First Advantage Corp. (NASDAQ: FA) is -3.44% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.90 and a high of $17.49 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The FA stock was last observed hovering at around $15.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.28%.
Currently trading at $16.00, the stock is -0.45% and -2.44% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.17 million and changing 1.78% at the moment leaves the stock 9.02% off its SMA200. FA registered 29.02% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 14.45%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.50 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $12.69.
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The stock witnessed a -7.35% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -0.93%, and is 1.20% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.18% over the week and 2.56% over the month.
First Advantage Corp. (FA) has around 5800 employees, a market worth around $2.32B and $763.76M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 62.79 and Fwd P/E is 14.37. Profit margin for the company is 4.88%. Distance from 52-week low is 46.83% and -8.52% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.54%).
First Advantage Corp. quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.18 with sales reaching $171.32M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.57% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.50% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -2.40% in year-over-year returns.
First Advantage Corp. (FA) Top Institutional Holders
161 institutions hold shares in First Advantage Corp. (FA), with institutional investors hold 102.97% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 145.07M, and float is at 50.19M with Short Float at 5.69%. Institutions hold 99.15% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Silver Lake Group, LLC with over 89.88 million shares valued at $1.39 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 61.91% of the FA Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is JP Morgan Chase & Company with 6.82 million shares valued at $105.04 million to account for 4.69% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Vanguard Group Inc which holds 5.16 million shares representing 3.55% and valued at over $79.48 million, while Capital Research Global Investors holds 3.44% of the shares totaling 4.99 million with a market value of $76.87 million.
First Advantage Corp. (FA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Jaeger Joseph K.,the company’sPresident, Americas. SEC filings show that Jaeger Joseph K. sold 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 12 ’24 at a price of $16.95 per share for a total of $0.34 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.7 million shares.
First Advantage Corp. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Sep 15 ’23 that Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. (Director) sold a total of 169,510 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Sep 15 ’23 and was made at $14.29 per share for $2.42 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.15 million shares of the FA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 14 ’23, Smith Joelle M () disposed off 10,000 shares at an average price of $14.39 for $0.14 million. The insider now directly holds 24,669 shares of First Advantage Corp. (FA).
