First Advantage Growth Metrics (2020-2025) | FA

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Growth Ratios
Assets Growth (1y) 6.97%3.75%3.51%-0.04%-2.92%-3.82%-15.22%-13.53%-11.68%-11.00%1.70%140.57%137.25%136.63%132.72%
Assets Growth (3y) -2.58%-3.88%-3.72%27.64%26.71%26.53%26.13%
Assets (QoQ) 0.79%1.61%0.89%0.41%0.56%-1.88%-2.02%-0.52%-11.35%0.07%0.08%0.25%1.29%136.73%-1.31%-0.01%-0.38%
Capital Expenditures Growth (1y) 51.59%45.82%31.31%41.74%35.68%33.72%30.43%14.04%4.32%13.07%1.30%5.97%18.01%48.70%73.24%70.91%64.97%
Capital Expenditures Growth (3y) 28.98%30.16%20.16%19.65%18.65%31.01%31.79%27.35%26.64%
Capital Expenditures Growth (5y) 33.10%
Capital Expenditures (QoQ) 4.77%14.10%11.60%13.63%0.78%2.74%20.46%8.78%-0.67%0.22%5.32%-0.49%7.66%-10.22%10.17%10.82%35.66%4.60%8.69%6.96%
Cash & Equivalents Growth (1y) 91.50%37.00%41.64%33.83%30.06%13.29%-57.75%-45.42%-38.66%-32.45%86.44%-21.09%-29.92%-31.64%-29.46%
Cash & Equivalents Growth (3y) 11.84%1.59%3.71%-16.78%-17.62%-19.43%-17.79%
Cash & Equivalents (QoQ) 7.16%6.21%5.14%14.49%10.79%0.36%2.17%-0.28%-58.68%29.66%14.81%9.83%14.03%-45.12%1.96%7.13%17.69%
Cash from Investing Activities Growth (1y) -38.79%-894.24%-118.29%-14.76%-2.91%82.99%77.02%8.31%-688.80%39.10%-15.58%6.28%83.74%-33,069.32%-57.53%-87.88%-70.55%
Cash from Investing Activities Growth (3y) -124.18%-1.00%16.62%0.46%-9.69%-225.13%25.21%-17.31%-29.81%
Cash from Investing Activities Growth (5y) -25.59%
Cash from Investing Activities (QoQ) -10.57%-154.18%43.30%12.90%-692.04%44.19%70.19%21.90%-30.94%24.62%-18.94%-571.93%89.89%-43.05%3.56%-16.56%-20,525.91%99.32%-15.02%-5.81%
Cash from Operations Growth (1y) 95.27%84.01%75.36%69.30%67.24%7.89%-7.18%-39.59%-26.00%-18.86%-0.70%-3.26%26.58%-250.98%-49.20%16.55%66.40%
Cash from Operations Growth (3y) 34.20%17.22%17.36%-0.35%16.14%-49.21%-22.35%-12.02%15.94%
Cash from Operations Growth (5y) 38.47%
Cash from Operations (QoQ) 147.77%-32.68%36.57%-14.28%133.47%-35.85%31.85%-15.32%50.61%-44.80%-14.19%3.73%65.14%-32.45%-16.40%35.72%-296.98%122.73%91.80%93.78%
EBITDA Margin Growth (1y) 1,654.00426.00746.001,865.003.00-348.00455.00-446.00395.00120.00-245.00-435.00-509.00-625.00-4690.00-732.00346.0061.00
EBITDA Margin Growth (3y) 2,052.00197.00956.00983.00-111.00-853.00-4480.00-1613.00231.00-444.00
EBITDA Margin Growth (5y) 1,889.00-367.00
EBITDA Margin (QoQ) 1,773.00-401.00-1118.001,401.00544.00-81.000.00-461.00193.00723.00-901.00380.00-82.00358.00-1091.00307.00-198.00-3708.002,867.001,384.00-483.00
EBIT Growth (1y) 378.70%361.11%654.89%639.54%31.79%5.21%13.52%-33.99%-22.58%-9.54%2.22%-106.43%-43.85%-60.74%-374.58%1,149.17%281.07%363.55%
EBIT Growth (3y) 69.20%63.72%106.14%38.81%-16.94%-27.97%-73.10%-23.63%18.32%18.08%
