Company Analysis

First Advantage Corporation (FA)

Nasdaq: FA · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 2003
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Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2019
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2019
Report filedFeb 26, 2026Feb 27, 2025Feb 29, 2024Feb 28, 2023Mar 23, 2022·
Revenue1,574,389860,205763,761810,023712,295481,767
For lenders
Net interest income-168,667-51,848-33,040-9,199-24,972·
Research and development101,85363,81749,26351,93145,50733,239
Selling, general and administrative236,179263,942116,732116,640107,98085,084
Total operating expenses1,441,921922,589682,245715,745648,472389,600
Operating income132,468-62,38481,51694,27863,82392,167
Interest expense····25,12251,964
Interest and investment income····150945
Other income (expense), net-169,719-52,231-33,040-9,199-38,910-51,019
Income before income taxes-37,251-114,61548,47685,07924,91341,148
Income tax expense-2,427-4,34211,18320,4758,862r-6,898
Net income-34,824-110,27337,29364,60416,05134,250
Earnings per share, basic-0.20-0.740.260.430.110.23
Earnings per share, diluted-0.20-0.740.260.430.110.21
Weighted average shares, basic173,199,004148,582,226144,083,808150,227,213140,480,590149,686,460
Weighted average shares, diluted173,199,004148,582,226146,226,096151,807,139141,687,384163,879,766
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:Revenues
Net interest income interest earned less interest paidus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total operating expenses the running costs togetherus-gaap:OperatingExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeInterest
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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