First Foundation Inc. (FFWM): Price and Financial Metrics

FFWM POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where FFWM ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 93.74% of US stocks.
• FFWM's strongest trending metric is Sentiment; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• FFWM ranks lowest in Quality; there it ranks in the 28th percentile.

FFWM Stock Summary

• FFWM's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 91.52% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -21.89%, First Foundation Inc's debt growth rate surpasses only 18.33% of about US stocks.
• First Foundation Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 17.73%, greater than the shareholder yield of 90.41% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to First Foundation Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be WSBC, CZNC, HTLF, TCFC, and UVSP.
• FFWM's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit First Foundation Inc's official web site, go to www.firstfoundationinc.com.

FFWM Valuation Summary

• FFWM's price/earnings ratio is 10.7; this is 2.73% lower than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• FFWM's price/earnings ratio has moved down 8.1 over the prior 83 months.
• FFWM's price/earnings ratio has moved down 8.1 over the prior 83 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for FFWM.

FFWM Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 230.57%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 34.45%.
• The 4 year revenue growth rate now stands at 129.21%.

Over the past 52 months, FFWM's revenue has gone up $161,207,000.

The table below shows FFWM'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	299.871	96.935	109.511
2021-09-30	291.269	87.19	108.001
2021-06-30	274.695	80.018	101.713
2021-03-31	258.843	99.177	93.513
2020-12-31	244.545	67.442	84.369
2020-09-30	234.615	63.683	77.217

FFWM'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.

• FFWM has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 19.06% of graded US stocks.
• FFWM's asset turnover comes in at 0.039 -- ranking 189th of 430 Banking stocks.
• PDLB, ALLY, and SC are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with FFWM.

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