First Advantage Corp. [FA] stock is trading at $16.43, up 0.12%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The FA shares have gain 11.24% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.69%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on September 14, 2023, and set its price target to $17. On March 01, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sector Perform and revised its price target to $15 on the stock. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $14.50 on January 17, 2023. Citigroup downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $15.50 on January 12, 2023. Barclays downgraded its rating to Equal Weight for this stock on November 11, 2022, and downed its price target to $14. In a note dated October 25, 2022, Jefferies downgraded an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $19 to $13.
First Advantage Corp. [FA] stock has fluctuated between $10.90 and $17.49 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $21 within the next 12 months. First Advantage Corp. [NASDAQ: FA] shares were valued at $16.43 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 27.81% based on the average FA price forecast.
Analyzing the FA fundamentals
First Advantage Corp. [NASDAQ:FA] reported sales of 763.76M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -4.72%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.44% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.62.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 15.98 points at the first support level, and at 15.53 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 16.67, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 16.91.
First Advantage Corp. [FA] reported earnings per share of $0.29 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/31/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.3/share, meaning a difference of -$0.01 and a surprise factor of -3.30%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/30/2023 were $0.28 per share as compared to estimates of $0.28 per share, a difference of $0 representing a surprise of 0.00%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, First Advantage Corp.’s Current Ratio is 4.39. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 4.39 and the Cash Ratio stands at 2.52. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.12, the price to book ratio is 2.63 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 63.93.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Jaeger Joseph K., President, Americas, that happened on Feb 12 ’24 when 20000.0 shares were sold. Director, Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. completed a deal on Sep 15 ’23 to sell 0.17 million shares. Meanwhile, Smith Joelle M sold 10000.0 shares on Sep 14 ’23.
