First Advantage (First Advantage) Debt-to-Equity : 0.63 (As of Dec. 2023)

First Advantage Debt-to-Equity Chart

First Advantage Annual Data
	Trend	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-5.74	0.99	0.49	0.51	0.63

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-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.51	0.51	0.52	0.64	0.63

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, First Advantage's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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

First Advantage Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

First Advantage's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* 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.

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

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

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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