What is DOWLING & PARTN’s Forecast for FNF FY2026 Earnings?

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF) – Equities researchers at DOWLING & PARTN issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for Fidelity National Financial in a research report issued on Wednesday, May 20th. DOWLING & PARTN analyst G. Dunn forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $5.10 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for Fidelity National Financial’s current full-year earnings is $5.40 per share. DOWLING & PARTN also issued estimates for Fidelity National Financial’s FY2027 earnings at $5.85 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $6.35 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. National Bank Financial set a $50.00 price objective on Fidelity National Financial in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Barclays reduced their price objective on Fidelity National Financial from $54.00 to $50.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Zacks Research cut Fidelity National Financial from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price objective on Fidelity National Financial from $71.00 to $67.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 10th. Finally, Stephens reduced their price objective on Fidelity National Financial from $61.00 to $58.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $56.25.

Fidelity National Financial Stock Down 0.6%

Fidelity National Financial stock opened at $48.15 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $12.96 billion, a PE ratio of 17.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 0.25 and a current ratio of 0.25. Fidelity National Financial has a one year low of $42.78 and a one year high of $61.40. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $48.28 and a 200 day moving average of $52.67.

Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.09 by ($0.16). The firm had revenue of $3.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.61 billion. Fidelity National Financial had a net margin of 5.10% and a return on equity of 15.49%. The firm’s revenue was up 18.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.78 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Fidelity National Financial

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of FNF. Windacre Partnership LLC increased its position in Fidelity National Financial by 31.0% in the third quarter. Windacre Partnership LLC now owns 18,905,100 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,143,569,000 after buying an additional 4,477,900 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Fidelity National Financial in the fourth quarter worth about $181,017,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its position in Fidelity National Financial by 167.8% in the third quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 4,741,145 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $286,792,000 after buying an additional 2,970,460 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in Fidelity National Financial by 75.4% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 5,057,355 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $304,503,000 after buying an additional 2,174,220 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in Fidelity National Financial by 30.1% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,210,824 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $195,287,000 after buying an additional 973,891 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 81.17% of the company’s stock.

Fidelity National Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be given a $0.52 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 16th. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.3%. Fidelity National Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 75.91%.

About Fidelity National Financial

Fidelity National Financial (NYSE: FNF) is a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries. The company underwrites title insurance policies that protect property owners and lenders against title defects, liens, and other encumbrances. Alongside its core title insurance operations, FNF offers escrow and closing services, e-recording solutions, and real estate data and analytics through a network of agents and underwriters.

FNF operates through two primary segments: Title Insurance and Specialty Insurance and Services.