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First Foundation Inc

FFWM

5.960USD

+0.130+2.23%

Close 09/18, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

491.02MMarket Cap

LossP/E TTM

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First Foundation Inc

5.960

+0.130+2.23%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-18

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

158 / 400

Overall Ranking

264 / 4721

Industry

Banking Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 5 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

6.750

Target Price

+15.78%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks

First Foundation Inc. is a financial services company that provides a comprehensive platform of financial services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations. The Company and its subsidiaries offer personal banking, business banking, and private wealth management services, including investment, trust, insurance, and philanthropy services. Its comprehensive platform of financial services is designed to help each client at any stage in their financial journey. It operates through two segments: Banking and Investment Management and Wealth Planning (Wealth Management). The Banking segment includes the operations of First Foundation Bank (FFB), First Foundation Insurance Services (FFIS), First Foundation Public Finance (FFPF), and Blue Moon Management LLC. The Wealth Management segment includes the operations of First Foundation Advisors (FFA). Through FFB, it offers a range of loan products, deposit products, treasury management products and services, and trust services.

Overvalued

The company’s latest PB is 0.51, at a high 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 72.66M shares, decreasing 13.90% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by The Vanguard

Star Investor The Vanguard holds 3.75M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-18

The company's current financial score is 6.09, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.07. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is low. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 47.99M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 13.14%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 349.27%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.09

Change

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Financials

6.46

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

10.00

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

2.77

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

4.45

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

6.80

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-18

The company’s current valuation score is 1.20, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 1.34. Its current P/E ratio is -3.92, which is -175.77% below the recent high of 2.97 and 12.58% above the recent low of -3.43.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

1.20

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 158/400

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-18

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.20, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.39. The average price target for First Foundation Inc is 6.50, with a high of 8.50 and a low of 5.50.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.20

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 5 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

6.750

Target Price

+15.78%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

306

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

First Foundation Inc

FFWM

JPMorgan Chase & Co

JPM

Bank of America Corp

BAC

Wells Fargo & Co

WFC

US Bancorp

USB

Regions Financial Corp

...

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-18

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.49, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.69. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 6.27 and the support level at 5.35, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.49

Change

0.19

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(2)

Neutral(4)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.062

Neutral

RSI(14)

58.880

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

33.840

Neutral

ATR(14)

0.172

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-38.104

Neutral

Williams %R

59.091

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

0.441

Sell

StochRSI(14)

63.096

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(0)

Neutral(0)

Buy(6)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

5.916

Buy

MA10

5.951

Buy

MA20

5.906

Buy

MA50

5.484

Buy

MA100

5.365

Buy

MA200

5.503

Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-18

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 6.22. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 88.20%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.10%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 3.75M shares, representing 4.55% of shares outstanding, with 2.01% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

Canyon Capital Advisors LLC

8.15M

North Reef Capital Management LP

5.61M

+27.86%

Strategic Value Bank Partners LLC

6.77M

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

4.49M

-3.93%

Fidelity Institutional Asset Management

4.25M

-0.75%

Fortress Investment Group, L.L.C.

4.04M

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

4.14M

+8.29%

Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.

2.35M

-0.98%

Maltese Capital Management, LLC

1.68M

+45.00%

Keller (Ulrich E Jr)

2.16M

+0.03%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-18

The company’s current risk assessment score is 3.85, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 5.23. The company's beta value is 1.01. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.