First Advantage Corp (NASDAQ: FA) is 2.35% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.32 and a high of $20.79 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The FA stock was last observed hovering at around $16.80 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -15.57%.
Currently trading at $1.23M, the stock is -6.14% and 0.16% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.26 million and changing 1264775% at the moment leaves the stock -5.70% off its SMA200. FA registered -11.75% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.03%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $16.5036 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.529024.
The stock witnessed a -2.07% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 17.99%, and is -5.76% down 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 2.36% over the week and 1.82% over the month.
First Advantage Corp (FA) has around 10000 employees, a market worth around $2.87B and $1.05B in sales. Fwd P/E is 14.49. Profit margin for the company is -14.21%. Distance from 52-week low is 34.17% and -20.49% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-4.36%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 14.07% this year
226.0 institutions hold shares in First Advantage Corp (FA), with institutional investors hold 110.10% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 173.64M, and float is at 78.01M with Short Float at 12.62%. Institutions hold 106.35% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is SILVER LAKE GROUP, L.L.C. with over 89.56 million shares valued at $1.44 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 62.2519 of the FA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is JPMORGAN CHASE & CO with 6.39 million shares valued at $102.71 million to account for 4.4425 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS which holds 5.94 million shares representing 4.1272 and valued at over $95.42 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 3.4426 of the shares totaling 4.95 million with a market value of $79.59 million.
First Advantage Corp (FA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Clark James Lindsey, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Clark James Lindsey sold 4,482 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 09 ’25 at a price of $18.32 per share for a total of $82110.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 48960.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 02 ’25, Smith Joelle M (President) disposed off 45,934 shares at an average price of $16.99 for $0.78 million. The insider now directly holds 42,727 shares of First Advantage Corp (FA).
