FirstRand (FANDF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FirstRand Limited is a South African financial services group that provides banking, lending, investment, insurance and wealth-management services. The group serves individuals, businesses, corporates and institutional clients through a portfolio of established financial brands.

Its principal businesses include FNB, which offers retail and commercial banking products such as transaction accounts, payments, savings, loans and digital banking; Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), which provides corporate and investment banking, advisory, financing and markets services; and WesBank, which specializes in vehicle and asset finance. FirstRand also provides investment and wealth-management services through Ashburton Investments.

FirstRand was established in 1998 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its operations are concentrated in South Africa, with additional activities and banking operations in selected African markets and international financial centers. Mary Vilakazi serves as the group’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.82 to $5.82
• 50-Day Range: $5.60 to $5.82
• 52-Week Range: $4.22 to $6.01
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 759 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 1.98
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

FirstRand Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FirstRand scored higher than 43% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

FirstRand has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FirstRand has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of FirstRand is 1.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.23.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of FirstRand is 1.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.77.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FirstRand has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FirstRand has recently decreased by 68.07%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

FirstRand does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

FirstRand does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of FirstRand is 39.72%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

FirstRand has a news sentiment score of 1.00. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for FirstRand this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

FirstRand has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:FANDF
• CIK: 1454175
• Web: www.firstrand.co.za
• Phone: 27 11 282 1808
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 50,178
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1.98
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

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

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A