First Foundation Inc.

NYSE:FFWM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$490.8m

First Foundation Valuation

Is FFWM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FFWM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: FFWM ($5.96) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($17.88)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FFWM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FFWM?

Key metric: As FFWM is an unprofitable bank we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for FFWM. This is calculated by dividing FFWM's market cap by their current book value.
What is FFWM's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio0.5x
BookUS$939.55m
Market CapUS$490.78m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does FFWM's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for FFWM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.8x
HONE HarborOne Bancorp
0.9x42.2%US$501.1m
KRNY Kearny Financial
0.6x138.6%US$454.8m
NFBK Northfield Bancorp (Staten Island NY)
0.7x31.9%US$508.4m
MOFG MidWestOne Financial Group
1.1x108.0%US$617.0m
FFWM First Foundation
0.5x109.3%US$490.8m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: FFWM is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (0.5x) compared to the peer average (0.8x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does FFWM's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.002xn/aUS$27.98m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.0003xn/aUS$2.18m
BKES.F Banco Espírito Santo
n/an/aUS$56.01k
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
n/an/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PB range
FFWM 0.5xIndustry Avg. 1.0xNo. of Companies142PB00.61.21.82.43+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: FFWM is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (0.5x) compared to the US Banks industry average (1x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FFWM's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FFWM PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio0.5x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate FFWM's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FFWM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$5.96
US$7.75
+30.0%
10.7%US$9.00US$7.00n/a4
Dec ’25US$7.95
US$7.75
-2.5%
10.7%US$9.00US$7.00n/a4
Nov ’25US$6.71
US$7.75
+15.5%
10.7%US$9.00US$7.00n/a4
Oct ’25US$5.88
US$7.50
+27.6%
11.5%US$9.00US$7.00n/a4
Sep ’25US$7.04
US$7.50
+6.5%
11.5%US$9.00US$7.00n/a4
Aug ’25US$6.62
US$7.50
+13.3%
11.5%US$9.00US$7.00n/a4
Jul ’25US$6.47
US$8.20
+26.7%
24.9%US$11.00US$6.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$5.92
US$8.40
+41.9%
22.1%US$11.00US$6.00n/a5
May ’25US$5.46
US$8.40
+53.8%
22.1%US$11.00US$6.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$7.21
US$10.40
+44.2%
19.8%US$13.00US$8.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$7.63
US$11.30
+48.1%
9.5%US$13.00US$10.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$9.04
US$11.30
+25.0%
9.5%US$13.00US$10.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$9.68
US$9.10
-6.0%
22.1%US$12.00US$6.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$6.69
US$7.30
+9.1%
27.9%US$10.00US$5.00US$7.955
Nov ’24US$4.62
US$7.50
+62.3%
26.0%US$10.00US$5.00US$6.715
Oct ’24US$6.08
US$8.80
+44.7%
20.5%US$12.00US$7.00US$5.885
Sep ’24US$8.22
US$9.20
+11.9%
17.0%US$12.00US$7.50US$7.045
Aug ’24US$7.01
US$9.00
+28.4%
18.3%US$12.00US$7.50US$6.625
Jul ’24US$3.97
US$7.80
+96.5%
35.5%US$12.00US$4.00US$6.475
Jun ’24US$4.13
US$8.70
+110.7%
22.0%US$12.00US$6.50US$5.925
May ’24US$5.64
US$8.70
+54.3%
22.0%US$12.00US$6.50US$5.465
Apr ’24US$7.45
US$14.80
+98.7%
32.9%US$20.00US$8.00US$7.215
Mar ’24US$14.92
US$18.00
+20.6%
7.9%US$20.00US$16.00US$7.635
Feb ’24US$16.04
US$18.30
+14.1%
5.9%US$20.00US$17.00US$9.045
Jan ’24US$14.33
US$18.90
+31.9%
5.4%US$20.00US$17.50US$9.685
Dec ’23US$14.51
US$18.90
+30.3%
5.4%US$20.00US$17.50US$6.695

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 01:29
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

First Foundation Inc. is covered by 7 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stephen MossB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Gary TennerD.A. Davidson & Co.
Robert RamseyFBR Capital Markets & Co.