FA
First Advantage Corporation (FA)
Last Price$13.3(0.6%)
Market Cap$2,171.4M
LTM Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
(4.2%)
5Y avg
2.5%
Specialty Business Services industry median
5.8%
Stock quality & Intrinsic value
5/10
101.6% undervalued

First Advantage Corporation Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)

Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Industry median
Company stand-alone
FA
Industrials
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Dec'04Dec'05Dec'06Dec'07Dec'08Dec'19Dec'20Dec'21Dec'22Dec'23
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
3.4%
8.9%
8.1%
(6.4%)
3.3%
11.4%
1.0%
3.2%
4.1%
4.2%
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First Advantage Corporation (FA) Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) comparison analysis

FA key stats

USD
Millions
Billions
Annual
Quarterly
Trailing
Key stats
Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash Flow Statement
Valuation
Ratios
Per share
Per employee
Dividends & Yields
Dec'04Dec'05Dec'06Dec'07Dec'08Dec'19Dec'20Dec'21Dec'22Dec'23
% growth
266.5
0.0%
643.7
141.5%
817.6
27.0%
842.9
3.1%
780.0
(7.5%)
481.8
(38.2%)
509.2
5.7%
712.3
39.9%
810.0
13.7%
763.8
(5.7%)
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)105.5231.6291.3281.8282.7245.3433.1352.2408.9386.8
% margin
161.1
60.4%
412.1
64.0%
526.2
64.4%
561.2
66.6%
497.3
63.8%
236.4
49.1%
76.1
14.9%
360.1
50.6%
401.1
49.5%
377.0
49.4%
Operating Expenses140.4314.1405.9443.6403.7144.377.2296.3306.8295.5
Research & Development Expenses (R&D)0.00.00.00.00.033.235.445.551.949.3
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses (SG&A)127.8286.5366.7401.5274.485.177.2108.0116.6116.7
20.7
7.8%
98.0
15.2%
120.4
14.7%
20.2
2.4%
71.8
9.2%
92.2
19.1%
(1.1)
(0.2%)
63.8
9.0%
94.3
11.6%
81.5
10.7%
Interest Income30.00.00.02.00.90.90.60.29.20.0
Interest Expense2.20.06.410.62.552.048.025.19.233.0
Pre-tax Income18.4102.4117.2209.370.241.1(96.2)24.985.148.5
% effective tax rate
7.8
42.1%
43.5
42.5%
47.8
40.7%
84.1
40.2%
37.1
52.8%
6.9
16.8%
(12.2)
12.7%
8.9
35.6%
20.5
24.1%
11.2
23.1%
% margin
10.7
4.0%
58.4
9.1%
66.2
8.1%
138.1
16.4%
34.9
4.5%
34.3
7.1%
(84.0)
(16.5%)
16.1
2.3%
64.6
8.0%
37.3
4.9%
EPS0.851.101.152.350.590.22(0.55)0.110.430.26
Diluted EPS0.851.091.142.340.590.22(0.55)0.110.430.26
% margin
33.2
12.5%
124.4
19.3%
158.6
19.4%
62.3
7.4%
115.3
14.8%
119.1
24.7%
89.0
17.5%
195.1
27.4%
232.5
28.7%
211.0
27.6%

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1) What is First Advantage Corporation's Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)?

As of today, Microsoft Corp's last 12-month Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is (4.2%), based on the financial report for Dec 31, 2024 (Q4’2024). The average annual Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) for First Advantage Corporation have been 3.0% over the past three years, and 2.7% over the past five years.

2) Is First Advantage Corporation's Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Good?

As of today, First Advantage Corporation's Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is (4.2%), which is lower than industry median of 5.8%. It indicates that First Advantage Corporation's Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is Bad.

3) How does First Advantage Corporation's Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) compare to its peers?

As of today, First Advantage Corporation's Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is (4.2%), which is lower than peer median of 6.7%. The list of peers includes CTAS, TRI, RTO, MMS, ARMK, RBA, UNF, GPN, ABM, CBZ.