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Model output · Signal date 2026-10-16

First Advantage Corp (FA) Stock Forecast Oct. 16, 2026

Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Alpha · vs marketSwitch to Total · Nasdaq

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Rating · 90D Neutral Alpha
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Rank in coverage Middle 30% of 5171 stocks scored
Rank correlation · 90D 58.0% Spearman, 357 dates
Market Cap $3.29B mid-cap · #14 of 60 peers
Summary

First Advantage Corp (FA) stock forecast summary

On Oct. 16, 2026, FA is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5171 stocks scored that day.

First Advantage Corp is a mid-cap company with a market capitalization of $3.29B. It ranks number 14 by market capitalization among the 60 Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.

For FA, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 58.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 34.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report

Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +1.8%, buy ≥ +0.2%, sell < -0.9%, strong sell < -1.2% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)

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How FA ranks among 5171 stocks

90D Alpha forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).

Fundamentals · 2026-06-30

First Advantage Corp (FA) fundamentals

Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation peers listed below that report each metric.

Valuation & Market

MetricFAIndustry medianRank
Market Cap $3.29B $947M 14/60
P/B Ratio 2.55x 3.28x 29/47
EPS $-0.10 – –
Book Value/Share $7.53 – –
Revenue/Share $9.68 – –
FCF/Share $1.45 – –

Profitability & Margins

MetricFAIndustry medianRank
ROIC 5.0% 5.0% 20/39
Operating Margin 10.7% 4.8% 14/46
EBT Margin 2.2% 3.6% 27/47
Tax Rate 32.7% – –

Financial Health

MetricFAIndustry medianRank
Current Ratio 2.53x 1.70x 17/51
D/E Ratio 1.90x 1.12x 16/51
Financial Leverage 2.90x 2.10x 15/45
Working Capital $351M $88M 14/51

Cash Flow

MetricFAIndustry medianRank
Operating Cash Flow $261M $152M 14/49
Free Cash Flow $249M $197M 13/35
Capital Spending -$12M -$12M 18/35
OCF Growth YoY 1685.1% 16.2% 1/31
FCF Growth YoY 1945.3% 14.4% 2/27
FCF/Sales 15.0% 17.4% 19/35
CapEx/Sales 0.7% 1.2% 22/35

Operational Efficiency

MetricFAIndustry medianRank
Asset Turnover 0.44x 0.76x 26/33
Receivables Turnover 5.4x 6.7x 27/35
Fixed Assets Turnover 7.3x 17.0x 29/35
Days Sales Outstanding 68 days 54 days 9/35

Income Statement

MetricFAIndustry medianRank
Total Revenue $1.66B $852M 12/38
Operating Income $178M $33M 9/48
R&D Expense $101M $85M 16/33
SG&A Expense $224M $418M 28/43

Dividend & Shareholder Information

MetricFAIndustry medianRank
Shares Outstanding 172M – –

Balance Sheet Highlights (USD millions)

Total Current Assets$581M15.5% of assets
Cash & Short-term Investments$238M6.3% of assets
Accounts Receivable$309M8.3% of assets
Total Liabilities$2.45B65.5% of assets
Short-term Debt$106M2.8% of assets
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Industry Peers · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation

First Advantage Corp (FA) industry peers

Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as First Advantage Corp (Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.

