FAFFirst American Financial Corporation
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and insiders net selling (often routine).
Rangebound, no clear trend. Oversold (RSI 26). Price is −8% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How FAF is trading
First American Financial Corporation is −4.7% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 23 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- −7.6%
vs 200-day average · below trend, but not far
- RSI (14)
- 26
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 23%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $61.19
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −14%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −4.7%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +6.5%
- vs 50-day average$70.56
- −13%
- 52-week high
- $79.15
- 52-week low
- $56.38
- Annualised volatility
- 29%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$1.1M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +1.2% |
| 2025 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | +0.36% |
| 2023 | +28% |
| 2022 | −31% |
| 2021 | +56% |
| 2020 | −8.5% |
| 2019 | +35% |
| 2018 | −18% |
| 2017 | +58% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 8 of 10 | +3.9% |
| Feb | 10 | 5 of 10 | −1.0% |
| Mar | 10 | 6 of 10 | −2.2% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.1% |
| May | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.89% |
| Jun | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.34% |
| Jul | 11 | 10 of 11 | +8.6% |
| Aug | 11 | 8 of 11 | +1.2% |
| Sep | 11 | 3 of 11 | −5.0% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | −0.80% |
| Nov | 10 | 9 of 10 | +6.0% |
| Dec | 10 | 4 of 10 | −1.2% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Insurance, Specialty
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