First American Financial (FAF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) is a provider of title insurance, settlement services and financial technology solutions for the real estate and mortgage industries. Through its First American Title operations, the company helps protect property owners, lenders and other parties against title defects and related risks during real estate transactions.

The company’s services include title searches and examination, title insurance policies, escrow and closing services, and transaction coordination. It also provides property and ownership data, valuation and decision-support tools, mortgage servicing solutions, and other digital products designed to support lenders, real estate professionals, attorneys and consumers.

First American traces its roots to 1889 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California. Its primary operations serve the United States real estate and mortgage markets, with additional activities in selected international markets. The company operates through a network of offices, agents and technology platforms that support residential and commercial property transactions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $65.34 to $66.19
• 50-Day Range: $60.85 to $76.57
• 52-Week Range: $56.20 to $79.87
• Volume: 31,288 shs
• Average Volume: 971,833 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.67 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.20
• Dividend Yield: 3.73%
• Price Target: $81.60
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

First American Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

First American Financial scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 164th out of 859 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

First American Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

First American Financial has a consensus price target of $81.60, representing about 23.4% upside from its current price of $66.12.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

First American Financial has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 0.43%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for First American Financial are expected to grow by 0.43% in the coming year, from $6.94 to $6.97 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of First American Financial is 9.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of First American Financial is 9.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.12.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

First American Financial has a PEG Ratio of 0.60. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

First American Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.25. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.45% of the float of First American Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

First American Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.9.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in First American Financial has recently increased by 1.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

First American Financial is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.83%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

First American Financial has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of First American Financial is 34.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, First American Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.01% next year. This indicates that First American Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.23

News Sentiment

First American Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.23. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for First American Financial this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for FAF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added First American Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 500% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, First American Financial insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.50% of the stock of First American Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.05% of the stock of First American Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/5 Dividend: 9/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/5 Dividend: 9/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/05/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/21/2026
• Today: 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FAF
• CIK: 1472787
• Web: www.firstam.com
• Phone: (714) 250-3000
• Fax: 714-541-6372
• Employees: 19,102
• Year Founded: 1889

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for First American Financial: $81.60
• High Price Target: $86.00
• Low Price Target: $75.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.27
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.42
• P/E Growth: 0.6
• Net Income: $621.80 million
• Net Margins: 9.05%
• Pretax Margin: 11.88%
• Return on Equity: 13.41%
• Return on Assets: 4.17%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: 1.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.08 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.83
• Cash Flow: $8.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.12
• Book Value: $52.97 per share
• Price / Book: 1.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 102,100,000
• Free Float: 98,527,000
• Market Cap: $6.71 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.24