First Foundation is a banks - regional business based in the US. First Foundation shares (FFWM) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. First Foundation employs 563 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $230.7 million.
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| Latest market close | $6.90 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $4.40 - $11.46 |
| 50-day moving average | $6.26 |
| 200-day moving average | $7.11 |
| Wall St. target price | $7.50 |
| PE ratio | 46.9333 |
| Dividend yield | $0.05 (0.57%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.15 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $6.9 from 2024-09-05
| 1 week (2024-08-30) | -1.99% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-08-07) | 9.35% |
| 3 months (2024-06-07) | 21.27% |
| 6 months (2024-03-07) | -14.81% |
| 1 year (2023-09-07) | -9.57% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-09-07) | -63.87% |
| 3 years (2021-09-07) | 24.4 |
| 5 years (2019-09-06) | 13.6273 |
Valuing First Foundation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of First Foundation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
First Foundation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 47x. In other words, First Foundation shares trade at around 47x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
First Foundation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.8. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into First Foundation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
| Revenue TTM | $230.7 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 4.57% |
| Gross profit TTM | $366.4 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.07% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0.93% |
| Profit margin | 3.73% |
| Book value | $16.51 |
| Market Capitalization | $477.7 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 17.65% of net profits
Recently First Foundation has paid out, on average, around 17.65% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.57% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), First Foundation shareholders could enjoy a 0.57% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In First Foundation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.05 per share.
While First Foundation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that First Foundation is investing more in its future growth.
First Foundation's most recent dividend payout was on 15 May 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 2 May 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
First Foundation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 18 January 2017. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your First Foundation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for First Foundation shares which in turn could have impacted First Foundation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, First Foundation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.3967 up to $11.4573. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while First Foundation's is 1.344. This would suggest that First Foundation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
First Foundation Inc. , through its subsidiaries, provides banking services, investment advisory, wealth management, and trust services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Banking and Wealth Management. It offers a range of deposit products, including personal and business checking accounts, savings accounts, interest-bearing demand deposit accounts, money market accounts, and time certificate of deposits; and loan products consisting of multifamily and single family residential real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial term loans, and line of credits, as well as consumer loans, such as personal installment loans and line of credits, and home equity line of credits. The company also provides various specialized services comprising trust services, online and mobile banking, remote deposit capture services, merchant credit card services, ATM cards, Visa debit cards, and business sweep accounts, as well as insurance brokerage services and equipment financing solutions. In addition, it offers investment management and financial planning services; financial, investment, and economic advisory and related services; and treasury management services, such as bill pay, check/payee/ACH positive pay, wire origination, internal and external transfers, account reconciliation reporting, mobile deposit, lockbox, cash vault services and merchant processing. Further, the company provides support services, including the processing and transmission of financial and economic data for charitable organizations.
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