A share price of First American Financial Corp [FAF] is currently trading at $58.75, down -0.31%. 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 4.31% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.33%, 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.
First American Financial Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $52.39 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 $58.75 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 46.38% based on the average FAF price forecast.
Analyzing the FAF fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for First American Financial Corp [NYSE:FAF] were 6.04B which represents 11.07% growth. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.5.
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 58.11 points at the first support level, and at 57.47 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 59.54, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 60.33.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for First American Financial Corp [NYSE:FAF] is 1.73. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.00, the price to book ratio is 1.21 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 38.77.
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.
