earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.80
First American Q4 EPS $0.52 ($1.35 adj); revenue down 29% to $1.69B; net investment losses $114M
First American Financial Corp
2022-FY EPS reported
$2.45
revenue$7,605,000,000
- Q4 diluted EPS of $0.52 ($1.35 excluding $0.83 net investment losses); revenue $1.685B, down 29% YoY.
- Title Insurance segment pretax margin 7.1% (10.4% excl. net investment losses); commercial title revenues down 34% to $251M.
- Net investment losses of $114M driven by sale of fixed-income securities for tax planning and venture portfolio unrealized losses.
- Full year 2022 EPS $2.45 ($6.09 adj.); returned $658M to shareholders via buybacks and dividends; dividend raised 2% to $2.08 annual.
- Cash flow from operations $246M in Q4 vs $344M prior year; debt-to-capital 30.0%.