First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN) is expecting 23.73% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

On Monday, First Financial Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ: FFIN) was 3.90% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $41.30. A 52-week range for FFIN has been $24.22 – $42.02.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Financial sector was 10.23%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 8.38%. With a float of $137.31 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $141.79 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 1500 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 100.04%, operating margin of 36.33%, and the pretax margin is 34.99%.

First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward First Financial Bankshares, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of First Financial Bankshares, Inc is 3.92%, while institutional ownership is 71.28%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 07 ’24, was worth 287,840. In this transaction Director of this company sold 7,000 shares at a rate of $41.12, taking the stock ownership to the 101,085 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 06 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 7,000 for $41.99, making the entire transaction worth $293,930.

First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN) Earnings and Forecasts

Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 9/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 0.32 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was less than consensus figure (set at 0.34) by -0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.39 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.38% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.00% during the next five years compared to 4.67% growth over the previous five years of trading.

First Financial Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ: FFIN) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN) is doing with its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 8.61. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 22.49.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.45, a number that is poised to hit 0.40 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.65 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.54 million, its volume of 0.77 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 87.81%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.26.

During the past 100 days, First Financial Bankshares, Inc’s (FFIN) raw stochastic average was set at 96.20%, which indicates a significant increase from 92.62% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 60.34% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 36.82% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $37.17, while its 200-day Moving Average is $33.07. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $43.60 in the near term. At $44.29, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $45.08. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $42.12, it is likely to go to the next support level at $41.33. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $40.64.

First Financial Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ: FFIN) Key Stats

There are 142,910K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 6.20 billion. As of now, sales total 636,070 K while income totals 198,980 K. Its latest quarter income was 192,320 K while its last quarter net income were 55,310 K.