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First Foundation Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 11 May 2023.
First Foundation Inc.: what insiders have been doing
First Foundation Inc. belongs to the Finance & Banking sector. Filings by its managers are published through SEC (Form 4). Over the twelve months to 18 October 2026, 25 filings were filed, from 11 insiders.
The filings describe grants, exercises and other transfers rather than trades on the open market. Compensation-driven entries like these are tracked, but they say little about how insiders judge the share price.
There has been no open-market purchase by an insider of First Foundation Inc. for at least a year. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. US insiders must file a Form 4 within two business days of a trade.
With 25 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 19 filings across the 5,816 companies we follow on the same exchange. The full history, which starts in 2016, counts 13 purchases against 5 sales. For the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, the annual 10-K puts net income at -155.2 m USD.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and BCB Bancorp Inc. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
Insider Decl.
174
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€316,917
13 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€2M
5 ops. · all time
Since the insiders bought
- -82.8%Entry US$22.55 · Close at T+365 US$3.88
- -43.5%Entry US$26.67 · Close at T+365 US$15.07
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Financial data
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Income statement
RevenueUS$190.7M
Net income-US$155.2M-81.4% margin
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$510.6M
Total debtUS$1.6B
Free Cash Flow-US$35.2M
Last declaration on 1 April 2026
Declarations174 total
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59,223 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038689:0
13,308 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038695:0
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50,002 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038690:0
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13,308 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038693:0
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39,004 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038688:0
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121,951 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038690:1
22,956 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038691:1
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21,961 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038692:0
500,000 shares0Common StockSEC:0001104659-26-038698:0
755 shares@ US$6.240.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001104659-26-018755:0
2,579 shares@ US$6.24100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001104659-26-018268:0
2,786 shares@ US$6.2418.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001104659-26-018266:0
7,648 shares@ US$5.4544.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001104659-25-102235:0
12,746 shares@ US$5.455.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001104659-25-102234:0
25 of 174 declarations
About First Foundation Inc.
First Foundation Inc. (NYSE: FFWM) is a U.S.-listed financial services company traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, First Foundation serves individuals, businesses, and organizations through an integrated platform that combines banking, wealth management, and trust services. For French-speaking investors in Europe, the company can be viewed as a hybrid regional financial institution: part bank, part asset and wealth manager, with a business model designed to diversify earnings beyond pure net interest income.
The group’s origins date back to 1990, when its wealth management activities were first established in Orange County, California. First Foundation was formally created in 2008 to build a broader platform around those advisory roots. Over time, the company expanded its offering to include banking, trust, estate planning, consulting, and insurance-related services, with an emphasis on long-term client relationships and a team-based advisory approach.
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First Foundation’s operating model is built around two main pillars: banking and wealth management. On the banking side, it offers deposit products, personal and business banking services, and lending solutions aimed at small to mid-sized businesses and professional firms. On the wealth side, the company provides investment advisory services, wealth management, and trust solutions. This mix is strategically important because it creates a meaningful fee-based revenue stream that can help reduce reliance on lending spreads alone.
Geographically, First Foundation operates primarily in the western and southern United States, with offices and operations in California, Nevada, Florida, Texas, and Hawaii. That footprint remains regional, but it spans multiple attractive economic markets. The company’s corporate headquarters is now listed in Irving, Texas, reflecting the center of gravity of the organization.
From a competitive standpoint, FFWM competes with regional banks, independent wealth managers, and larger national financial institutions. Its differentiation lies in the combination of banking and private wealth capabilities under one roof, which can deepen client relationships and improve cross-selling opportunities. In practice, this integrated structure is intended to support recurring fee income and more stable client retention.
Recent developments are especially important for investors. In 2025, First Foundation announced a merger agreement with FirstSun Capital Bancorp. In 2026, the transaction advanced after the OCC approved the merger of the respective bank subsidiaries, and completion was expected in early Q2 2026, subject to additional regulatory approvals and shareholder votes. This is a major strategic event that could reshape FFWM’s future profile in terms of scale, governance, and risk/reward dynamics. As a result, the stock’s investment case is tied not only to stand-alone performance, but also to transaction execution and the eventual post-merger structure.
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