Upgrade to Buy: First Advantage Looks Cheap After Profitability Turns and Strong Cash Flow
First Advantage (FA) reported back-to-back quarters of revenue growth and positive free cash flow while integrating Sterling. The stock trades near $10.94 with a market cap of ~$1.9B, EV/EBITDA ~9.8 and price-to-sales ~1.21. We upgrade to Buy on the combination of improving operating performance, healthy free cash flow ($188.5M last reported) and a…