secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP (STC)
CIK:        0000094344
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-002170
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stewart Q4 revenues $655.9M, down 32% YoY; net income $13.3M; acquires BCHH
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- Total revenues $655.9M ($643.2M adjusted) vs $961.7M in Q4 2021, decline of ~32%.
- Net income $13.3M ($16.3M adjusted) vs $85.5M; diluted EPS $0.49 ($0.60 adjusted) vs $3.12.
- Title segment operating revenues $581.6M, down 30% YoY; pretax margin 4.5% vs 14.0%.
- CEO cites low transaction volumes; announces acquisition of BCHH, a national title services provider.
- Quarter included $12.7M net realized/unrealized gains and $16.7M in closure, severance, and regulatory expenses.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000095017023002170/0000950170-23-002170-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000095017023002170/stc-20230208.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-002170

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