The stock of First American Financial Corp (FAF) has gone down by -4.81% for the week, with a -0.56% drop in the past month and a 7.06% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.95%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 1.93% for FAF. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.83% for FAF’s stock, with a 8.34% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in First American Financial Corp (NYSE: FAF) Right Now?
First American Financial Corp (NYSE: FAF) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.22x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for FAF is 1.31. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 rating it as “overweight,” 4 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
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The public float for FAF is 98.03M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.12% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of FAF on October 24, 2024 was 752.12K shares.
FAF) stock’s latest price update
First American Financial Corp (NYSE: FAF)’s stock price has soared by 0.28 in relation to previous closing price of 63.80. Nevertheless, the company has seen a loss of -4.81% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2024-10-23 that While the top- and bottom-line numbers for First American Financial (FAF) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Analysts’ Opinion of FAF
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for FAF stocks, with Keefe Bruyette repeating the rating for FAF by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for FAF in the upcoming period, according to Keefe Bruyette is $69 based on the research report published on March 21, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Barclays gave a rating of “Equal Weight” to FAF, setting the target price at $53 in the report published on November 15th of the previous year.
FAF Trading at -1.05% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought FAF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -5.75% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.93%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.95%, as shares sank -1.08% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +5.04% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, FAF fell by -4.52%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +4.21% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $65.18. In addition, First American Financial Corp saw -0.71% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at FAF starting from Adams Steven a, who sale 1,800 shares at the price of $56.20 back on Nov 15 ’23. After this action, Adams Steven a now owns 7,487 shares of First American Financial Corp, valued at $101,160 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for FAF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.0 for the present operating margin
- 0.95 for the gross margin
The net margin for First American Financial Corp stands at 0.02. The total capital return value is set at -0.0. Equity return is now at value 4.07, with 0.59 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 462.9 million with net debt to EBITDA at 15.15. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.61. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.40.
Conclusion
In conclusion, First American Financial Corp (FAF) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
