FAF (First American Financial) Risk Assessment

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FAF First American Financial Corp FAF
73 GF Score
Price $75.13
GF Value $70.67
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 7 Warning Signs
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What is First American Financial Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of First American Financial is: Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock.

First American Financial  (NYSE:FAF) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

First American Financial Risk Assessment Related Terms

FAF vs ACT, ESNT, MTG: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, First American Financial's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

First American Financial Risk Assessment vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, First American Financial's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First American Financial's Risk Assessment falls into.


FAF
73GF Score
First American Financial Corp FAF
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Is First American Financial (FAF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, First American Financial stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $75.13 is trading 6.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of $70.67. GuruFocus considers First American Financial to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for FAF:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: $70.67 vs. price of $75.13 (6.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 73/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FAF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

First American Financial Business Description

Other Exchanges Y1F:Germany
Address 1 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA, USA, 92707-5913
First American Financial Corp is engaged in the business of providing title insurance, settlement services, and other financial services and risk solutions. The group's reportable segments are: Title insurance and services, Home warranty, and Corporate. Maximum revenue is generated from the Title insurance and services segment, which provides title insurance, closing, escrow, and related services domestically and internationally in connection with residential and commercial real estate transactions. This segment also provides solutions to mitigate risk and facilitate real estate transactions, along with offering banking, trust, warehouse lending, mortgage subservicing and wealth management services. The majority of the group's revenue is generated from escrow fees and insurance premiums.
73GF Score

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$75.13
Price
$70.67
GF Value