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In the latest session, First Advantage Corp (NASDAQ: FA) closed at $17.24 up 5.38% from its previous closing price of $16.36. In other words, the price has increased by $5.38 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.72 million shares were traded. FA stock price reached its highest trading level at $17.29 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $16.405.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of First Advantage Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.98 and its Current Ratio is at 1.98. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.65 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.63.
On April 10, 2025, Barclays Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Overweight but kept the price unchanged to $15.
On December 11, 2024, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $20.BMO Capital Markets initiated its Outperform rating on December 11, 2024, with a $20 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 09 ’25 when Clark James Lindsey sold 4,482 shares for $18.32 per share. The transaction valued at 82,110 led to the insider holds 48,960 shares of the business.
Clark James Lindsey bought 4,482 shares of FA for $82,110 on Jun 09 ’25. On Jun 02 ’25, another insider, Smith Joelle M, who serves as the President of the company, sold 45,934 shares for $16.99 each. As a result, the insider received 780,593 and left with 42,727 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FA now has a Market Capitalization of 2999604992 and an Enterprise Value of 4805262336. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.31. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.84 whereas that against EBITDA is 28.386.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FA is 1.24, which has changed by -0.017663836 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16657472 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FA has reached a high of $20.79, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.32. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.63%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.72%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, FA has traded an average of 1.04M shares per day and 1040330 over the past ten days. A total of 173.84M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 78.16M. Insiders hold about 55.08% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 53.30% stake in the company. Shares short for FA as of 1753920000 were 10826083 with a Short Ratio of 10.38, compared to 1751241600 on 9986161. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10826083 and a Short% of Float of 13.56.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
