At the time of writing, First American Financial Corp [FAF] stock is trading at $64.17, up 0.16%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The FAF shares have gain 2.48% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.62%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
First American Financial Corp [NYSE: FAF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 21, 2024, when Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform and also boosted its price target to $69 from $66. On November 15, 2023, Barclays initiated with a Equal Weight rating and assigned a price target of $53 on the stock. Stephens upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $72 on February 10, 2023. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on December 15, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $61. In a note dated April 01, 2022, Credit Suisse downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $97 to $74.
For the past year, the stock price of First American Financial Corp fluctuated between $51.60 and $67.88. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $75.8 within the next 12 months. First American Financial Corp [NYSE: FAF] shares were valued at $64.17 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.12% based on the average FAF price forecast.
Analyzing the FAF fundamentals
According to First American Financial Corp [NYSE:FAF], the company’s sales were 5.63B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -5.07% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.9% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.02 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.54.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 63.84 points at the first support level, and at 63.52 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 64.71, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 65.24.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that First American Financial Corp [NYSE:FAF] has a current ratio of 2.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.17, the price to book ratio is 1.30 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 72.73.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Adams Steven A, VP & Chief Accounting Officer, that happened on Oct 29 ’24 when 2337.0 shares were sold. Officer, Adams Steven A completed a deal on Oct 29 ’24 to buy 2337.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP & Chief Accounting Officer Adams Steven a sold 1800.0 shares on Nov 15 ’23.
