NYSE:FAF - First American Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

First American Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FAF."

First American Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 6th. This is a positive change from First American Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. View First American Financial's Dividend History.

First American Financial Corp (NYSE:FAF) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The insurance provider reported $1.64 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.20. The insurance provider earned $1.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.62 billion. First American Financial had a net margin of 9.76% and a return on equity of 15.21%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.34 EPS. View First American Financial's Earnings History.

First American Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First American Financial.

First American Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 13th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for First American Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $73.00. On average, they anticipate First American Financial's share price to reach $67.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First American Financial.

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

Media coverage about FAF stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First American Financial earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for First American Financial.

First American Financial saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,500,000 shares, an increase of 22.0% from the December 31st total of 2,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 654,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View First American Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First American Financial include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Axis Capital (AXS) and Assured Guaranty (AGO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First American Financial investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Starbucks (SBUX), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NIC (EGOV), Zoetis (ZTS), Micron Technology (MU) and Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW).

First American Financial's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (1.45%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.89%), Clark Capital Management Group Inc. (0.27%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.25%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%). Company insiders that own First American Financial stock include Christopher Michael Leavell, Kenneth D Degiorgio, Mark Edward Seaton and Matthew F Wajner. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First American Financial.

FAF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dupont Capital Management Corp, Hamlin Capital Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Arizona State Retirement System, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, First National Bank of Omaha and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold First American Financial company stock in the last year include Christopher Michael Leavell, Kenneth D Degiorgio and Mark Edward Seaton. View Insider Buying and Selling for First American Financial.

FAF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Sciencast Management LP, Chapman Investment Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and SG Americas Securities LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for First American Financial.

Shares of FAF 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FAF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.17.

First American Financial has a market capitalization of $6.98 billion and generates $5.75 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $474.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.58 on an earnings per share basis. First American Financial employs 18,251 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About First American Financial.

The official website for First American Financial is http://www.firstam.com/.

First American Financial's mailing address is 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA, 92707. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 714-250-3000 or via email at i[email protected]