First American Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First American Financial in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" First American Financial stock.
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First American Financial saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,490,000 shares, a decline of 17.8% from the June 30th total of 3,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 662,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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First American Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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First American Financial Co. (NYSE:FAF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 21st. The insurance provider reported $2.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.46. The insurance provider earned $2.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.87 billion. First American Financial had a net margin of 11.95% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.20%. First American Financial's revenue was up 40.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.05 EPS.
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First American Financial's stock was trading at $57.61 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FAF stock has increased by 16.8% and is now trading at $67.31.
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First American Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share on Tuesday, June 15th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 7th.
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First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.78%. First American Financial does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of First American Financial is 33.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, First American Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.98% next year. This indicates that First American Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for First American Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $67.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate First American Financial's share price to reach $73.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to First American Financial include The Progressive (PGR), The Allstate (ALL), The Travelers Companies (TRV), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), AXIS Capital (AXS) and Assured Guaranty (AGO).
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First American Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FAF."

First American Financial's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.54%), ST Germain D J Co. Inc. (0.17%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%), New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own First American Financial stock include Christopher Michael Leavell, Mark C Oman and Mark Edward Seaton.
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FAF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hillsdale Investment Management Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.
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FAF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Mayflower Financial Advisors LLC, ST Germain D J Co. Inc., Stratos Wealth Partners LTD., New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund.
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Shares of FAF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FAF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.31.

First American Financial has a market capitalization of $7.40 billion and generates $7.09 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $696.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.45 on an earnings per share basis.

First American Financial employs 19,597 workers across the globe.

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

First American Financial is headquartered at 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA, 92707.

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 [email protected]