FA · XBRL financial data
First Advantage financial statements, every fiscal year
The same tables from 5 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal years (FA's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 712 | 810 | 764 | 860 | 1,574 |
| Research and development | 46 | 52 | 49 | 64 | 102 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 108 | 117 | 117 | 264 | 236 |
| Total operating expenses | 648 | 716 | 682 | 923 | 1,442 |
| Operating income (loss) | 64 | 94 | 82 | (62) | 132 |
| Interest income | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Interest expense | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| Other income (expense) | (39) | (9) | (33) | (52) | (170) |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | (9) | 20 | 11 | (4) | (2) |
| Net income (loss) | 16 | 65 | 37 | (110) | (35) |
| Earnings per share, basic USD per share | 0.11 | 0.43 | 0.26 | (0.74) | (0.20) |
| Earnings per share, diluted USD per share | 0.11 | 0.43 | 0.26 | (0.74) | (0.20) |
| Weighted average shares, basic millions of shares | 140 | 150 | 144 | 149 | 173 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted millions of shares | 142 | 152 | 146 | 149 | 173 |
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal years (FA's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 293 | 392 | 214 | 169 | 240 |
| Short-term investments | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Accounts receivable | 156 | 144 | 143 | 267 | 297 |
| Prepaid and other current assets | 14 | 25 | 13 | 31 | 15 |
| Total current assets | 466 | 566 | 374 | 476 | 562 |
| Property and equipment, net | 154 | 114 | 79 | 308 | 251 |
| Right-of-use asset | — | 11 | 7 | 14 | 9 |
| Goodwill | 794 | 793 | 821 | 2,125 | 2,144 |
| Total assets | 1,887 | 1,886 | 1,631 | 3,923 | 3,834 |
| Accounts payable | 54 | 55 | 47 | 121 | 110 |
| Accrued liabilities | 22 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 49 |
| Current portion of long-term debt | 0 | — | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Total current liabilities | 109 | 101 | 85 | 251 | 230 |
| Long-term debt | 555 | 557 | 558 | 2,121 | 2,080 |
| Lease liability, non-current | 0 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| Total liabilities | 754 | 759 | 724 | 2,616 | 2,520 |
| Accumulated deficit | (31) | (27) | (50) | (160) | (195) |
| Total stockholders' equity | 1,132 | 1,127 | 907 | 1,307 | 1,314 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 1,887 | 1,886 | 1,631 | 3,923 | 3,834 |
| Common shares outstanding (cover page) millions of shares | 153 | 148 | 145 | 174 | 174 |
Cash flows
CSVFiscal years (FA's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | 16 | 65 | 37 | (110) | (35) |
| Stock-based compensation | 10 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 24 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 69 | 70 | 67 | 77 | 112 |
| Net cash from operating activities | 149 | 213 | 163 | 28 | 195 |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Net cash from investing activities | (72) | (49) | (67) | (1,652) | (54) |
| Share repurchases | — | 61 | 59 | — | — |
| Net cash from financing activities | 64 | (59) | (274) | 1,581 | (71) |
| Net change in cash | 140 | 99 | (178) | (44) | 71 |
Compare with peers
SIC 7374 and related industry codes, similar size. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 7374 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- Runway shows only for companies burning cash with under $10B of public float.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Runway | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Advantage | 238 | 449 | 74* | 171.8M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| CSG Systems International | 147 | 314 | (1.2) | 28.5M | 126.7 quarters | 10-QMar 31, 2026 |
| Clarivate | 257 | 482 | 166* | 639.9M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Legalzoom.com | 167 | 205 | 40* | 171.3M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Asana | 220 | 216 | 46* | not reported | — | 10-QJul 31, 2026 |
| Grindr | 6.5 | 138 | 41* | 173.8M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Certara | 184 | 93 | 10* | 152.5M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Navan | 653 | 233 | 25* | not reported | — | 10-QJul 31, 2026 |
| PagerDuty | 234 | 124 | 37* | 78.6M | — | 10-QJul 31, 2026 |
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