NASDAQ:FFWM - First Foundation Stock Price, Price Target & More

First Foundation trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FFWM."

First Foundation Inc (NASDAQ:FFWM) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The bank reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.03. The bank earned $43.25 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.15 million. First Foundation had a net margin of 16.05% and a return on equity of 10.22%. View First Foundation's Earnings History.

First Foundation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for First Foundation.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for First Foundation's stock. Their predictions range from $20.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate First Foundation's stock price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for First Foundation.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Foundation in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

First Foundation saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 802,076 shares, a decrease of 26.5% from the May 31st total of 1,091,126 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 241,098 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View First Foundation's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First Foundation include Union Bankshares (UBSH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), United Community Banks (UCBI), Independent Bank (INDB), TowneBank (TOWN), Renasant (RNST), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Hilltop (HTH), Banner (BANR), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) and Heartland Financial USA (HTLF).

News articles about FFWM stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. First Foundation earned a media sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the bank an impact score of 45.86 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

First Foundation's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.16%), Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. (0.06%) and Creative Planning (0.05%). Company insiders that own First Foundation stock include Gerald L Larsen, Jacob Sonenshine, John Hakopian, John Michel, Max Briggs, Scott F Kavanaugh, Ulrich E Keller Jr, Victoria Collins and Warren D Fix. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Foundation.

FFWM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold First Foundation company stock in the last year include Gerald L Larsen, Jacob Sonenshine, John Hakopian, John Michel, Max Briggs, Scott F Kavanaugh, Ulrich E Keller Jr and Warren D Fix. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Foundation.

FFWM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Creative Planning and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Foundation.

Shares of FFWM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FFWM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.72.

First Foundation has a market capitalization of $729.20 million and generates $175.52 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $27.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.97 on an earnings per share basis. First Foundation employs 394 workers across the globe.

First Foundation's mailing address is 18101 VON KARMAN AVE SUITE 700, IRVINE CA, 92612. The bank can be reached via phone at 949-202-4160 or via email at [email protected]