First Advantage Corporation
FA stock score: 64/100
$21.22 · +7.93% · Scored Oct 22, 2026
- Technical
- 69
- Fundamental
- 60
- News
- 51
The reading
First Advantage (FA) scores 64 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 92% of Industrials stocks and 88% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.
The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 69, fundamentals 60.
Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Fund Ownership at 100 score highest, while Trailing P/E at 0 weighs the most against it.
On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 68 and contrarian oscillators 39 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.
News sentiment is neutral at 51; it is shown, not counted in the composite.
Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 56 to 65, and it is up 3 points over the period.
What’s driving the score
The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward FA’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.
Fundamental
60Pulling it up
- Price Target100
Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.
- Fund Ownership100
Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.
- Revenue Quality (Quarterly)100
Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.
Holding it back
- Trailing P/E0
Trailing P/E ratio uses the last 12 months of actual earnings.
- Return on Equity (ROE)2
Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.
- Return on Assets (ROA)4
Return on Assets (ROA) shows how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate profit.
38 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.
Technical · daily
65Pulling it up
- Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100
Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.
- VWAP100
Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.
- SMA 50 Cross Up100
SMA 50 Cross Up detects when faster averages cross above the 50-period SMA.
Holding it back
- Bollinger Bands (20)0
Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.
- TRIX12
TRIX is a momentum oscillator that filters out short-term noise by triple-smoothing price data.
- Commodity Channel Index (14)18
Commodity Channel Index (14-period) measures the current price level relative to an average price level.
62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.
News · shown, not counted
- Global News
- 51
Technical score by timeframe
| Chart | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly | 64 | 1 |
| Daily | 65 | 3 |
| Weekly | 70 | 2 |
| Monthly | 72 | 2 |
| Quarterly | 74 | 2 |
Composite score, last 90 days
Show the daily numbers
| Date | Composite |
|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | 64 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 63 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 59 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 63 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 60 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 60 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 59 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 59 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 59 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 58 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 58 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 58 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 57 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 57 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 56 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 56 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 57 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 59 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 59 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 58 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 61 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 61 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 59 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 60 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 60 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 59 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 60 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 61 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 62 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 60 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 61 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 62 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 63 |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 59 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 60 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 61 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 62 |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 61 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | 62 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 62 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 64 |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 65 |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 65 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 63 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 62 |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 60 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 62 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 63 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 64 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 63 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 62 |
| Jul 26, 2026 | 61 |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 61 |
Key facts
- Market cap
- $3.6B
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Beta
- 1.14
- Risk grade (1–10)
- 7
- Next earnings
- Nov 5, 2026
Specialty Business Services peers
| Company | Market cap | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AMTM Amentum | $5.2B | 56 |
| UNF UniFirst | $5.0B | 59 |
| AZZ AZZ | $4.0B | 66 |
| MMS Maximus | $3.3B | 58 |
| ABM ABM Industries | $3.2B | 63 |
| CBZ CBIZ | $3.0B | 61 |
Questions
What is FA's stock score today?
FA scores 64/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 69, fundamental 60, and news sentiment 51, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.
Is FA a buy?
The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 64 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.
How is the FA score calculated?
100 weighted scorers feed it today: 38 fundamental, scored against Industrials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.
Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.