3.20% volatility in First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN) last month: This is a red flag warning

On Friday, First Financial Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ: FFIN) was -3.42% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $36.01. A 52-week range for FFIN has been $27.06 – $44.66.

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Annual sales at Financial sector company grew by 10.64% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 8.34%. With a float of $137.34 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $141.97 million.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 1500 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 108.48%, operating margin of 29.44%, and the pretax margin is 37.94%.

First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN) Insider Updates

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 3.90%, while institutional ownership is 70.77%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 12 ’24, was worth 1,018,250. In this transaction Chairman, President and CEO of this company sold 25,000 shares at a rate of $40.73, taking the stock ownership to the 471,004 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 12 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 36,000 for $41.18, making the entire transaction worth $1,482,480.

First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN) Performance Highlights and Predictions

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.34% per share during the next fiscal year.

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 6.90. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.02.

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 1.63 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN)

First Financial Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ: FFIN) saw its 5-day average volume 0.59 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 0.6 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 35.71%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.15.

During the past 100 days, First Financial Bankshares, Inc’s (FFIN) raw stochastic average was set at 3.61%, which indicates a significant decrease from 11.42% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 23.12% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 33.80% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $39.19, while its 200-day Moving Average is $34.68. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $35.36 in the near term. At $35.93, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $36.41. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $34.31, it is likely to go to the next support level at $33.83. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $33.26.

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

There are 142,910K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 4.97 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.