First American Financial Corporation

NYSE:FAF Stock Report

Market Cap: US$6.7b

First American Financial Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: FAF ($62.14) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($27.92)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FAF is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As FAF is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FAF. This is calculated by dividing FAF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FAF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio69x
EarningsUS$92.80m
Market CapUS$6.71b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FAF's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FAF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.8x
ORI Old Republic International
9.6x-6.2%US$9.2b
AXS AXIS Capital Holdings
12x14.4%US$7.7b
KMPR Kemper
15x16.9%US$4.2b
THG Hanover Insurance Group
14.8x18.3%US$5.5b
FAF First American Financial
69x50.6%US$6.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FAF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69x) compared to the peer average (12.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FAF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UTGN UTG
1.9xn/aUS$89.87m
AORE.F American Overseas Group
2.1xn/aUS$16.44m
CUII China United Insurance Service
0.0003xn/aUS$3.13k
No more companies available in this PE range
FAF 69.0xIndustry Avg. 12.9xNo. of Companies15PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FAF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (12.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

FAF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio69x
Fair PE Ratio32.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FAF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.1x).

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 FAF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$62.14
US$76.40
+22.9%
6.2%US$84.00US$72.00n/a5
Dec ’25US$70.15
US$76.40
+8.9%
6.2%US$84.00US$72.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$62.78
US$76.40
+21.7%
6.2%US$84.00US$72.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$65.90
US$68.80
+4.4%
8.6%US$79.00US$61.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$63.80
US$66.20
+3.8%
4.5%US$70.00US$61.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$60.26
US$66.20
+9.9%
4.5%US$70.00US$61.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$53.38
US$65.80
+23.3%
3.5%US$70.00US$63.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$55.58
US$66.60
+19.8%
2.8%US$70.00US$65.00n/a5
May ’25US$53.21
US$66.60
+25.2%
2.8%US$70.00US$65.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$59.74
US$71.20
+19.2%
7.0%US$80.00US$65.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$58.59
US$70.60
+20.5%
7.6%US$80.00US$65.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$60.98
US$71.60
+17.4%
6.9%US$80.00US$65.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$64.44
US$65.25
+1.3%
10.9%US$70.00US$53.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$60.42
US$63.25
+4.7%
10.5%US$70.00US$53.00US$70.154
Nov ’24US$52.06
US$66.67
+28.1%
5.1%US$70.00US$62.00US$62.783
Oct ’24US$56.49
US$71.00
+25.7%
7.5%US$77.00US$64.00US$65.903
Sep ’24US$63.24
US$71.00
+12.3%
7.5%US$77.00US$64.00US$63.803
Aug ’24US$62.83
US$71.00
+13.0%
7.5%US$77.00US$64.00US$60.263
Jul ’24US$57.02
US$65.67
+15.2%
7.6%US$71.00US$59.00US$53.383
Jun ’24US$55.76
US$66.33
+19.0%
6.2%US$71.00US$61.00US$55.583
May ’24US$57.57
US$61.80
+7.3%
13.2%US$71.00US$47.00US$53.215
Apr ’24US$55.66
US$62.80
+12.8%
13.7%US$72.00US$47.00US$59.745
Mar ’24US$55.91
US$62.80
+12.3%
13.7%US$72.00US$47.00US$58.595
Feb ’24US$62.88
US$61.40
-2.4%
12.3%US$67.00US$47.00US$60.985
Jan ’24US$52.34
US$59.40
+13.5%
11.6%US$67.00US$47.00US$64.445
Dec ’23US$54.08
US$59.40
+9.8%
11.6%US$67.00US$47.00US$60.425

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 Analysis2024/12/18 02:47
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 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 American Financial Corporation is covered by 13 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Bruce HartingBarclays
Terry MaBarclays
Ryan GilbertBTIG