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FAF vs. ESNT, FNF, FRT, KIM, KNSL, MAS, MTG, PHM, STC, and WY

Should you be buying First American Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First American Financial include Essent Group (ESNT), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Masco (MAS), MGIC Investment (MTG), PulteGroup (PHM), Stewart Information Services (STC), and Weyerhaeuser (WY).

First American Financial vs. Its Competitors

First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) and Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

First American Financial has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essent Group has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Essent Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First American Financial. Essent Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First American Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First American Financial$6.51B1.01$131.10M$1.8135.51
Essent Group$1.29B4.89$729.40M$6.859.38

Essent Group has a net margin of 56.36% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 2.90%. Essent Group's return on equity of 12.66% beat First American Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First American Financial2.90% 10.41% 3.33%
Essent Group 56.36%12.66%9.98%

In the previous week, Essent Group had 6 more articles in the media than First American Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Essent Group and 4 mentions for First American Financial. Essent Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat First American Financial's score of 0.63 indicating that Essent Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First American Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Essent Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

89.1% of First American Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Essent Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of First American Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Essent Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First American Financial presently has a consensus price target of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.68%. Essent Group has a consensus price target of $63.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.92%. Given First American Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Essent Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First American Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Essent Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Essent Group pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. First American Financial pays out 121.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essent Group pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First American Financial has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Essent Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. First American Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Essent Group beats First American Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FAF vs. The Competition

MetricFirst American FinancialINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.54B$58.22B$12.57B$21.35B
Dividend Yield3.37%1.87%5.44%3.52%
P/E Ratio35.5116.56238.9329.19
Price / Sales1.012.6131.6683.63
Price / Cash10.1529.0822.7724.47
Price / Book1.342.992.274.52
Net Income$131.10M$4.66B$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-4.44%-2.03%-1.15%-1.35%
1 Month Performance-3.21%1.84%1.15%2.04%
1 Year Performance-0.06%17.67%540.31%13.83%

First American Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FAF
First American Financial
4.6793 of 5 stars
$64.28
-1.5%
$75.00
+16.7%
+0.9%$6.54B$6.51B35.5119,038Ex-Dividend
ESNT
Essent Group
4.037 of 5 stars
$64.74
-0.8%
$63.67
-1.7%
+1.5%$6.43B$1.24B9.45350Insider Trade
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.7688 of 5 stars
$58.92
+0.4%
$71.20
+20.8%
-1.5%$15.95B$13.68B14.9523,533Positive News
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.6272 of 5 stars
$99.71
+0.1%
$109.31
+9.6%
-13.7%$8.59B$1.20B25.24320Positive News
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4887 of 5 stars
$21.78
-0.8%
$24.85
+14.1%
-8.5%$14.86B$2.04B26.23640Positive News
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.8067 of 5 stars
$424.12
-1.1%
$505.80
+19.3%
-4.9%$9.99B$1.59B22.12470Positive News
MAS
Masco
4.8082 of 5 stars
$71.09
-1.6%
$74.60
+4.9%
-13.9%$15.12B$7.83B18.8618,000Positive News
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MTG
MGIC Investment
3.7165 of 5 stars
$28.15
-0.6%
$26.67
-5.3%
+12.8%$6.53B$1.21B9.23680Positive News
PHM
PulteGroup
4.7347 of 5 stars
$129.25
-2.0%
$136.46
+5.6%
-8.6%$26.02B$17.95B9.666,793Positive News
STC
Stewart Information Services
2.7322 of 5 stars
$74.49
-1.0%
$77.50
+4.0%
+0.8%$2.11B$2.49B23.957,000
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.7813 of 5 stars
$24.29
+0.8%
$32.88
+35.4%
-27.1%$17.39B$7.12B63.919,440Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FAF) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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