---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-035350"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FAF"
cik: "0001472787"
company_name: "First American Financial Corp"
filed_at: "2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T00:00:13.694626+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First American (FAF) Q3 EPS $0.02; revenue $1.8B down 29%

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.02 vs $4.00 last year; adjusted EPS $1.62 excluding $1.60 net investment losses.
- Total revenue $1.8B down 29% YoY; excluding net investment losses $2.1B down 10%.
- Title Insurance segment pretax margin 9.9% (13.0% ex-investment losses) down from 16.4%.
- Commercial revenue $260M down 1%; investment income $105M up 114%.
- Repurchased 1.3M shares for $72M; dividend raised 2% to annual $2.08 per share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-035350
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FAF
- cik: 0001472787
- company_name: First American Financial Corp
- filed_at: 2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1472787/000156459022035350/0001564590-22-035350-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1472787/000156459022035350/faf-8k_20221027.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-035350.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  First American Financial Corp reported the quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $1.8 billion, net income $2 million, EPS 2 cents per diluted share.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $1.8 billion
  - Net income: $2 million
  - EPS: 2 cents per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: quarter ended Sept. 30, 2022. Current Quarter Highlights • Earnings per diluted share of 2 cents, or $1.62 per share excluding $1.60 of net investment losses • Total revenue of $1.8 billion, down 29 percent compared with last year - Excluding net investment losses of $226 million, total revenue was $2.1 billion, down 10 percent compared with last year • Net
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1472787/000156459022035350/0001564590-22-035350-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.