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Institutional Ownership · SEC Form 13F

Who owns First Advantage (FA)


Which tracked institutional funds hold FA, how they are positioned, and who is buying versus exiting — from SEC Form 13F-HR filings. See FA company fundamentals →

Ownership as of the 2026-Q2 13F filings (latest filed 2026-09-22). 13F is disclosed up to 45 days after quarter-end, so the most recent quarter fills in over the following weeks.

164
Institutional holders
198M
Shares held (tracked funds)

How the tape is positioned

The tracked-fund tape on FA is one-sided between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2: 72 added or opened and 16 trimmed or exited — on balance accumulating.

A prompt to read the filings, not a verdict. 13F is a quarter-end snapshot disclosed up to 45 days late; a fund adds or exits for mandate, benchmark, and timing reasons that have nothing to do with a view on the stock. This is a starting question, not a signal to trade.

Conviction spread

FA’s largest tracked holder by dollar value, Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., sizes it at 35.3% of its own reported 13F book, while the median holder sizes it at 0.0% of theirs — a 35.3pp conviction gap — its largest holder concentrates the name more heavily than the typical one.

Book-share is each fund’s reported value in FA divided by its whole reported 13F book, so it is comparable across funds of different sizes and is unaffected by stock splits. A higher share means a fund has committed more of its book to the name — a starting question about conviction, not a verdict or a signal to trade.

Institutional & insider positioning

Between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2, across 164 tracked filers holding FA, 102 increased or opened the position and 77 reduced or closed it; over the same quarter, open-market insider Form 4s were net sales.

This fuses two public signals for the same quarter — how tracked institutions changed their positions and whether insiders bought or sold in the open market. It describes what was filed; it is a starting question, not a verdict or a signal to trade.

New buyers & exits

Funds opening or closing a position in FA between the 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2 13F filings, and the largest changes among funds holding it in both. New buyers and exits are counted on fund presence (split-invariant); adds and trims are measured on reported value.

New buyers 10

  • AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC$14M
  • PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC$7M
  • Public Sector Pension Investment Board$5M
  • MARSHALL WACE, LLP$4M
  • Jupiter Topco LLC$3M
  • ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$2M

Full exits 9

  • JANE STREET GROUP, LLC$3M
  • ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP$2M
  • CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO$2M
  • RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$1M
  • Olstein Capital Management, L.P.$1M
  • Van Berkom & Associates Inc.$1M

Largest adds

  • Silver Lake Group, L.L.C.$563M
  • BlackRock, Inc.$147M
  • PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/$106M
  • Capital World Investors$71M
  • STATE STREET CORP$36M
  • FMR LLC$34M

Largest trims

  • ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.$25M
  • FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC$7M
  • PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP$6M
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC$2M
  • Estuary Capital Management LP$1M
  • Sunriver Management LLC$631K

Institutional holders

One row per tracked fund, most shares held first (every row is from one quarter; reported value breaks ties). “% of value” is the fund’s share of this security’s tracked institutional value — not of shares outstanding.

