34%
Dec 31, 2024 -24.34%
Dec 31, 2024 -24.34%
Sep 30, 2024 -9.68%
Sep 30, 2024 -9.68%