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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 6th. This is an increase from First American Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. View First American Financial's Dividend History.

First American Financial Corp (NYSE:FAF) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The insurance provider reported $1.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.45. The insurance provider earned $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. First American Financial had a net margin of 11.41% and a return on equity of 15.68%. The company's revenue was up 22.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.27 earnings per share. View First American Financial's Earnings History.

First American Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First American Financial.

6 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for First American Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $76.00. On average, they anticipate First American Financial's stock price to reach $69.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First American Financial.

6 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for First American Financial.

News coverage about FAF stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. First American Financial earned a news impact score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 next several days. View News Stories for First American Financial.

First American Financial saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 1,820,000 shares, a drop of 22.2% from the January 30th total of 2,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 655,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock 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), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), Axis Capital (AXS), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) 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 investors include FMR LLC (4.64%), Ariel Investments LLC (3.19%), State Street Corp (2.78%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.68%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%) and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (1.45%). 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 FMR LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Ariel Investments LLC, Eaton Vance Management, Employees Retirement System of Texas and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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, Schroder Investment Management Group, Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Parnassus Investments CA and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. 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 $59.33.

First American Financial has a market capitalization of $6.68 billion and generates $6.20 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $707.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.76 on an earnings per share basis. First American Financial employs 18,412 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 [email protected]