FAFirst Advantage Corporation

$18.62+15% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 36 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Below average. First Advantage Corporation scores higher than 30% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by capital allocation and earnings quality, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.

Industrials median 53 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

44median 13

First Advantage Corporation is valued at 17.7x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
17.7x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

0median 34

Over 4 years the business earned 2% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
2%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
4 years agolatest 3%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

0median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 21 cents for every dollar earned.

-5%
12%
-21%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

69median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 1.1% a year over 5 years: new shares
49
5%
-3%
1.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 19% a year, sales 22%
100
12%
-2%
-2.5%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

58median 62

Today's operating margin of 11% is 1.09x its normal 9.8%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 6 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
6 years agonow 11%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

27median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA6.2x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
6.2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 7x
53
1.5x
12x
7.1x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

90median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.9% of assets
90
8%
0%
-8%
-5.9%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.