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How First Advantage Corporation stacks up
FA · against 535 other Industrials companies of similar size
Valuation
36/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #400 of 536 · scores higher than 25% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score54 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including FA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 36?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 77% of peers. Earnings yield: 0.7% vs peer median 3.8%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 5.2% vs peer median 6.9%
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 63% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 6.6% vs peer median 3.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 531 reported | 0.6% | 4.4% | 11% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 541 reported | 7.6% | 7.8% | 48% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 205 reported | 5.2% | 4.3% | 61% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 531 reported | 34.6% | 42.0% | 40% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.69T KRW (≈$3.4B) | 100 | 59 | |
| 1 | 3.0B USD | 100 | 62 | |
| 1 | 3.5B USD | 100 | 57 | |
| 4 | 22.0B HKD (≈$2.8B) | 99 | 82 | |
| 4 | 26.4B HKD (≈$3.4B) | 99 | 63 | |
| 392 | 4.6B USD | 37 | 61 | |
| 392 | 6.2B USD | 37 | 55 | |
| 392 | 180.1B INR (≈$2.2B) | 37 | 69 | |
| 392 | 6.0B USD | 37 | 66 | |
| 400 | 3.7B USD | 36 | 48 | |
| 400 | 320.9B INR (≈$3.9B) | 36 | 37 | |
| 400 | 1.9B CHF (≈$2.2B) | 36 | 54 | |
| 400 | 4.0B GBP (≈$5.2B) | 36 | 63 | |
| 404 | 25.2B CNY (≈$3.5B) | 35 | 28 |
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