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First American Financial Corp (NYSE: FAF) closed the day trading at $59.96 down -0.03% from the previous closing price of $59.98. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.03 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.14 million shares were traded. FAF stock price reached its highest trading level at $60.67 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $59.81.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of FAF, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.35 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.35.
On December 10, 2024, Keefe Bruyette Downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $80.
Keefe Bruyette Upgraded its Mkt Perform to Outperform on March 21, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $66 to $69.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 24 ’25 when DEGIORGIO KENNETH D bought 250,669 shares for $62.79 per share.
Seaton Mark Edward sold 37,321 shares of FAF for $2,436,110 on Feb 25 ’25. The EVP & Chief Financial Officer now owns 158,491 shares after completing the transaction at $65.27 per share. On Feb 25 ’25, another insider, Cornehl Lisa W, who serves as the SVP, Chief Legal Officer of the company, sold 3,057 shares for $65.49 each. As a result, the insider received 200,216 and left with 23,825 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FAF now has a Market Capitalization of 6169884160 and an Enterprise Value of 6742431232. As of this moment, First’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 39.57, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.96. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.51. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.02 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.23. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.073 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.955.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FAF is 1.26, which has changed by 0.070905566 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12153554 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FAF has reached a high of $70.92, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $52.39. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.42%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.42%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FAF traded about 1.01M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FAF traded about 1175500 shares per day. A total of 103.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 98.11M. Insiders hold about 4.65% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 87.32% stake in the company. Shares short for FAF as of 1749772800 were 1882594 with a Short Ratio of 1.87, compared to 1747267200 on 1447603. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1882594 and a Short% of Float of 1.9.
Dividends & Splits
FAF’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.16, up from 2.15 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.035845283The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.39.
