FA - First Advantage Corporation
First Advantage Corporation provides technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance related to human capital worldwide. It offers pre-onboarding products and solutions, such as criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks and biometric fraud mitigation tools, education/work history verification, driver records and compliance, healthcare credentials, executive screening, and other screening products. The company also provides post-onboarding solutions, including criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media screening, and global sanctions and licenses; and fleet/vehicle compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, resident/tenant screening, and investigative research.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $15.02, ATM IV 78.8%, max pain $10.00, net GEX $2.0K.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Market Cap
- $2.69B
- P/E Ratio
- 319.37
- Beta
- 1.15
- 52-Week Range
- 8.82-19.01
- CEO
- Scott Staples
- Employees
- 10,000
- IPO Date
- Jun 23, 2021
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What FA Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 15.8% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($2.0K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.376) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The FA overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked FA overview questions
- What is FA?
- FA is the ticker symbol for First Advantage Corporation, a listed security. First Advantage Corporation provides technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance related to human capital worldwide. It offers pre-onboarding products and solutions, such as criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks and biometric fraud mitigation tools, education/work history verification, driver records and compliance, healthcare credentials, executive screening, and other screening products. Listed on NASDAQ. FA is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the FA options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the FA options snapshot shows spot at $15.02, ATM IV 78.8%, IV rank 15.8%, max pain $10.00, net GEX $2.0K, expected move 22.59%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are FA's key statistics?
- First Advantage Corporation (FA) carries a market capitalization of $2.69B, trailing P/E ratio of 319.37, beta of 1.15 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 8.82-19.01. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does FA belong to?
- First Advantage Corporation operates in the Industrials sector, in the Specialty Business Services industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare FA's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the FA data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).