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First American Financial Corp (FAF)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for First American Financial Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About First American Financial Corp

First American Financial Corporation provides title insurance, settlement services, and other financial services related to real estate transactions. Its main offerings include title insurance policies, closing and escrow services, and risk mitigation products for residential and commercial properties in the United States and internationally. The company serves real estate owners, mortgage lenders, and other participants in the real estate and mortgage markets.

Snapshot

Revenue
$7.45B
Revenue growth (YoY)
21.6%
Net income
$621.8M
Diluted EPS
$6.00
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
8.3%
FCF margin
10.2%
ROE
11.3%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
10.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$7.52B
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at First American Financial

  • Revenue grew 21.6% to $7.5B in FY2025, faster than the 2.1% the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $2.1B, up 15.0% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $763M in FY2025, 10.2% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 374.3% to $622M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where First American Financial’s fundamentals sit among the 425 Financials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Net margin8.3%
35th percentile of 377
FCF margin10.2%
34th percentile of 272
Revenue growth (YoY)+21.6%
69th percentile of 420
ROE11.3%
59th percentile of 375
P/E10.2×
25th percentile of 318
Short interest8.86d
91st percentile of 420

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 2 insider sales totaling $243,924. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
1 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
6
5 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$132.3M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$50.7M739.5KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$33.5M491.7KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$29.5M430.2KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$9.8M142.5KNew
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$5.9M86.1KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$1.5M22.1KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$740,77210.8KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$599,9578.7KReduced

No longer held by: Point72 Asset Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
2
$244K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-07-24
filed 2026-07-28
Adams Steven AVP & Chief Accounting OfficerSell3.3K$74.99$244K
2026-07-24
filed 2026-07-28
Adams Steven AVP & Chief Accounting OfficerSell0$75.43
2026-05-05
filed 2026-05-07
Cornehl Lisa WSVP, Chief Legal OfficerSell5.8K$68.63$400K
2026-04-24
filed 2026-04-28
McCarthy Margaret MDirectorSell6.6K$70.59$468K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
5.6M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-6.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
8.86
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
628.5K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-145.6M-6.7%8.86
2026-07-316.0M-9.1%6.86
2026-07-156.6M+2.3%8.34
2026-06-306.4M+12.6%4.99
2026-06-155.7M+15.3%5.28
2026-05-294.9M+15.3%5.60
2026-05-154.3M+8.3%5.57
2026-04-304.0M-0.3%4.08

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$7.45B$6.13B$6.00B$7.61B$9.22B
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income$621.8M$131.1M$216.8M$263.0M$1.24B
Diluted EPS$6.00$1.26$2.07$2.45$11.14

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.39B$1.72B$3.61B$1.22B$1.23B
Current assets
Total assets$16.23B$14.91B$16.80B$14.96B$16.45B
Current liabilities
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$10.70B$9.98B$11.94B$10.27B$10.67B
Total equity$5.52B$4.93B$4.86B$4.68B$5.78B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$950.8M$897.5M$354.3M$777.6M$1.22B
Capital expenditure$188.3M$218.3M$263.4M$259.8M$160.5M
Free cash flow$762.5M$679.2M$90.9M$517.8M$1.06B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$2.12B15.0%$218.5M$2.12
Q1 FY2026$1.84B16.2%$125.1M$1.21
Q4 FY2025$2.05B21.6%$211.9M$2.05
Q3 FY2025$1.98B40.7%$189.6M$1.84
Q2 FY2025$1.84B14.2%$146.1M$1.41
Q1 FY2025$1.58B11.1%$74.2M$0.71
Q4 FY2024$1.69B17.9%$72.4M$0.69
Q3 FY2024$1.41B-5.1%$-104.0M$-1.00

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorFinancials
SIC industryTitle Insurance
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2010
SEC CIK1472787

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-23
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10-Q2026-04-24
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8-K2026-07-22
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8-K2026-05-15
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8-K2026-04-29
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8-K2026-04-22
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.