First American Financial (FAF) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, BRX or FAF?

Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First American Financial has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BRX or FAF?

Brixmor Property Group presently has a consensus target price of $30.42, indicating a potential upside of 8.05%. First American Financial has a consensus target price of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.09%. Given First American Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Brixmor Property Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brixmor Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
First American Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is BRX or FAF a better dividend stock?

Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Brixmor Property Group pays out 104.5% 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 pays out 119.3% 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 has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and First American Financial has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Brixmor Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BRX or FAF?

In the previous week, Brixmor Property Group had 3 more articles in the media than First American Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Brixmor Property Group and 10 mentions for First American Financial. First American Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Brixmor Property Group's score of 1.21 indicating that First American Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brixmor Property Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First American Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BRX or FAF?

Brixmor Property Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Brixmor Property Group	$1.29B	6.71	$339.27M	$1.10	25.59
First American Financial	$6.51B	1.04	$131.10M	$1.81	36.64

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BRX or FAF?

98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of First American Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First American Financial shares are owned by company 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.

Is BRX or FAF more profitable?

Brixmor Property Group has a net margin of 25.27% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 2.90%. Brixmor Property Group's return on equity of 11.39% beat First American Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brixmor Property Group	25.27%	11.39%	3.85%
First American Financial	2.90%	10.41%	3.33%

Summary

Brixmor Property Group beats First American Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.