First American Financial (FAF) Competitors

First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts rate FAF or CINF?

First American Financial presently has a consensus price target of $74.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.59%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus price target of $143.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.86%. Given First American Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First American Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Cincinnati Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is FAF or CINF a better dividend stock?

First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. First American Financial pays out 242.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cincinnati Financial pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First American Financial has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Cincinnati Financial has raised its dividend for 64 consecutive years.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FAF or CINF?

Cincinnati Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First American Financial. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First American Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First American Financial	$5.87B	1.10	$216.80M	$0.89	70.58
Cincinnati Financial	$12.16B	1.86	$1.84B	$19.46	7.43

Which has more risk and volatility, FAF or CINF?

First American Financial has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FAF or CINF more profitable?

Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 25.26% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 1.58%. Cincinnati Financial's return on equity of 8.25% beat First American Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First American Financial	1.58%	7.95%	2.47%
Cincinnati Financial	25.26%	8.25%	3.06%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FAF or CINF?

First American Financial received 20 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.65% of users gave First American Financial an outperform vote while only 51.17% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First American Financial	Outperform Votes 282 60.65%	Underperform Votes 183 39.35%
Cincinnati Financial	Outperform Votes 262 51.17%	Underperform Votes 250 48.83%

Does the media favor FAF or CINF?

In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 3 more articles in the media than First American Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 1 mentions for First American Financial. First American Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Cincinnati Financial's score of 1.22 indicating that First American Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First American Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cincinnati Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FAF or CINF?

89.1% of First American Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of First American Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cincinnati Financial beats First American Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.