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Company 90-Day AI Forecast (Alpha) Market Cap P/E Ratio P/B Ratio
FA First Advantage Corp ▶ $3.29B – 2.6x
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc ▼ $114.77B 26.4x 19.0x
WDAY Workday, Inc. ▲ $47.39B 45.5x 19.1x
RDDT Reddit, Inc. ▲ $30.59B 36.0x 9.3x
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc. ▼ $26.11B 28.6x –
TOST Toast, Inc. ▶ $18.62B 46.7x 9.1x
HNGE Hinge Health, Inc. ▲ $8.00B 17.0x 23.2x
RNG Ringcentral, Inc. ▲ $6.68B 101.2x 105.1x
PEGA Pegasystems Inc ▲ $5.91B 17.6x 10.6x
BILI Bilibili Inc. ▼ $5.88B – 42.3x
APLD Applied Digital Corp. ▶ $5.26B – 3.3x
QBTS D-Wave Quantum Inc. ▼ $4.73B – 4.4x
JOYY Joyy Inc. ▼ $4.24B – 93.7x
LIF Life360, Inc. ▲ $3.43B 24.1x 5.6x
LFTO Liftoff Mobile, Inc. ▼ $2.87B – –
CARG Cargurus, Inc. ▲ $2.70B 16.2x 10.2x
FIVN Five9, Inc. ▲ $2.41B 67.2x 3.1x
ATHM Autohome Inc. ▶ $2.40B 132.3x 5.8x
RAMP Liveramp Holdings, Inc. ▼ $2.28B 15.7x 1.7x
DXC Dxc Technology Co ▶ $2.18B 18.4x 0.8x
INFQ Infleqtion, Inc. ▼ $2.14B – 3.7x
INOD Innodata Inc ▲ $1.95B 50.1x 12.2x
EVTC Evertec, Inc. ▶ $1.86B 18.7x 2.9x
GLOB Globant S.A. ▲ $1.73B 3.0x –
HAWK Hawkeye 360, Inc. ▼ $1.22B – 1.5x
CLVT Clarivate Plc ▲ $1.17B – 0.2x
GDRX Goodrx Holdings, Inc. ▲ $1.15B 48.0x 1.8x
SHAZ Sharonai Holdings Inc. ▼ $1.11B – –
UPWK Upwork, Inc ▲ $1.09B 10.9x 1.8x
LZ Legalzoom.Com, Inc. ▶ $1.06B 56.4x 8.4x
PLTK Playtika Holding Corp. ▲ $831M – –
TASK Taskus, Inc. ▲ $781M 7.6x 2.6x
BRUN Boost Run Inc. ▼ $707M – –
YEXT Yext, Inc. ▶ $706M 41.9x 19.8x
DDI Doubledown Interactive Co., Ltd. ▼ $684M – –
NRDS Nerdwallet, Inc. ▶ $641M 16.7x 2.0x
SOPH Sophia Genetics Sa ▲ $621M – –
IBEX Ibex Ltd ▲ $606M 14.6x 3.6x
OOMA Ooma Inc ▲ $565M 128.0x 5.8x
CARS Cars.Com Inc. ▲ $547M 22.2x 1.2x
GRVY Gravity Co., Ltd. ▼ $464M – –
TRVG Trivago N.V. ▲ $284M – 1.1x
EGHT 8x8 Inc /De/ ▲ $280M 64.7x 1.9x
GLOO Gloo Holdings, Inc. ▲ $280M – –
MOVE Corvex, Inc. ▼ $265M – 0.5x
FCCN Spectral Capital Corp ▲ $251M – 4.4x
AIAI Aiai Holdings Corp ▼ $212M – 0.2x
FIRY Firy Inc. ▲ $192M – 2.3x
SSTK Shutterstock, Inc. ▲ $170M – 0.5x
QMLS Qumulusai, Inc. ▼ $137M – –
TRAK Repositrak, Inc. ▶ $135M 15.5x 2.6x
TCX Tucows Inc /Pa/ ▲ $117M – –
BHIC Bioscience Health Innovations, Inc. ▶ $80M – 43.4x
DTCX Datacentrex, Inc. ▼ $57M – 0.8x
VERI Veritone, Inc. ▶ $56M – 1.5x
CAST Freecast, Inc. ▼ $55M – 24.4x
PHUN Phunware, Inc. ▶ $43M – 0.5x
SJ Scienjoy Holding Corp ▲ $40M 2.0x 57.6x
DGNX Diginex Ltd ▼ $34M – –
GMHS Gamehaus Holdings Inc. ▶ $32M – 1.0x

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First Advantage Corp (FA) stock forecast FAQ

What is the First Advantage Corp (FA) stock forecast?

On Oct. 16, 2026, FA is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5171 stocks scored that day.

How accurate are First Advantage Corp stock predictions?

For FA, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 58.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 34.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report

How often are First Advantage Corp forecasts updated?

First Advantage Corp forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.

Which companies are First Advantage Corp's industry peers?

60 issuers in our coverage, FA included, share the SEC industry code Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation. The largest are: Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP), Workday, Inc. (WDAY), Reddit, Inc. (RDDT), Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK), Toast, Inc. (TOST), Hinge Health, Inc. (HNGE).

This analysis is generated automatically using our proprietary AI systems and should not be considered personalized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consider consulting a financial advisor before making investment decisions.