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First Advantage (FA)

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FA's free cash flow for Q3 2025 was $0.46. For the 2025 fiscal year, FA's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $0.10. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.

Ratios	TTM	Dec 24	Dec 23	Dec 22	Dec 21
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio	2.26	1.90	4.39	5.62	4.26
Quick Ratio	2.26	1.90	4.39	5.62	4.26
Cash Ratio	0.90	0.67	2.51	3.89	2.68
Solvency Ratio	0.04	0.01	0.23	0.27	0.21
Operating Cash Flow Ratio	0.18	0.11	1.91	2.11	1.36
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage	0.00	1.29	750.32	0.00	0.00
Net Current Asset Value	$ -2.01B	$ -2.14B	$ -350.18M	$ -193.01M	$ -288.18M
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio	0.55	0.55	0.35	0.30	0.29
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	1.63	1.65	0.63	0.51	0.49
Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.62	0.62	0.39	0.34	0.33
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.62	0.62	0.38	0.33	0.33
Financial Leverage Ratio	2.96	3.00	1.80	1.67	1.67
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	1.73	1.19	6.01	23.05	7.41
Interest Coverage Ratio	0.05	-1.20	2.47	10.25	2.54
Debt to Market Cap	0.93	0.77	0.23	0.29	0.19
Interest Debt Per Share	13.10	14.86	4.17	3.85	3.79
Net Debt to EBITDA	7.47	23.91	1.68	0.76	1.34
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin	45.88%	47.81%	49.36%	49.52%	50.56%
EBIT Margin	0.89%	-7.30%	10.67%	13.17%	7.00%
EBITDA Margin	17.44%	9.67%	27.63%	28.71%	27.40%
Operating Profit Margin	0.47%	-7.25%	10.67%	11.64%	8.96%
Pretax Profit Margin	-10.21%	-13.32%	6.35%	10.50%	3.50%
Net Profit Margin	-9.49%	-12.82%	4.88%	7.98%	2.25%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin	-9.49%	-12.82%	4.88%	7.98%	2.25%
Net Income Per EBT	92.90%	96.21%	76.93%	75.93%	64.43%
EBT Per EBIT	-2156.02%	183.72%	59.47%	90.24%	39.03%
Return on Assets (ROA)	-3.60%	-2.81%	2.29%	3.43%	0.85%
Return on Equity (ROE)	-10.69%	-8.44%	4.11%	5.73%	1.42%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	0.19%	-1.70%	5.27%	5.28%	3.59%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	0.18%	-1.62%	4.05%	4.00%	2.31%
Return on Tangible Assets	-16.78%	-13.61%	8.00%	9.29%	2.55%
Earnings Yield	-6.12%	-3.96%	1.56%	3.31%	0.55%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover	4.80	3.12	5.22	5.51	4.45
Payables Turnover	6.20	3.71	8.23	7.44	6.52
Inventory Turnover	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.90K	2.38K
Fixed Asset Turnover	5.60	2.80	9.61	7.13	4.62
Asset Turnover	0.38	0.22	0.47	0.43	0.38
Working Capital Turnover Ratio	5.29	3.35	2.03	1.97	2.65
Cash Conversion Cycle	17.25	18.61	25.59	17.34	26.28
Days of Sales Outstanding	76.09	116.89	69.96	66.26	82.07
Days of Inventory Outstanding	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.15
Days of Payables Outstanding	58.84	98.28	44.38	49.04	55.94
Operating Cycle	76.09	116.89	69.96	66.38	82.23
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share	0.25	0.19	1.13	1.42	0.97
Free Cash Flow Per Share	0.16	0.18	0.94	1.23	0.82
CapEx Per Share	0.09	0.01	0.19	0.19	0.16
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow	0.65	0.94	0.83	0.87	0.84
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio	2.86	14.28	0.66	7.46	6.17
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio	2.89	16.39	5.88	7.46	6.25
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	0.02	0.01	0.29	0.37	0.27
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio	0.03	0.03	0.21	0.26	0.21
Free Cash Flow Yield	1.25%	0.95%	5.66%	9.43%	4.29%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio	-16.33	-25.24	64.02	30.23	181.37
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio	1.55	3.24	3.13	2.41	4.09
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio	1.74	2.13	2.63	1.73	2.57
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio	79.87	105.11	17.67	10.60	23.31
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio	52.05	98.70	14.66	9.18	19.58
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio	-2.15	0.07	-1.62	0.10	-1.51
Price-to-Fair Value	1.74	2.13	2.63	1.73	2.57
Enterprise Value Multiple	16.38	57.37	12.99	9.16	16.26
Enterprise Value	4.17B	4.77B	2.74B	2.13B	3.17B
EV to EBITDA	16.38	57.37	12.99	9.16	16.26
EV to Sales	2.86	5.55	3.59	2.63	4.46
EV to Free Cash Flow	146.75	180.19	20.29	11.57	25.41
EV to Operating Cash Flow	95.93	169.20	16.84	10.01	21.34
Tangible Book Value Per Share	-9.96	-12.15	-1.79	-0.42	-0.82
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share	7.50	8.80	6.29	7.50	7.41
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate	0.07	0.04	0.23	0.24	0.36
Revenue Per Share	8.42	5.79	5.30	5.39	4.66
Net Income Per Share	-0.80	-0.74	0.26	0.43	0.10
Tax Burden	0.93	0.96	0.77	0.76	0.64
Interest Burden	-11.44	1.83	0.59	0.80	0.50
Research & Development to Revenue	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.06
SG&A to Revenue	0.12	0.30	0.00	0.14	0.15
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue	0.02	0.04	0.02	<0.01	0.01
Income Quality	-0.31	-0.26	4.37	3.29	9.26

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