Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for FFWM Q1 Earnings

First Foundation Inc. (NASDAQ:FFWM) – Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of First Foundation in a note issued to investors on Friday, January 31st. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $0.06 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for First Foundation’s current full-year earnings is $0.13 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for First Foundation’s FY2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com lowered First Foundation from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $6.75.

First Foundation Price Performance

FFWM stock opened at $5.15 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $423.77 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.59 and a beta of 1.37. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $6.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $6.78. First Foundation has a 52-week low of $4.84 and a 52-week high of $10.33. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFWM. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in First Foundation by 1.3% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,877,096 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $12,294,000 after buying an additional 24,440 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. raised its stake in shares of First Foundation by 30.5% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 44,246 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $290,000 after acquiring an additional 10,350 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans acquired a new position in shares of First Foundation during the 2nd quarter valued at $838,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in First Foundation by 65.4% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 253,119 shares of the bank’s stock worth $1,658,000 after purchasing an additional 100,070 shares during the period. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its holdings in First Foundation by 8.5% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 20,759 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $136,000 after purchasing an additional 1,632 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.10% of the company’s stock.

First Foundation Company Profile

First Foundation Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides banking services, investment advisory, wealth management, and trust services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Banking and Wealth Management. It offers a range of deposit products, including personal and business checking accounts, savings accounts, interest-bearing demand deposit accounts, money market accounts, and time certificate of deposits; and loan products consisting of multifamily and single family residential real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial term loans, and line of credits, as well as consumer loans, such as personal installment loans and line of credits, and home equity line of credits.