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First Advantage Corp (NASDAQ: FA) closed the day trading at $17.25 down -1.65% from the previous closing price of $17.54. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.65 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.91 million shares were traded. FA stock price reached its highest trading level at $17.81 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.2.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of FA, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.96 and its Current Ratio is at 1.96. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.68 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.66.
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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 2995876608 and an Enterprise Value of 4977268736. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.34. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.761 whereas that against EBITDA is 40.229.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FA is 1.27, which has changed by 0.0828625 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 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 5.90%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.85%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FA traded about 1.23M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FA traded about 822980 shares per day. A total of 173.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 78.01M. Insiders hold about 55.08% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 54.21% stake in the company. Shares short for FA as of 1748563200 were 9846152 with a Short Ratio of 8.00, compared to 1745971200 on 8918452. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9846152 and a Short% of Float of 12.36.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
