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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · First Advantage (FA)

First Advantage Q3 revenue more than doubles to $409.2M; narrows 2025 guidance

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

First Advantage reported third quarter 2025 revenue of $409.2 million, up from $199.1 million a year earlier, and net income of $2.6 million versus a net loss of $8.9 million. The company narrowed its full year 2025 guidance, with refined midpoints at or above its original guidance midpoints for Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Diluted EPS. The year-over-year comparison includes the Sterling Check Corp. acquisition, which the company closed on October 31, 2024.

Key points

  • Q3 2025 revenue of $409.2 million versus $199.1 million in Q3 2024; Adjusted EBITDA of $118.5 million versus $64.0 million
  • GAAP diluted EPS of $0.01 versus a loss of $0.06 per share; Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.30 versus $0.26
  • Full year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance narrowed to $430 million to $440 million from $410 million to $450 million
  • Voluntary principal repayment of $25 million after quarter end, bringing 2025 principal repayments to $70.5 million

The filing

CompanyFirst Advantage (FA)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 6, 2025, 6:02 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-267932

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 06, 2025.

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