What is DA Davidson’s Forecast for FFWM Q4 Earnings?

First Foundation Inc. (NASDAQ:FFWM) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of First Foundation in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, October 31st. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner expects that the bank will post earnings of $0.03 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $6.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for First Foundation’s current full-year earnings is $0.28 per share.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on FFWM. Stephens upgraded First Foundation from an “underperform” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Piper Sandler decreased their target price on First Foundation from $6.00 to $5.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, First Foundation currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $6.17.

First Foundation Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFWM opened at $5.43 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80. The stock has a market capitalization of $446.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.05 and a beta of 0.99. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $5.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $5.40. First Foundation has a 52-week low of $4.41 and a 52-week high of $8.52.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of First Foundation by 12.3% during the third quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 18,755 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $104,000 after buying an additional 2,060 shares in the last quarter. Arcus Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of First Foundation during the third quarter valued at $97,000. Stephens Inc. AR purchased a new position in shares of First Foundation during the third quarter valued at $668,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. purchased a new position in First Foundation in the third quarter valued at about $134,000. Finally, Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its stake in First Foundation by 26.4% in the second quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 106,587 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $544,000 after purchasing an additional 22,236 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.