FAF vs. FNF, SRC, SSB, CACC, BOKF, SIGI, EEFT, PB, STWD, and AGNC
Should you be buying First American Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First American Financial include Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), SouthState (SSB), Credit Acceptance (CACC), BOK Financial (BOKF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), and AGNC Investment (AGNC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First American Financial vs.
Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Fidelity National Financial presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.28%. First American Financial has a consensus target price of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.76%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than First American Financial.
In the previous week, First American Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First American Financial and 6 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat First American Financial's score of 0.17 indicating that Fidelity National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidelity National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First American Financial. Fidelity National Financial 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.
Fidelity National Financial has a net margin of 9.83% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 3.46%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 22.52% beat First American Financial's return on equity.
Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First American Financial pays out 85.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity National Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and First American Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Fidelity National Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
78.0% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of First American Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of First American Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First American Financial has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity National Financial received 140 more outperform votes than First American Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 61.86% of users gave First American Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Fidelity National Financial beats First American Financial on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FAF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
First American Financial Competitors List