FundSharesReported value% of valueQuarter
Silver Lake Group, L.L.C.89,557,840$1.6B45.8%2026-Q2
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added15,706,958$284M8.0%2026-Q2
BlackRock, Inc. added12,063,590$218M6.2%2026-Q2
Capital World Investors added10,690,358$193M5.5%2026-Q2
FMR LLC trimmed7,652,905$138M3.9%2026-Q2
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. trimmed7,620,910$90M2.5%2026-Q2
CAT ROCK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP4,228,018$76M2.2%2026-Q2
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC added4,118,357$74M2.1%2026-Q2
BAMCO INC /NY/ trimmed3,502,140$63M1.8%2026-Q2
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added3,451,299$62M1.8%2026-Q2
Boston Partners added3,230,897$59M1.7%2026-Q2
STATE STREET CORP added3,220,986$58M1.6%2026-Q2
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP added3,107,859$56M1.6%2026-Q2
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC added2,277,976$41M1.2%2026-Q2
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added2,197,223$40M1.1%2026-Q2
EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC added2,188,875$40M1.1%2026-Q2
Sunriver Management LLC trimmed1,940,912$35M1.0%2026-Q2
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO trimmed1,855,581$34M1.0%2026-Q2
EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST added1,425,858$26M0.7%2026-Q2
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC added1,177,058$21M0.6%2026-Q2
MORGAN STANLEY added1,020,872$18M0.5%2026-Q2
CORTLAND ASSOCIATES INC/MO trimmed881,185$16M0.5%2026-Q2
NORTHERN TRUST CORP added825,364$15M0.4%2026-Q2
PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP trimmed805,144$15M0.4%2026-Q2
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC new772,765$14M0.4%2026-Q2
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC added729,945$13M0.4%2026-Q2
Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. trimmed721,906$13M0.4%2026-Q2
Onex Canada Asset Management Inc. trimmed692,378$12M0.4%2026-Q2
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND trimmed663,463$12M0.3%2026-Q2
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO added552,962$10M0.3%2026-Q2
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ trimmed421,038$8M0.2%2026-Q2
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP added418,843$8M0.2%2026-Q2
Bank of New York Mellon Corp added415,569$8M0.2%2026-Q2
UBS Group AG added406,138$7M0.2%2026-Q2
BloombergSen Inc.398,847$7M0.2%2026-Q2
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC new384,659$7M0.2%2026-Q2
CI INVESTMENTS INC. added346,050$6M0.2%2026-Q2
Invesco Ltd. added340,374$6M0.2%2026-Q2
HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd trimmed312,500$6M0.2%2026-Q2
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC trimmed303,826$5M0.2%2026-Q2
Estuary Capital Management LP trimmed294,286$5M0.2%2026-Q2
Quantinno Capital Management LP added293,541$5M0.2%2026-Q2
FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed272,340$5M0.1%2026-Q2
Public Sector Pension Investment Board new271,060$5M0.1%2026-Q2
Nuveen, LLC added244,220$4M0.1%2026-Q2
MARSHALL WACE, LLP new239,470$4M0.1%2026-Q2
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added208,339$4M0.1%2026-Q2
NORTH STAR ASSET MANAGEMENT INC trimmed194,065$4M0.1%2026-Q2
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS added187,490$3M0.1%2026-Q2
Legal & General Group Plc added183,427$3M0.1%2026-Q2
Jupiter Topco LLC new181,437$3M0.1%2026-Q2
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added163,588$3M0.1%2026-Q2
Swiss National Bank added157,444$3M0.1%2026-Q2
Corient Private Wealth LP added145,067$3M0.1%2026-Q2
BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL added132,438$2M0.1%2026-Q2
Creative Planning added112,982$2M0.1%2026-Q2
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC added109,835$2M0.1%2026-Q2
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec trimmed103,630$2M0.1%2026-Q2
Pathstone Holdings, LLC added93,907$2M0.0%2026-Q2
CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM trimmed90,616$2M0.0%2026-Q2
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added90,547$2M0.0%2026-Q2
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ added90,399$2M0.0%2026-Q2
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA added88,949$2M0.0%2026-Q2
PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT trimmed88,136$2M0.0%2026-Q2
SEI INVESTMENTS CO trimmed87,894$2M0.0%2026-Q2
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC added81,277$1M0.0%2026-Q2
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN added74,426$1M0.0%2026-Q2
Man Group plc trimmed70,058$1M0.0%2026-Q2
EASTERLY INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC new68,800$1M0.0%2026-Q2
CITIGROUP INC added55,657$1M0.0%2026-Q2
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)51,958$938K0.0%2026-Q2
VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd50,119$905K0.0%2026-Q2
MIRABELLA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLP new49,666$896K0.0%2026-Q2
Gotham Asset Management, LLC added49,269$889K0.0%2026-Q2
MetLife Investment Management, LLC trimmed47,271$853K0.0%2026-Q2
MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. trimmed36,966$667K0.0%2026-Q2
National Philanthropic Trust36,484$659K0.0%2026-Q2
Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc34,825$629K0.0%2026-Q2
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System new34,600$625K0.0%2026-Q2
STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD added34,260$618K0.0%2026-Q2
IEQ CAPITAL, LLC new32,551$588K0.0%2026-Q2
JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP trimmed32,169$573K0.0%2026-Q2
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC30,736$555K0.0%2026-Q2
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE trimmed30,180$545K0.0%2026-Q2
Russell Investments Group, Ltd. added28,802$520K0.0%2026-Q2
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey added24,605$444K0.0%2026-Q2
GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA added23,765$429K0.0%2026-Q2
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC trimmed22,098$399K0.0%2026-Q2
ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM added21,645$391K0.0%2026-Q2
YOUSIF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC new21,295$384K0.0%2026-Q2
MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV added20,390$368K0.0%2026-Q2
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS new18,712$338K0.0%2026-Q2
Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd.18,693$337K0.0%2026-Q2
OREGON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND new17,900$323K0.0%2026-Q2
MANGROVE PARTNERS IM, LLC new17,737$320K0.0%2026-Q2
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH trimmed17,616$318K0.0%2026-Q2
KLP KAPITALFORVALTNING AS16,723$302K0.0%2026-Q2
Jasper Ridge Partners, L.P.16,614$300K0.0%2026-Q2
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP added16,594$300K0.0%2026-Q2
VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC added15,691$283K0.0%2026-Q2

Ownership over time

Tracked institutional holder count and total shares held by filing quarter (independent scales). The curated-era tail and any mid-ingest latest quarter are handled honestly — a partial quarter is not drawn as a collapse.

HoldersTotal shares

Reading this table

Funds hold the same stock for different reasons — an index fund “holds” almost everything, an active manager sizes a name to a mandate and a benchmark, and each fund entered at its own price and time. Because 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter-end, every row is a backward-looking snapshot; a manager may have traded since. Share-class siblings (a company’s A and C shares) are rolled up to one line so a dual-class name is never double-counted. Compare like-for-like. A large holder is not an endorsement, and a fund exiting is not a warning — this is a starting question, not a verdict.

About 13F filings

A Form 13F is a quarterly disclosure that institutional investment managers with over $100 million in US-listed equities must file with the SEC. In plain English: it is a snapshot of the long stock positions a fund held at the end of a quarter. It covers long US-listed equities only — not short positions, options, cash, or private holdings — and the funds shown are the large sample we track, not the complete 13F universe.

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