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How First Advantage Corporation stacks up
FA · against 538 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
37/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #411 of 539 · scores higher than 22% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score54 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including FA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 37?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 77% of peers. Return on assets: 0.7% vs peer median 3.1%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.5% vs peer median 7.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 10.7% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 517 reported | 4.5% | 9.3% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 543 reported | 10.7% | 9.4% | 55% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 510 reported | 0.7% | 4.2% | 11% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 507 reported | 1.9% | 10.6% | 12% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 547 reported | 45.2% | 28.3% | 85% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 13.4B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 100 | 82 | |
| 4 | 74.1B TWD (≈$2.3B) | 99 | 60 | |
| 4 | 26.9B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 404 | 5.7B USD | 38 | 49 | |
| 411 | 35.3B CNY (≈$4.9B) | 37 | 39 | |
| 411 | 403.6B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 37 | 48 | |
| 411 | 3.1B USD | 37 | 51 | |
| 411 | 3.7B USD | 37 | 48 | |
| 411 | 5.5B USD | 37 | 29 | |
| 411 | 2.4B EUR (≈$2.7B) | 37 | 35 | |
| 411 | 2.1B EUR (≈$2.3B) | 37 | 39 | |
| 411 | 2.1B EUR (≈$2.4B) | 37 | 39 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score