First Advantage Corp [FA] stock is trading at $18.12, down -3.10%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The FA shares have gain 0.61% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -8.53%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
First Advantage Corp [NASDAQ: FA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 10, 2024, when Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. On September 14, 2023, Wolfe Research initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $17 on the stock. RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its rating to a Sector Perform and increased its price target to $15 on March 01, 2023. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $14.50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 17, 2023. Citigroup downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on January 12, 2023, and downed its price target to $15.50. In a note dated November 11, 2022, Barclays downgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $20 to $14.
First Advantage Corp [FA] stock has fluctuated between $12.46 and $20.75 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 $18.12 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.89% based on the average FA price forecast.
Analyzing the FA fundamentals
First Advantage Corp [NASDAQ:FA] reported sales of 756.89M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -0.41%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.4% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.03 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 17.79 points at the first support level, and at 17.45 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 18.63, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 19.13.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, First Advantage Corp’s Current Ratio is 4.31. As well, the Quick Ratio is 4.31, while the Cash Ratio is 2.72. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.48, the price to book ratio is 2.88 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 107.16.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Jaeger Joseph K., President, Americas, that happened on Aug 12 ’24 when 10000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Jaeger Joseph K. completed a deal on Aug 12 ’24 to buy 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Clark James Lindsey sold 2100.0 shares on Jun 26 ’24.
