Title Insurance · SIC 6361

First American Financial Corp

FAF

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Latest revenue

$152.4M

as of 2026-03-31

Latest net income

$125.1M

as of 2026-03-31

Net margin

82.1%

as of 2026-03-31

Price · 5Y

+4.8% / yr 9.0 pts / yr vs S&P 500 26.0% total
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Live market

delayed ≤15 min
$68.20
0.53%
Market cap
$6.95B
Enterprise value
$6.95B
P/E (trailing)
11.2×
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
3.2%
52-wk high
$71.47
52-wk low
$53.09
Beta
Shares out
101.9M

5-year trend

What this company does

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First American Financial underwrites title insurance and provides settlement, escrow, and closing services for residential and commercial real estate transactions in the US and abroad. Title insurance and related services generated 93.6% of 2025 revenue, with premiums collected directly or through independent agents who remit a portion to the insurer. The business is tightly tethered to mortgage and real estate transaction volumes, while management is pushing automation and data-driven underwriting to cut costs and speed closings.

Generated from FAF's filing dated 2026-02-18

Key risks

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  • Revenue concentration: 93.6% of consolidated revenues derive from title insurance segment, leaving FAF highly exposed to U.S. real estate and mortgage activity cycles.
  • Interest-rate sensitivity: business depends on residential/commercial real estate transaction volumes, which remain pressured by elevated mortgage rates and weak refinance activity.
  • Cybersecurity/escrow exposure: closing protection letters and escrow operations expose FAF to fraud losses; prior 2023 cyber incident underscores ongoing IT risk.

Generated from FAF's filing dated 2026-02-18

Profitability

Net margin

8.3%

290.0%

Return on equity

11.3%

323.3%

Return on assets

3.8%

335.7%

Leverage

Debt / equity

1.95×

4.2%

Debt / assets

66.1%

1.4%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-03-31

$152.4M+12.7%$125.1M+68.6%82.1%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$6.99B+22.2%$211.9M+334.7%3.0%

Q3 2025

2025-09-30

$163.8M+11.7%$189.6M+223.0%115.8%

Q2 2025

2025-06-30

$160.2M+23.3%$146.1M+25.9%91.2%

Q1 2025

2025-03-31

$135.2M+5.7%$74.2M+58.9%54.9%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$5.72B$-90.3M-1.6%

Q3 2024

2024-09-30

$146.6M+5.4%$58.7M+3552.9%40.0%

Q2 2024

2024-06-30

$129.9M-13.6%$116.0M-16.2%89.3%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

Industry trend

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$4.1M

Insider selling

$1.6M

Net activity

+$2.5M

Distinct insiders

4

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-05

Lisa W Cornehl

SVP, Chief Legal Officer

Sale5,823$68.63$399.6K
2026-04-24

Margaret M Mccarthy

Director

Sale6,630$70.59$468.0K
2026-02-17

Parker S Kennedy

Director

Purchase14,841$67.70$1.0M
2026-02-17

Parker S Kennedy

Director

Purchase30,000$67.92$2.0M
2026-02-13

Parker S Kennedy

Director

Purchase15,000$67.17$1.0M
2025-08-28

James L Doti

Director

Sale7,692$65.17$501.3K
2025-08-13

Margaret M Mccarthy

Director

Sale3,500$65.63$229.7K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns FAF

Institutional value

$2.87B

Total shares held

48.1M

Distinct holders

285

-95 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.9.2M$556.2M+70.7K (+0.8%)Added
2Boston Partners5.7M$346.3M-167.5K (-2.8%)Trimmed
3VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC5.2M$314.5MNew
4DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP4.6M$279.5M+245.3K (+5.6%)Added
5VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC4.4M$264.7MNew
6Capital World Investors1.9M$112.7MNew
7Capital Research Global Investors1.5M$93.2M-1.9M (-54.7%)Trimmed
8REINHART PARTNERS, LLC.1.5M$91.9M+10.3K (+0.7%)Added
9FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP1.3M$78.7M+684.1K (+110.2%)Added
10Manning & Napier Advisors LLC953.2K$57.5M-73.3K (-7.1%)Trimmed
11Bank of New York Mellon Corp899.2K$54.2M+25.7K (+2.9%)Added
12VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO628.9K$37.9MNew
13Invesco Ltd.522.0K$31.5M+19.9K (+4.0%)Added
14ProShare Advisors LLC406.6K$24.5M+402.5K (+9851.7%)Added
15BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC391.6K$23.6M+48.1K (+14.0%)Added
16NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND372.6K$22.5M-200 (-0.1%)Trimmed
17Fisher Asset Management, LLC371.4K$22.4M-20.8K (-5.3%)Trimmed
18FIRST AMERICAN TRUST, FSB347.8K$21.0M+538 (+0.2%)Added
19UBS Group AG330.7K$19.9M-455.4K (-57.9%)Trimmed
20UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC328.4K$19.8M-4.4K (-1.3%)Trimmed

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

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  1. 1

    With 93.6% revenue concentration in title insurance, how are you offsetting prolonged mortgage origination weakness beyond cost cuts?

  2. 2

    Can you quantify remaining financial exposure and remediation costs from the 2024 cyber incident, including reserves taken?

  3. 3

    What's the current loss ratio trend, and are reserves adequate given commercial real estate stress in your insured portfolio?

Refreshed when FAF files a new report · last from 2026-02-18