Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for FAF in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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NYSE: FAF
First American (FAF) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$64.72−1.55 (−2.3%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryFirst American's week centers on housing-market data and coverage of its own valuation and ratings. The company's Data & Analytics unit reported that U.S. home prices rose 1.4% year-over-year in August, marking the 17th straight month below the pre-pandemic average, while a California appeals court affirmed a coverage denial by First American Property & Casualty in a flood-related dispute. Separate coverage compared FAF against AON and questioned whether the stock is undervalued, and brokerages set a price target of $84.60 alongside a "Moderate Buy" consensus from firms tracking the stock.
FAF closed at $64.72, down 2.3%, with a close that sits between its 50-day average of $72.62 and 200-day average of $67.28, reflecting a mixed trend. Momentum has been negative over one month (-13.2%) and three months (-5.9%) but positive over six months (10.7%) and the past year (0.7%). The GekkoIndex reads 71.7, placing the stock in the Buying zone, and price sits 17.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $78.64.
Earnings are set for 21 October, 22 days out, inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw an EPS beat of $1.99 versus a $1.38 estimate with a 3% reaction, and the company has beaten in 7 of the last 8 quarters. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged -0.1% across 5 years, rising in 2 of them. Analyst consensus carries a $87.67 target with 35.5% upside from 5 firms, all rated buy.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
First American price vs fair value
Close $64.72200-day averageGekko Fair Value $78.64
First American quick facts
- Market cap
- $6.61B
- P/E ratio
- 9.2
- Forward P/E
- 9.4
- EPS, TTM
- $7.21
- Revenue, TTM
- $7.98B
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Dividend yield
- 3.35%
- Beta
- 1.23
- Volume
- 1.07M avg 884,532
- 1-year return
- +0.7%
- Typical daily move
- ±3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.8%
- 50-day average
- $72.62
- 200-day average
- $67.28
- Next earnings
- Oct 21
- Shares outstanding
- 102.1M
First American swing-trade checklist
First American scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $64.72 sits between the 50-day ($72.62) and 200-day ($67.28) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
71.7, Buying
Reading 71.7 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
17.7% below
Price is 17.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 22 days
Reports on Oct 21, 2026, 22 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−0.1% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −0.1% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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First American stock chart and price history
First American closed at $64.72 on Sep 28, 2026, +0.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $56.20 to $79.87.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −13.2%
- 3 months
- −5.9%
- 6 months
- +10.7%
- 1 year
- +0.7%
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About First American
First American provides financial services through a range of subsidiaries built around real estate transactions. It is widely known for issuing title insurance on residential and commercial properties, and its offerings extend to closings and escrow, appraisals and valuation work, lien release management, document custody, warehouse lending, mortgage subservicing, default management, and banking, trust, and wealth management. It also helps clients with tax-deferred property exchanges and keeps large stores of title information.
The company runs through two divisions. Title Insurance and Services covers the property-related work described above and reaches customers through both its own offices and independent agents in nearly every U.S. state along with the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Korea. The Specialty Insurance division handles property and casualty coverage, insuring homeowners and renters against liability and hazards such as fire, theft, vandalism, and property damage, and it also sells residential service contracts covering repairs or replacement of home systems like heating, cooling, and major appliances.
First American traces its founding to 1889 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker FAF.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Specialty insurance
- Website
- firstam.com
First American GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
First American’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 71.7, in the Buying zone, up 4.6 points over five sessions.
71.7Buying
Up 4.6 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 34 | +2.2% | +6.0% | ||
| Accumulation | 226 | +0.3% | +3.2% | ||
| Neutral | 389 | 0.0% | −1.0% | ||
| Distribution | 22 | −1.2% | −1.0% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average FAF share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
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Is First American stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
First American trades 17.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $78.64, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what First American shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$78.64
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
17.7% Undervalued
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First American insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for First American, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in FAF were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
First American has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $20.50M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.31%
- Trailing four quarters
- $90.50M
From company filings.