EBIT Growth (5y) 51.89%51.52%
EBIT Margin Growth (1y) 1,579.00878.00977.001,140.00141.00-19.00161.00-257.00-178.00-87.0099.00-686.00-415.00-701.00-4077.00258.00429.00575.00
EBIT Margin Growth (3y) 1,542.00772.001,236.00197.00-452.00-807.00-3818.00-686.00-164.00-213.00
EBIT Margin Growth (5y) 1,557.00646.00
EBIT Margin (QoQ) 977.00-172.00-454.001,229.00276.00-73.00-291.00230.00115.00106.00-709.00309.00207.00292.00-1493.00579.00-79.00-3084.002,842.00751.0066.00
EBIT (QoQ) 185.28%-36.59%-194.48%645.44%41.09%3.82%-32.47%33.23%12.63%12.02%-60.73%56.26%31.60%26.58%-102.47%1,464.05%-7.98%-985.26%109.44%395.43%11.94%
EBT Growth (1y) 134.40%410.39%476.20%175.34%187.84%21.52%5.95%-85.48%-30.09%-34.55%-30.07%-264.85%-81.45%-151.60%-736.41%-806.96%-386.35%122.22%
EBT Growth (3y) 39.11%64.71%68.54%43.50%-28.00%-34.08%-88.67%-60.97%-33.35%-57.82%
EBT Growth (5y) 18.14%17.95%
EBT Margin Growth (1y) 2,283.001,484.001,423.002,749.00585.00141.0062.00-797.00-234.00-380.00-295.00-402.00-604.00-1187.00-4225.00-845.00-325.00450.00
EBT Margin Growth (3y) 2,634.001,245.001,190.001,550.00-253.00-1426.00-4458.00-2044.00-1163.00-1117.00
EBT Margin Growth (5y) 1,705.00507.00
EBT Margin (QoQ) 1,428.0086.00-1427.002,195.00630.0025.00-100.0031.00185.00-54.00-959.00594.0039.0032.00-1066.00392.00-544.00-3006.002,313.00912.00231.00
EBT (QoQ) 68.08%6.84%-303.32%128.68%188.04%12.91%-19.23%9.58%21.61%-1.56%-88.93%427.63%13.85%5.19%-126.09%159.36%-416.78%-1,197.24%62.82%81.26%124.58%
Enterprise Value Growth (1y) -90.53%-36.63%-41.20%-34.07%-30.30%-13.61%57.21%45.65%38.81%32.79%-84.07%20.77%29.77%31.64%29.45%
Enterprise Value Growth (3y) -11.56%-1.42%-3.60%16.73%17.58%19.48%17.79%
Enterprise Value (QoQ) -6.97%-6.18%-5.11%-14.44%-10.55%-0.82%-2.16%0.23%58.36%-28.06%-15.02%-9.60%-14.03%44.88%-1.95%-6.69%-17.68%
EPS (Basic) Growth (1y) 123.08%466.67%320.00%160.34%200.00%0.00%27.27%-88.89%-22.22%-27.27%-28.57%-300.00%-85.71%-175.00%-976.97%-1,100.00%-82.23%116.67%
EPS (Basic) Growth (3y) 36.41%67.11%58.74%48.82%-30.66%-36.54%-115.25%-67.11%-72.97%-55.04%
EPS (Basic) Growth (5y) 15.03%18.47%
EPS (Basic) (QoQ) 76.92%-66.67%-198.29%120.11%266.67%0.00%-18.18%0.00%22.22%27.27%-92.86%600.00%14.29%25.00%-120.00%150.00%-700.00%-1,361.61%72.63%100.74%462.63%
EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) Growth (1y) 123.08%466.67%320.00%160.34%200.00%0.00%27.27%-88.89%-22.22%-36.36%-21.43%-300.00%-85.71%-185.71%-897.24%-1,100.00%-82.41%116.67%
EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) Growth (3y) 36.41%63.03%61.34%48.82%-30.66%-36.54%-115.25%-67.11%-73.06%-55.04%
EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) Growth (5y) 15.02%18.47%
EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) (QoQ) 76.92%-66.67%-198.29%120.11%266.67%0.00%-18.18%0.00%22.22%27.27%-92.86%600.00%0.00%57.14%-118.18%150.00%-700.00%-1,361.61%72.63%100.73%468.41%
FCF Margin Growth (1y) 384.00785.00418.00816.00752.00168.00-91.00-1000.00-561.00-541.0046.00-73.00410.00-5584.00-1651.00-710.00-341.00
FCF Margin Growth (3y) 575.00412.00373.00-257.00601.00-5957.00-1696.00-1782.00-492.00
FCF Margin Growth (5y) 644.00
FCF Margin (QoQ) 1,229.00-524.0099.00-420.001,630.00-892.00497.00-484.001,046.00-1151.00-411.00-45.001,066.00-563.00-530.00438.00-4928.003,370.00411.00806.00
Free Cash Flow Growth (1y) 106.75%87.69%83.08%73.13%73.32%5.95%-11.90%-45.68%-30.57%-21.88%-1.07%-5.46%28.52%-292.01%-72.53%2.01%66.70%
Free Cash Flow Growth (3y) 35.50%15.82%16.85%-3.84%15.64%-53.11%-37.91%-19.39%14.15%
Free Cash Flow Growth (5y) 39.75%
Free Cash Flow (QoQ) 185.34%-37.19%40.95%-18.15%159.03%-38.74%33.29%-18.06%58.34%-49.06%-17.82%4.73%78.17%-35.49%-21.46%42.38%-366.19%109.23%191.68%132.67%
Interest Coverage Ratio Growth (1y) 467.87%1,040.20%2,210.35%
Interest Coverage Ratio (QoQ) 200.65%-21.93%211.96%58.18%
Net Cash Flow Growth (1y) 150.49%-36.39%138.47%-67.28%114.78%-79.05%-44.58%-101.98%-695.72%1,283.01%282.94%2,756.59%115.62%-378.55%-92.49%-61.71%-4.27%
Net Cash Flow Growth (3y) -224.12%22.60%41.22%-44.39%25.96%-115.94%-45.78%-41.40%-3.78%
Net Cash Flow Growth (5y) 36.81%
Net Cash Flow (QoQ) 263.24%-247.82%467.93%-87.32%-7.76%-10.60%212.95%-16.78%-91.00%136.56%-111.17%-24,962.92%120.88%-34.50%-22.51%47.37%-472.39%101.77%295.13%268.44%
Net Income Growth (1y) 116.14%276.44%-24.99%167.12%277.61%5.67%60.30%-85.21%-31.29%-37.40%-123.54%-251.06%-80.98%-182.24%-2,647.83%-1,316.57%-83.45%129.27%
Net Income Growth (3y) 34.23%46.86%-31.67%46.87%-20.97%-36.51%-131.26%-72.86%-72.14%-46.79%
Net Income Growth (5y) 15.02%17.93%
Net Income (QoQ) 60.49%281.54%-215.71%119.44%331.96%-22.82%3.54%9.40%20.88%17.07%-90.44%408.16%10.13%-144.02%38.68%164.00%-576.09%-1,370.68%68.39%100.75%741.88%
Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (1y) 116.14%276.44%-24.99%167.12%277.61%5.67%60.30%-85.21%-31.29%-37.40%-123.54%-251.06%-80.98%-182.24%-2,647.83%-1,316.57%-83.45%129.27%
Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (3y) 34.23%46.86%-31.67%46.87%-20.97%-36.51%-131.26%-72.86%-72.14%-46.79%
Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (5y) 15.02%17.93%
Net Income towards Common Stockholders (QoQ) 60.49%281.54%-215.71%119.44%331.96%-22.82%3.54%9.40%20.88%17.07%-90.44%408.16%10.13%-144.02%38.68%164.00%-576.09%-1,370.68%68.39%100.75%741.88%
Net Margin Growth (1y) 2,441.001,519.00-479.002,153.00491.00-9.00356.00-576.00-178.00-298.00-1182.00-281.00-427.00-983.00-4009.00-990.00-93.00508.00
