With 0.97 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.79 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $5.125 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $5.015. The 52-week range on FFWM shows that it touched its highest point at $8.52 and its lowest point at $4.41 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.50. FFWM paid its most recent dividend on 1714694400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1714694400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.03.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of FFWM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.11%, but this was down by -8.32% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -3.80% while six-month performance fell -0.98%. The stock lost -18.36% in the past year, while it has lost -21.03% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FFWM yields -1.41 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.31. For the next quarter, that number is 0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of 176.28% for this year and 282.50% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 82.39 million FFWM shares are outstanding with a float of 71.32 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 3.02 million, which was 366.0 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Thomas C. Shafer as the firm’s CEO & Director, Ms. Simone F. Lagomarsino serves as its President, Chief Risk Officer & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.81872004 of FFWM’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for FFWM since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With FFWM analysts setting a high price target of 8.5 and a low target of 5.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 6.5. Based on these targets, FFWM could surge 67.65% to reach the target high and rise by 8.48% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 28.21% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.16673 being high and $0.08826923 being low. For FFWM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.1275. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.03. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.05 and the low estimate is $0.03. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.04.
