Assessing FNF – Beyond Technicals to Uncover Fundamentals

By Kim Brooks • Thursday, May 07 10:46 • Permanent Link

FNF logged a -3.7% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $49.4 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. FNF's trading volume is 757,077 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,964,457.

FNF trades -23.53% away from its average analyst target price of $64.6 per share. The 5 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $54.0 to $71.0, and on average have given FNF a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in FNF, you'll want to know the following:

FNF's current price is 34.1% above its Graham number of $36.84, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
FNF has moved -11.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 30.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.81, FNF has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
FNF has a forward P/E ratio of 7.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.45 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.85 — a number near or below 1 signifying that FNF is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.8 compared to its sector average of 1.78
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various insurance products in the United States.
Based in Jacksonville, the company has 24,535 full time employees and a market cap of $13.3 Billion. FNF currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.9%.

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