Net Margin Growth (3y) 2,753.001,212.00-1304.001,296.00-115.00-1289.00-4834.00-1847.00-698.00-772.00
Net Margin Growth (5y) 2,233.00738.00
Net Margin (QoQ) 1,550.001,745.00-2538.001,684.00629.00-253.0094.0021.00129.00112.00-838.00418.0010.00-772.0062.00272.00-546.00-3798.003,081.001,170.0055.00
Operating Income Growth (1y) 378.70%361.11%654.89%639.54%31.79%5.21%13.52%-33.99%-22.58%-9.54%2.22%-106.43%-43.85%-60.74%-374.58%1,149.17%281.07%363.55%
Operating Income Growth (3y) 69.20%63.72%106.14%38.81%-16.94%-27.97%-73.10%-23.63%18.32%18.08%
Operating Income Growth (5y) 51.89%51.52%
Operating Income (QoQ) 185.28%-36.59%-194.48%645.44%41.09%3.82%-32.47%33.23%12.63%12.02%-60.73%56.26%31.60%26.58%-102.47%1,464.05%-7.98%-985.26%109.44%395.43%11.94%
Operating Margin Growth (1y) 1,579.00878.00977.001,140.00141.00-19.00161.00-257.00-178.00-87.0099.00-686.00-415.00-701.00-4077.00258.00429.00575.00
Operating Margin Growth (3y) 1,542.00772.001,236.00197.00-452.00-807.00-3818.00-686.00-164.00-213.00
Operating Margin Growth (5y) 1,557.00646.00
Operating Margin (QoQ) 977.00-172.00-454.001,229.00276.00-73.00-291.00230.00115.00106.00-709.00309.00207.00292.00-1493.00579.00-79.00-3084.002,842.00751.0066.00
Profit After Tax Growth (1y) 123.04%571.76%362.54%167.12%277.61%5.67%30.95%-85.21%-31.29%-37.40%-26.47%-251.06%-80.98%-182.24%-777.55%-1,316.57%-83.45%129.27%
Profit After Tax Growth (3y) 37.47%72.36%65.44%46.87%-20.97%-36.51%-104.27%-72.86%-72.14%-46.79%
Profit After Tax Growth (5y) 15.09%22.43%
Profit After Tax (QoQ) 78.91%-69.76%-230.87%119.44%331.96%-5.53%-15.42%9.40%20.88%17.07%-90.44%408.16%10.13%37.50%-119.63%164.00%-576.09%-1,032.80%58.96%100.75%741.88%
Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) Growth (1y) -18.91%-20.73%-22.13%-26.43%-29.44%-31.69%-28.62%-30.03%-30.93%-31.95%-38.22%287.13%308.91%334.32%371.01%
Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) Growth (3y) -25.26%-28.31%-29.97%25.85%25.85%26.39%27.59%
Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) (QoQ) -6.33%-4.35%-5.13%-6.73%-7.99%-9.63%-9.01%-9.72%-3.85%-11.41%-10.18%-11.06%-12.70%455.09%-5.13%-5.53%-5.33%
Return on Assets Growth (1y) 2.003.000.000.00-1.00-2.00-2.00-2.00-3.00-6.00-5.00-5.00-3.00
Return on Assets Growth (3y) -2.00-6.00-7.00-8.00-7.00
Return on Assets (QoQ) 0.002.001.000.000.00-1.000.000.00-1.000.000.00-1.00-4.000.000.000.00
Return on Capital Employed Growth (1y) 3.002.000.000.000.000.000.00-1.00-2.00-8.00-6.00-5.00-3.00
Return on Capital Employed Growth (3y) 1.00-6.00-6.00-6.00-5.00
Return on Capital Employed (QoQ) 1.001.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00-1.000.00-1.00-6.001.001.001.00
Return on Equity Growth (1y) 8.006.003.004.001.000.00-1.00-4.00-3.00-4.00-6.00-15.00-15.00-15.00-11.00
