First Advantage
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
34.6838.35
Price/Sales ratio
2.932.68
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.46$0.42

Historical Multiples (2019 – 2023)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
87.92-35.83181.3730.2264.0170.46125.92
Price/Sales ratio
6.255.914.082.413.123.053.56
Price/Book Value ratio
-31.963.792.571.732.632.512.54
Price/Cash Flow ratio
42.0657.6419.589.1714.6614.0716.82
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
54.8787.2023.3110.5917.6617.1920.25
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
N/A0.10-1.510.10-1.615.25-0.70
Dividend Yield
N/A0.79%0.01%N/A9.12%9.41%0.40%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
49.07%14.93%50.55%49.51%49.35%43.65%50.03%
Operating Profit Margin
19.13%-0.22%8.96%11.63%10.67%9.17%4.36%
Pretax Profit Margin
8.54%-18.90%3.49%10.50%6.34%5.48%-7.70%
Net Profit Margin
7.10%-16.50%2.25%7.97%4.88%4.28%-7.12%
Effective Tax Rate
16.76%12.70%35.57%24.06%23.06%21.92%29.81%
Return on Assets
6.28%-4.76%0.85%3.42%2.28%1.98%-1.95%
Return On Equity
-36.35%-10.57%1.41%5.73%4.11%3.41%-4.58%
Return on Capital Employed
19.76%-0.06%3.59%5.28%5.27%4.51%1.76%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A4.28N/A
Quick Ratio
2.362.834.265.614.394.054.93
Cash ratio
1.021.562.673.882.512.633.28
Days of Sales Outstanding
74.4683.9082.0766.2569.9663.3874.16
Days of Inventory outstanding
0.180.120.150.12N/A0.110.13
Operating Cycle
74.6584.0382.2266.3869.9663.5074.30
Days of Payables Outstanding
54.0737.1755.9449.0444.3740.9952.49
Cash Conversion Cycle
20.5846.8526.2817.3325.5822.5024.39
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.990.440.290.290.340.340.32
Debt Equity Ratio
-5.740.980.490.500.610.620.73
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
1.210.490.320.330.380.380.35
Total Debt to Capitalization
1.210.490.320.330.380.380.35
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.48N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.130.060.260.370.280.280.16
Company Equity Multiplier
-5.782.221.661.671.791.791.94
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.140.100.200.260.210.210.15
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.760.660.830.860.820.820.85
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.130.060.260.370.280.280.16
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/A7.79N/AN/A48.5448.27N/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/A-28.35%1.95%N/A583.86%0.20%0.97%