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The price of First Advantage Corp (NASDAQ: FA) closed at $18.26 in the last session, up 2.13% from day before closing price of $17.88. In other words, the price has increased by $2.13 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.99 million shares were traded. FA stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.335 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.71.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at FA’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. 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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 12 ’25 when Jardine Bret T sold 146 shares for $18.18 per share. The transaction valued at 2,654 led to the insider holds 6,666 shares of the business.
Jardine Bret T bought 146 shares of FA for $2,654 on May 12 ’25. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, Marks Steven Irwin, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, bought 1,000 shares for $13.50 each. As a result, the insider paid 13,500 and bolstered with 20,189 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 3171287296 and an Enterprise Value of 5152678912. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.03 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.929 whereas that against EBITDA is 41.647.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FA is 1.29, which has changed by 0.113414645 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11571348 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 26.78%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.95%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, FA traded on average about 1.38M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1309810 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 173.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 77.82M. Insiders hold about 55.19% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 53.56% stake in the company. Shares short for FA as of 1745971200 were 8918452 with a Short Ratio of 6.48, compared to 1743379200 on 7569430. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8918452 and a Short% of Float of 11.3199994.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