Return on Equity Growth (3y) 6.001.00-3.00-14.00-18.00-19.00-18.00
Return on Equity (QoQ) 4.002.000.003.001.000.001.00-1.000.000.00-2.00-1.00-1.00-2.00-11.00-1.000.001.00
Return on Invested Capital Growth (1y) 5.005.0026.003.001.000.001.00-4.00-4.00-5.00-18.00-6.00-4.00-2.0012.00
Return on Invested Capital Growth (3y) 2.000.009.00-6.00-7.00-6.00-5.00
Return on Invested Capital (QoQ) 1.00-21.0024.002.000.000.001.000.000.000.00-4.00-1.00-1.00-13.008.002.001.001.00
Return on Sales Growth (1y) 24.0015.00-5.0022.005.000.004.00-6.00-2.00-3.00-12.00-3.00-4.00-10.00-40.00-10.00-1.005.00
Return on Sales Growth (3y) 28.0012.00-13.0013.00-1.00-13.00-48.00-18.00-7.00-8.00
Return on Sales Growth (5y) 22.007.00
Return on Sales (QoQ) 16.0017.00-25.0017.006.00-3.001.000.001.001.00-8.004.000.00-8.001.003.00-5.00-38.0031.0012.001.00
Revenue Growth (1y) 66.51%41.01%35.77%43.77%15.29%6.80%0.03%-7.56%-8.06%-2.73%-4.72%-3.48%-0.41%-0.62%51.62%109.30%111.67%105.48%
Revenue Growth (3y) 20.85%13.57%8.97%8.66%1.82%1.07%13.06%23.14%24.68%25.70%
Revenue Growth (5y) 30.05%24.50%
Revenue (QoQ) 30.27%14.45%-15.63%32.37%10.32%10.20%-10.66%6.15%2.20%3.21%-17.44%5.58%8.12%1.10%-16.36%8.93%7.90%54.24%15.45%10.17%4.74%
Share-based Compensation Growth (1y) 412.31%153.40%810.28%230.78%-27.06%50.56%-59.04%10.70%85.33%136.89%137.01%130.86%40.18%98.41%158.70%67.69%13.75%-39.80%
Share-based Compensation Growth (3y) 90.61%108.30%106.74%103.71%23.75%91.99%35.93%62.43%43.50%41.44%
Share-based Compensation Growth (5y) 61.66%60.93%
Share-based Compensation (QoQ) 1.92%2.83%3.12%374.02%-49.59%269.40%-62.53%4.52%4.07%0.49%1.28%74.98%33.02%0.54%-1.35%6.25%88.27%31.09%-36.05%-27.93%-0.37%
Shareholder's Equity Growth (1y) 42.55%47.28%4.71%4.11%-0.50%-3.39%-4.99%-23.45%-19.52%-18.02%-16.52%3.68%44.15%40.87%42.25%41.37%
Shareholder's Equity Growth (3y) 4.51%5.27%-6.01%-6.16%4.90%3.72%4.10%3.91%
Shareholder's Equity (QoQ) -2.02%41.32%1.31%1.62%1.23%0.48%0.73%-2.88%-1.71%-1.19%-18.84%2.11%0.11%0.61%0.81%41.96%-2.16%1.60%0.19%
Tax Rate Growth (1y) 6,244.006,282.00-34022.00888.00-1721.001,079.00-2901.00-136.00124.00313.0011,436.00618.00-184.00-4086.00-15314.00-3804.007,720.00-3478.00
Tax Rate Growth (3y) 4,647.007,674.00-25486.001,369.00-1781.00-2694.00-6779.00-3322.007,660.00-7251.00
Tax Rate Growth (5y) 12,183.00110.00
Tax Rate (QoQ) -2795.0042,922.00-36505.002,621.00-2757.002,618.00-1595.0012.0043.00-1361.001,170.00273.00232.009,762.00-9649.00-529.00-3670.00-1466.001,862.0010,994.00-14867.00
Total Debt Growth (1y) -29.35%0.32%0.32%0.33%0.33%0.33%0.33%0.32%0.32%0.32%0.33%283.76%282.76%280.09%275.66%
Total Debt Growth (3y) -10.74%0.32%0.33%56.90%56.77%56.40%55.79%
Total Debt (QoQ) 0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.08%282.81%-0.18%-0.61%-1.08%