The announcement that equity analysts at StockNews.com had begun covering Fidelity National Financial was made public in a report published on Thursday.
The brokerage assigned a “hold” rating to the company’s stock, indicating that investors should not sell the stock.
In a report made available to the public on February 22, Fidelity National Financial (NYSE: FNF) provided company performance details.
The financial services company reported earnings per share for the quarter of $1.06, which fell $0.22 short of the consensus estimate of $1.28 that market analysts had arrived at.
The company announced that its sales for the quarter were $2.55 billion, which was significantly lower than the average prediction of $2.98 billion in sales for the quarter. Fidelity National Financial had a successful performance, as evidenced by its respectable net margin of 9.83% and its 22.52% return on equity.
The financial services company reported earnings per share for the quarter of $1.06, which fell $0.22 short of the consensus estimate of $1.28 that market analysts had arrived at.
The company announced that its sales for the quarter were $2.55 billion, which was significantly lower than the average prediction of $2.98 billion in sales for the quarter. Fidelity National Financial had a successful performance, as evidenced by its respectable net margin of 9.83% and its 22.52% return on equity.
The company’s quarterly sales dropped by 46.8 percentage points compared to the same period in the previous year.
Earnings per share for the current year are $2.16, an increase from the previous year’s results for the same quarter of the previous year. Sell-side analysts project that Fidelity National Financial will generate $4.61 per share earnings during the current fiscal year.
FNF stock began trading for the first time on Thursday, beginning at $33.52 per share. Over the past 52 weeks, the price of a share of Fidelity National Financial has fluctuated between $32.76 and $50.50.
There is a ratio of 0.54 debt to equity, 0.20 for the quick ratio, and 0.20 for the current ratio.
Each of these ratios is also equal to 0.20. Over the last 50 days, the moving averages for the company are $40.85, and over the last 200 days, they are $39.41.
The company presently possesses a PE ratio of 8.24, a market capitalization worth $9.12 billion, and a beta value of 1.36.
Several research companies have only recently made public the results of their investigations into FNF.
In a report distributed on November 29, Truist Financial lowered its “buy” rating and price objective on Fidelity National Financial from $60.00 to $56.00.
The report was entitled “Fidelity National Financial Rating and Price Objective Reduction.” In a research note published on February 28, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their “outperform” rating and price target on shares of Fidelity National Financial from $47.00 to $45.00.
Additionally, they moved the price target lower by one dollar. Credit Suisse Group reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Fidelity National Financial.
It established a price objective of $47.00 for the company’s stock in a research note published on Thursday, March 2.
Lastly, in a research report published on Friday, February 24, Barclays decreased its target price for Fidelity National Financial shares from $53.00 to $48.00.
Despite this change, they maintained an “overweight” rating on the company’s stock. Six of the equity research experts have suggested to investors that they should purchase the stock, whereas only one has suggested that they should continue to hold onto it.
According to information from Bloomberg.com, the average price target for the company’s stock is currently $49.00.
The company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy.”
Recently, hedge funds have adjusted how they hold onto the shares.
In the second quarter, FORA Capital LLC added approximately 343,000 dollars to its position at Fidelity National Financial.
In the third quarter, SG Americas Securities LLC increased its holdings in Fidelity National Financial by purchasing an additional number of shares equal to 8.5% of the total shares it already owned. SG Americas Securities LLC is now the owner of a total of 8,635 shares of the stock of the financial services provider.
These shares are worth a combined total of $313,000 after purchasing an additional 674 shares during the preceding quarter. One of the company’s primary accomplishments was an 85.9% increase in the proportion of Fidelity National Financial stock that CIBC Asset Management INC owned as of the third quarter. CIBC Asset Management INC now has a total of 24,103 shares, with a market cap of $87,000.
This results from the company purchasing an additional 11,138 shares over the most recent quarter.
During the third quarter, Creative Planning successfully raised the percentage of Fidelity National Financial stock owned by 5.9%.
As a result of Creative Planning’s purchase of an additional 1,140 shares of the company’s stock during the preceding quarter, the firm now holds a total of 20,453 of the company’s shares, which provides the firm with a market capitalization of $740,000.
Last but not least, during the second quarter, Vanguard Customized Indexing Management LLC added 40.8% more Fidelity National Financial shares to its portfolio, bringing the total number of Fidelity National Financial shares it owned to a total of 1. Vanguard Customized Indexing Management LLC is now the direct owner of 27,815 shares in the financial services provider after making an additional purchase of 8,062 shares during the most recent fiscal quarter.
The current value of these shares, when traded on the market, is $1,028,000.
About 77.98% of the stock’s ownership can be attributed to hedge funds and other institutional investors.
The company, Fidelity National Financial, INC, offers transaction services and title insurance.
They focus on serving various markets, two of which are the real estate and mortgage industries.
It provides transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries and title insurance, escrow, and other title-related services, such as trust activities, trustee sales guarantees, recordings, and reconveyances.
Additionally, it provides title insurance.
In addition to that, it provides services and products related to home warranties.