First American Corp. (FAF): Price and Financial Metrics

FAF POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where FAF ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 78.33% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for FAF is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• FAF ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 13th percentile.

FAF Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 5.98, First American Financial Corp P/E ratio is greater than that of about only 10.05% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• Of note is the ratio of First American Financial Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.5% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• With a price/sales ratio of 0.8, First American Financial Corp has a higher such ratio than merely 19.13% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to First American Financial Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be JRVR, RGLD, PDCE, PTEN, and DRH.
• FAF's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit First American Financial Corp's official web site, go to www.firstam.com.

FAF Valuation Summary

• FAF's price/earnings ratio is 7.5; this is 31.82% lower than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• FAF's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.4 over the prior 137 months.
• Over the past 137 months, FAF's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for FAF.

FAF Growth Metrics

Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 60.85%.
• Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 67.63%.
• Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 19.85%.

Over the past 52 months, FAF's revenue has gone up $3,425,703,000.

The table below shows FAF's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	9,221	1,220	1,241
2021-09-30	8,999.322	1,279.596	1,261.456
2021-06-30	8,357.115	1,193.678	998.485
2021-03-31	7,699.469	1,284.414	866.841
2020-12-31	7,086.667	1,084.659	696.429
2020-09-30	6,664.057	982.453	640.136

FAF's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• FAF has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 62.12% of graded US stocks.
• FAF's asset turnover comes in at 0.607 -- ranking 21st of 133 Insurance stocks.
• NMIH, MET, and MTG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with FAF.

The table below shows FAF's key quality metrics over time.