First Foundation Inc (NYSE:FFWM) shares, rose in value on Friday, February 14, with price up by 0.96% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $5.28.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $5.23, falling within a range of $5.18 and $5.4. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.359. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $8.52, and the low was $4.66. On the whole, FFWM has fluctuated by -14.98% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of First Foundation Inc currently standing at about $434.89 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in March. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.01, with its dividend yield at 0.19%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 279.95M, with a low estimate of 62M and a high estimate of 66.6M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 64.13M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that FFWM’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of FFWM currently trading nearly -6.99% and -15.31% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 40.20, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 4.45% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.00%. Furthermore, First Foundation Inc (FFWM)’s beta value is 1.36, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.30.
A comparison of First Foundation Inc (FFWM) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. FFWM showed an intraday change of 0.96% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -29.69%%.
Data on historical trading for First Foundation Inc (NYSE:FFWM) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.61 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 482.55K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 82.37 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 12.44% of First Foundation Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 78.26% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.24 million shares as on 2025-01-31, resulting in a short ratio of 4.35. According to the data, the short interest in First Foundation Inc (FFWM) stood at 289.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-01-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-12-31 reached 5.31 million. The stock has fallen by -14.98% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the FFWM stock heading into the next quarter.
