First American Financial Earnings Preview

First American Financial FAF is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2023-10-26. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that First American Financial will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.17.

First American Financial bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.34, which was followed by a 0.63% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at First American Financial's past performance and the resulting price change:

Stock Performance

Shares of First American Financial were trading at $50.79 as of October 24. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 1.49%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for First American Financial visit their earnings calendar on our site.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.