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First Advantage (First Advantage) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.27 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is First Advantage Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

First Advantage's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.4 Mil. First Advantage's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $564.4 Mil. First Advantage's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $250.1 Mil. First Advantage's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.27.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for First Advantage's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12   Med: 1.77   Max: 4.54
Current: 2.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of First Advantage was 4.54. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 1.77.

FA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
60.19% of 829 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.84 vs FA: 2.69

First Advantage Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Advantage's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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First Advantage Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

First Advantage Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.54 N/A 2.88 2.45 2.69

First Advantage Quarterly Data
Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.23 3.30 2.86 2.55 2.27

Competitive Comparison of First Advantage's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, First Advantage's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


First Advantage's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, First Advantage's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Advantage's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



First Advantage Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

First Advantage's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.354 + 564.387) / 210.989
=2.69

First Advantage's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.354 + 564.387) / 250.052
=2.27

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


First Advantage  (NAS:FA) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


First Advantage Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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First Advantage (First Advantage) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Concourse Parkway Northeast, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328
First Advantage Corp is a leading global provider of employment background screening and verification solutions. The company delivers innovative services and insights that help its customers manage risk and hire the best talent. The Company has two reportable segments, Americas and International. The Americas segment provides technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance in the United States, Canada, and Latin America markets. and the International segment provides technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance outside of the Americas.
Executives
Silver Lake Group, L.l.c. director, 10 percent owner 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Joelle M Smith officer: See Remarks C/O FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION, 1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200, ATLANTA GA 30328
Bret T Jardine officer: See Remarks 100 CARILLON PARKWAY, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33716
Bridgett R Price director C/O FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION, 1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200, ATLANTA GA 30328
Steven Irwin Marks officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION, 1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200, ATLANTA GA 30328
Slta V (gp), L.l.c. director, 10 percent owner C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Joseph K. Jaeger officer: President, Americas C/O FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION, 1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200, ATLANTA GA 30328
Scott Staples director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION, 1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200, ATLANTA GA 30328
David L Gamsey officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Joseph Osnoss director C/O SILVER LAKE EUROPE LLP, BROADBENT HOUSE, 65 GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON X0 W1K 3JH
Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Fastball Holdco Gp, Llc 10 percent owner C/O SILVER LAKE, 2776 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Fastball Holdco, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O SILVER LAKE, 2776 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
John Rudella director C/O SILVER LAKE, 2776 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Slp Fastball Aggregator, L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O SILVER LAKE, 2776 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025