First American Financial (FAF) Competitors

First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) and Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FAF or BRX?

89.1% of First American Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of First American Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend FAF or BRX?

First American Financial presently has a consensus target price of $74.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.11%. Brixmor Property Group has a consensus target price of $30.30, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. Given First American Financial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Brixmor Property 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
Brixmor Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is FAF or BRX a better dividend stock?

First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. First American Financial pays out 143.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brixmor Property Group pays out 109.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First American Financial has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Brixmor Property Group has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Brixmor Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FAF or BRX?

Brixmor Property Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First American Financial. Brixmor Property 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First American Financial	$6.13B	1.02	$131.10M	$1.51	40.08
Brixmor Property Group	$1.30B	6.02	$339.27M	$1.05	24.40

Does the media refer more to FAF or BRX?

In the previous week, First American Financial had 11 more articles in the media than Brixmor Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for First American Financial and 7 mentions for Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat First American Financial's score of 0.93 indicating that Brixmor Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First American Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brixmor Property Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FAF or BRX more profitable?

Brixmor Property Group has a net margin of 24.58% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 2.90%. Brixmor Property Group's return on equity of 10.97% beat First American Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First American Financial	2.90%	10.47%	3.36%
Brixmor Property Group	24.58%	10.97%	3.66%

Which has more risk and volatility, FAF or BRX?

First American Financial has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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