The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

FAF

Concerning the House

First American Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides financial services. It operates through Title Insurance and Services, and Home Warranty segments. The Title Insurance and Services segment issues title insurance policies on residential and commercial property, as well as offers related products and services internationally. This segment also provides closing and/or escrow services; products, services, and solutions to mitigate risk or otherwise facilitate real estate transactions; appraisals and other valuation-related products and services; lien release, document custodial, and default-related products and services; document generation services; warehouse lending services; and subservices mortgage loans; as well as banking, trust, and wealth management services. In addition, it accommodates tax-deferred exchanges of real estate; and maintains, manages, and provides access to title plant data and records. This segment offers its products through a network of direct operations and agents in various states and in the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and internationally. The Home Warranty segment provides home warranty products, including residential service contracts that cover residential systems, such as heating and air conditioning systems, and certain appliances against failures that occur as the result of normal usage during the coverage period. This segment operates in various states and the District of Columbia. First American Financial Corporation was founded in 1889 and is based in Santa Ana, California.

United States · www.firstam.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$6.13B+2.8%
Net income$621.80M+17.3%
Cash from ops$354.30M+7.8%
Quotation

$74.06

+1.76 (+2.4%)

52w hi$79.16
52w lo$56.38
Vol564.33K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.45

Short+0.26
Medium+0.53
Long+0.67

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

First American Financial Corporation

Financial Services · Insurance - Specialty

Market cap$7.56B
Enterprise value$7.47B
Trailing P/E10.27x
Forward P/E10.02x
EV / EBITDA5.45x
P / S (ttm)0.95x
Profit margin9.3%
Return on equity13.8%
Revenue growth+15.0%
Earnings growth+50.4%
Debt / equity49.42
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.57
Corr SPX0.33
Annual vol27.7%
Annual ret+14.2%
Sharpe0.51
Max DD-23.4%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.40
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.24
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$72.59$74.29$72.56$74.06564.33K
Aug 12$71.35$73.03$71.35$72.30638.70K
Aug 11$71.86$72.65$71.58$71.69478.70K
Aug 10$73.46$74.10$71.63$72.21577.30K
Aug 7$75.23$75.32$74.15$74.22533.90K