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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-066326"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FA"
cik: "0001210677"
company_name: "FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T03:17:16.783717+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Advantage Q1 revenue $354.6M, adj. EBITDA $92.1M; reaffirms FY25 guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $354.6M (up from $169.4M YoY, includes Sterling); net loss $(41.2M) includes $15.3M acquisition costs.
- Adjusted EBITDA $92.1M (26.0% margin); adjusted diluted EPS $0.17.
- Reaffirmed FY2025 guidance: Revenue $1.5B-$1.6B, Adj. EBITDA $410M-$450M, Adj. EPS $0.86-$1.03.
- $37M run-rate cost synergies from Sterling integration realized; target $60M-$70M.
- Inaugural investor day scheduled for May 28, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-066326
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FA
- cik: 0001210677
- company_name: FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1210677/000095017025066326/0000950170-25-066326-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1210677/000095017025066326/fa-20250508.htm

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