At the time of writing, First American Financial Corp [FAF] stock is trading at $55.81, up 0.09%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The FAF shares have gain 3.14% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.30%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
First American Financial Corp [NYSE: FAF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 08, 2025, when Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $75 for it. Previously, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on December 10, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $80. On March 21, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $69 on the stock. Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Equal Weight and recommended $53 as its price target on November 15, 2023. In a note dated February 10, 2023, Stephens upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $65 to $72.
For the past year, the stock price of First American Financial Corp fluctuated between $51.85 and $70.92. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $86 within the next 12 months. First American Financial Corp [NYSE: FAF] shares were valued at $55.81 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 54.09% based on the average FAF price forecast.
Analyzing the FAF fundamentals
According to First American Financial Corp [NYSE:FAF], the company’s sales were 6.04B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 11.07% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.31% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.03 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.5.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that First American Financial Corp [NYSE:FAF] has a current ratio of 1.73. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.95, the price to book ratio is 1.15 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 36.83.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved DEGIORGIO KENNETH D, Former Officer, Director, that happened on Apr 24 ’25 when 0.25 million shares were purchased. EVP & Chief Financial Officer, Seaton Mark Edward completed a deal on Feb 25 ’25 to sell 37321.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP, Chief Legal Officer Cornehl Lisa W sold 3057.0 shares on Feb 25 ’25.
