First Advantage Ownership | Who Owns First Advantage?

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First Advantage Ownership Summary

First Advantage is owned by 114.42% institutional investors, 2.55% insiders. Silver lake group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 51.50% of FA shares. American Funds SMALLCAP World A is the top mutual fund, with 6.06% of its assets in First Advantage shares.

FA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	First Advantage	114.42%	2.55%	-16.97%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	67.86%	16.45%	15.69%
Industry	Business Services Stocks	59.33%	17.62%	23.06%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Silver lake group	89.56M	51.50%	$1.62B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	15.71M	9.03%	$283.51M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	12.06M	6.94%	$217.75M
Capital world investors	10.69M	6.15%	$192.96M
Fmr	7.65M	4.40%	$138.13M
Alliancebernstein	7.62M	4.38%	$89.62M
Vanguard group	7.51M	4.32%	$109.06M
Blackrock	4.06M	2.83%	$65.23M
Cat rock capital management lp	4.23M	2.43%	$76.32M
Bamco inc /ny/	3.50M	2.01%	$63.21M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Silver lake group	89.56M	35.30%	$1.62B
Cat rock capital management lp	4.23M	17.71%	$76.32M
Sunriver management	1.94M	5.50%	$35.03M
Cortland associates inc/mo	881.18K	2.30%	$15.90M
Gluskin sheff & assoc	692.38K	1.92%	$12.50M
Advantage alpha capital partners lp	264.70K	1.23%	$4.07M
Leith wheeler investment counsel	721.91K	0.99%	$13.03M
Emerald advisers	2.19M	0.93%	$39.51M
Emerald mutual fund advisers trust	1.43M	0.90%	$25.74M
Estuary capital management lp	294.29K	0.90%	$5.31M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	12.06M	0.00%	6.07M
State street	3.22M	0.00%	1.33M
Emerald advisers	2.19M	0.93%	1.04M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	3.11M	0.01%	1.01M
Ameriprise financial	772.76K	0.00%	772.76K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital research global investors	-	-	-4.86M
Macquarie group	-	-	-1.80M
Wellington management group llp	-	-	-1.75M
Macquarie management	-	-	-1.61M
Diamond hill capital management	-	-	-1.43M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Ameriprise financial	772.76K	0.00%	772.76K	$13.95M
Sixth street partners management company	729.95K	0.00%	729.95K	$13.18M
Principal financial group	384.66K	0.00%	384.66K	$6.94M
Public sector pension investment board	271.06K	0.01%	271.06K	$4.89M
Marshall wace, llp	239.47K	0.00%	239.47K	$4.32M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
True wealth design	-1.00
Skopos labs	-2.00
Bay harbor wealth management	-2.00
Dinuzzo private wealth	-3.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-7.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	177	7.27%	198,985,693	5.13%	114	0.97%	112	4.67%	40	-
Mar 31, 2026	163	11.64%	189,254,441	-0.59%	109	0.91%	105	50.00%	40	-31.03%
Dec 31, 2025	106	-28.38%	146,934,186	-23.06%	84	0.70%	52	-26.76%	42	-19.23%
Sep 30, 2025	95	-36.24%	64,232,088	-64.35%	37	0.34%	43	-55.21%	35	-
Jun 30, 2025	154	6.21%	186,222,317	99.56%	107	3.68%	100	31.58%	36	-29.41%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
American Funds SMALLCAP World A	10.40M	6.06%	-
T. Rowe Price US Mid-Cap Value Equity	7.93M	4.62%	-142.56K
T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value	7.93M	4.62%	-137.29K
T. Rowe Price U.S. Mid-Cap Val Eq Tr-D	5.05M	2.95%	94.29K
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	4.81M	2.80%	3.31K
Loomis Sayles Sr Floating Rate and FI	4.28M	2.46%	-40.49K
Baron Opp. Small Cap Growth Strategy	3.75M	2.16%	-
Baron Small Cap Strategy	3.50M	2.04%	-250.00K
Baron Small Cap Retail	3.50M	2.04%	-250.00K
Fidelity Value	3.22M	1.88%	-1.14M

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 12, 2026	SLTA V (GP), L.L.C.		Sell	$275.19M
Jun 08, 2026	Clark James Lindsey	-	Sell	$77.21K
May 12, 2026	Jardine Bret T	Chief Legal Officer	Sell	$10.99K
May 07, 2026	Smith Joelle M	President	Sell	$350.01K
Mar 04, 2026	Jardine Bret T	Chief Legal Officer	Sell	$13.43K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	1
2026 Q2	-	3
2026 Q1	1	2
2025 Q4	-	1
2025 Q3	-	1

FA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns First Advantage?

First Advantage shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 114.42%, followed by 2.55% insiders and -16.97% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in First Advantage's industry, Business Services Stocks, is 59.33%, which First Advantage exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of First Advantage?

First Advantage’s largest shareholders are Silver lake group (89.56M shares, 51.50%), Price t rowe associates inc /md/ (15.71M shares, 9.03%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (12.06M shares, 6.94%). Together, they hold 67.47% of First Advantage’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own First Advantage?

Yes, BlackRock owns 2.83% of First Advantage, totaling 4.06M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 65.23M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -41.572K shares, a -1.01% change.

Who is First Advantage’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Silver lake group is First Advantage’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 35.30% of its assets in 89.56M First Advantage shares, valued at 1.62B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of First Advantage shares?

American Funds SMALLCAP World A is the top mutual fund holder of First Advantage shares, with 6.06% of its total shares outstanding invested in 10.4M First Advantage shares.

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