Background screening provider First Advantage (NASDAQ: FA) will be reporting results this Thursday morning. Here’s what to expect.
First Advantage beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $354.6 million, up 109% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting First Advantage’s revenue to grow 106% year on year to $380.2 million, improving from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.24 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. First Advantage has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at First Advantage’s peers in the professional staffing & hr solutions segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. ManpowerGroup posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.6%, and Robert Half reported a revenue decline of 7%, topping estimates by 1.1%. ManpowerGroup’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Robert Half was down 6.1%.
Read our full analysis of ManpowerGroup’s results here and Robert Half’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the professional staffing & hr solutions stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3% on average over the last month. First Advantage is down 6.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $19 (compared to the current share price of $16.05).
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