FA
First Advantage CorpCompany with tickers: FA
CIK
1210677
CUSIP
31846B108
Shares Outstanding
171,537,047
13F Activity (30d)
105 filings
91 filers
Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers and published twice a month (bi-monthly). Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.
Short Squeeze Score
81/100
Short interest 7.6% of shares — P83
Days to cover 20.3 — P97
Short-volume trend +2.2% — P61
Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-05-29). Equal-weight mean of the available factors.
Short Interest History
| Settlement Date | Current Position | Previous Position | Change | Days to Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-30 | 613,548 | 0 | +613,548 | 1.00 |
| 2021-07-15 | 189,286 | 613,548 | -424,262 | 1.00 |
| 2021-07-30 | 67,796 | 189,286 | -121,490 | 1.00 |
| 2021-08-13 | 23,208 | 67,796 | -44,588 | 1.00 |
| 2021-08-31 | 135,876 | 23,208 | +112,668 | 1.00 |
| 2021-09-15 | 436,315 | 135,876 | +300,439 | 1.05 |
| 2021-09-30 | 730,267 | 436,315 | +293,952 | 1.00 |
| 2021-10-15 | 719,073 | 730,267 | -11,194 | 2.10 |
| 2021-10-29 | 578,858 | 719,073 | -140,215 | 2.11 |
| 2021-11-15 | 2,187,076 | 578,858 | +1,608,218 | 1.24 |
| 2021-11-30 | 2,078,897 | 2,187,076 | -108,179 | 2.32 |
| 2021-12-15 | 1,961,542 | 2,078,897 | -117,355 | 3.26 |
| 2021-12-31 | 861,378 | 1,961,542 | -1,100,164 | 1.18 |
| 2022-01-14 | 893,510 | 861,378 | +32,132 | 2.38 |
| 2022-01-31 | 904,307 | 893,510 | +10,797 | 2.86 |
| 2022-02-15 | 1,340,445 | 904,307 | +436,138 | 3.97 |
| 2022-02-28 | 1,010,904 | 1,340,445 | -329,541 | 2.81 |
| 2022-03-15 | 1,137,929 | 1,010,904 | +127,025 | 3.29 |
| 2022-03-31 | 1,231,521 | 1,137,929 | +93,592 | 2.06 |
| 2022-04-14 | 905,105 | 1,231,521 | -326,416 | 2.99 |
| 2022-04-29 | 789,453 | 905,105 | -115,652 | 3.26 |
| 2022-05-13 | 1,459,822 | 789,453 | +670,369 | 2.88 |
| 2022-05-31 | 1,517,796 | 1,459,822 | +57,974 | 2.44 |
| 2022-06-15 | 1,712,246 | 1,517,796 | +194,450 | 3.24 |
| 2022-06-30 | 2,078,253 | 1,712,246 | +366,007 | 3.01 |
| 2022-07-15 | 2,730,801 | 2,078,253 | +652,548 | 6.14 |
| 2022-07-29 | 2,634,330 | 2,730,801 | -96,471 | 6.95 |
| 2022-08-15 | 2,142,453 | 2,634,330 | -491,877 | 4.97 |
| 2022-08-31 | 1,985,580 | 2,142,453 | -156,873 | 6.58 |
| 2022-09-15 | 2,071,606 | 1,985,580 | +86,026 | 6.80 |
| 2022-09-30 | 2,343,881 | 2,071,606 | +272,275 | 4.70 |
| 2022-10-14 | 2,451,772 | 2,343,881 | +107,891 | 4.61 |
| 2022-10-31 | 2,358,205 | 2,451,772 | -93,567 | 4.43 |
| 2022-11-15 | 2,399,462 | 2,358,205 | +41,257 | 2.60 |
| 2022-11-30 | 2,712,115 | 2,399,462 | +312,653 | 4.69 |
| 2022-12-15 | 3,274,742 | 2,712,115 | +562,627 | 9.58 |
| 2022-12-30 | 2,817,285 | 3,274,742 | -457,457 | 10.81 |
| 2023-01-13 | 2,783,592 | 2,817,285 | -33,693 | 9.55 |
| 2023-01-31 | 3,096,493 | 2,783,592 | +312,901 | 9.82 |
| 2023-02-15 | 3,167,769 | 3,096,493 | +71,276 | 11.75 |
| 2023-02-28 | 3,219,042 | 3,167,722 | +51,320 | 9.14 |
| 2023-03-15 | 3,200,487 | 3,219,042 | -18,555 | 9.13 |
| 2023-03-31 | 2,803,857 | 3,200,487 | -396,630 | 8.25 |
| 2023-04-14 | 2,670,436 | 2,803,857 | -133,421 | 9.01 |
| 2023-04-28 | 2,663,567 | 2,670,436 | -6,869 | 9.61 |
| 2023-05-15 | 2,170,461 | 2,663,567 | -493,106 | 7.34 |
| 2023-05-31 | 2,342,120 | 2,170,461 | +171,659 | 8.52 |
| 2023-06-15 | 2,500,400 | 2,342,120 | +158,280 | 7.67 |
| 2023-06-30 | 2,480,752 | 2,500,400 | -19,648 | 5.03 |
| 2023-07-14 | 2,222,889 | 2,480,752 | -257,863 | 12.63 |
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