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Quick Overview of First American

More and more people are talking about First American over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Specialty Insurance stock at a price of $57.41? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

  • First American has moved -6.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -3.8%

  • FAF has an average analyst rating of buy and is -8.58% away from its mean target price of $62.8 per share

  • Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.45

  • First American has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97

  • Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $5.99 and its forward P/E ratio is 9.6

  • The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.3 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95

  • First American is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 14.34 and an average P/B of 1.57

  • FAF has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -77.9% and gross profit margins of 0.6%

  • The company has a free cash flow of $508,750,016.00, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter

  • First American Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides financial services. It operates through Title Insurance and Services, and Specialty Insurance segments.

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