First American Financial Corporation (FAF) on Decifer

Decifer ranks FAF number 95 of 277 tracked names on durable business quality.

Why it ranks here

• It earns strong returns on the money it puts to work, around 18% and those returns have been improving and it turns most of its profit into real cash.
• Revenue is growing about 22% a year, profits grew 378% over the past year, and growth is speeding up, not slowing down.
• It keeps a high share of every sale as profit.
• and has the balance sheet to fund its growth.
• It is not watering down its owners with new shares and it returns cash to shareholders.
• Strong returns near 18% with revenue up about 22% a year and profits up 378% in a leading financials sector are notable, though with no stated reason to grow the run has a ceiling.

The current read

The evidence on FAF lines up on the supportive side: the intelligence feed flags this name as connected to what is moving markets now. The independent signals we track are telling the same story.

Themes

• Banks & Financial Institutions: First American Financial Corporation operates in insurance - specialty. That places it inside the Banks & Financial Institutions story.

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