First American earnings: next date and track record
First American reports on Oct 21, 2026 (22 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 21, 2026
22 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.84
- Revenue estimate
- $2.12B
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.7%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 | $1.99 est $1.38 | — | +3.0% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.70 est $1.38 | $1.98B est $1.88B | +4.0% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | $1.53 est $1.39 | $1.84B est $1.84B | +2.1% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $0.84 est $0.65 | $1.58B est $1.53B | +4.7% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $1.35 est $1.09 | $1.68B est $1.62B | −0.8% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $1.34 est $1.14 | $1.41B est $1.65B | −0.4% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | $1.27 est $1.16 | $1.61B est $1.67B | −0.2% |
| Apr 24, 2024 | $0.45 est $0.59 | $1.42B est $1.65B | −6.7% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
First American stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for First American is $87.67, +35.5% from the last close, from 5 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$87.67consensus 12-month target, +35.5% from the last close
Now $64.72Avg $87.67
Low $83High $86
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 5 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | Barclays | $83 | +28.2% |
| Aug 13 | Barclays | $83 | +28.2% |
| Jul 24 | Benchmark Co. | $85 | +31.3% |
| Jul 24 | KBW | $86 | +32.9% |
| Jul 24 | Barclays | $83 | +28.2% |
+6.0%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
−0.1%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
First American seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, First American averaged −0.1% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −0.1% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +3.8% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, FAF’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.8%.
First American market cap and key statistics
First American’s market cap is $6.61B, with a P/E ratio of 9.2 and revenue of $7.98B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $6.61B
- P/E ratio
- 9.2
- Forward P/E
- 9.4
- EPS, TTM
- $7.21
- Gekko Fair Value
- $78.64
Trading
- Volume
- 1.07M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 884,532
- 52-week high
- $79.87
- 52-week low
- $56.20
- Shares outstanding
- 102.1M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $7.98B
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Return on equity
- 13.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +50.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.23
- Typical daily move
- ±3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.8%
- Dividend yield
- 3.35%
First American stock news this week
Coverage of First American this week reads neutral: 0 positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- U.S. House Price Growth Remains Below Long-Term Average for 17th Straight Month, According to First American Data & Analytics Monthly Home Price Index ReportStock Titan, Sep 28
- AON (NYSE:AON) versus First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) Financial ComparisonDefense World, Sep 28
- First American wins coverage fight after half-built wall floods neighboring homeInsurance Business, Sep 25
- Bank of America Corp DE Purchases Shares of 666,740 First American Financial Corporation $FAFMarketBeat, Sep 22
- Is First American Financial (FAF) Stock Undervalued Right Now?Zacks Investment Research, Sep 21
- Brokerages Set First American Financial Corporation (NYSE:FAF) Price Target at $84.60Defense World, Sep 21
First American peers
First American’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| FNFFidelity National Financial | Buying | 22.4% below |
| ORIOld Republic International | Buying | 10.5% below |
| ESNTEssent | Buying | 9.8% below |
| RDNRadian | Buying | 17.3% below |
| AGOAssured Guaranty | Accumulation | 15.7% below |
| STCStewart Information Services | Buying | 21.5% below |
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First American stock FAQ
What is First American’s market cap?
First American’s market cap is $6.61B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $64.72, with 102.1M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 9.2.
What is the First American stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for First American is $87.67, +35.5% from the last close. Of the 5 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 5 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is First American stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate First American is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $64.72 is 17.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $78.64. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does First American report earnings next?
First American is expected to report on Oct 21, 2026 (22 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.84 per share on revenue of $2.12B. First American beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.7% on average across the report.
What is First American’s 52-week high and low?
First American’s 52-week high is $79.87 and its 52-week low is $56.20; it closed at $64.72 on Sep 28, 2026, +0.7% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $81.54 on Jan 13, 2022.
Is First American stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and fair value), 1 as mixed (trend) and 2 as headwinds (earnings risk and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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