First American Financial Corporation

FAF Financial Insurance Specialty

First American Financial Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.5 billion, up 21.6% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+5.34%
EPS
−6.52%
Free cash flow
−12.3%
Total debt
+0.08%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

67.94 0.27 +0.40%
Market cap
$7.0B
P/E
9.5×
Fwd P/E
9.6×
Dividend yield
3.33%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

First American Financial Corporation (FAF) Return on equity

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First American Financial Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.7%, up 1.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.68% (fiscal 2024) to 23.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Insurance Specialty industry median of 12.0% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 11.9% 9.22
FY2024 2.68% (1.86)
FY2023 4.54% (0.49)
FY2022 5.03% (18.16)
FY2021 23.2% 8.30
FY2020 14.9% (2.42)
FY2019 17.3% 4.18
FY2018 13.1% 0.11
FY2017 13.0% 1.13
FY2016 11.9% 1.09

Against its own ten years

Low 2.68% High 23.2%
Ten-year median 11.9%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Limited compare 17.0%
NMIH NMI Holdings Inc compare 15.4%
MTG MGIC Investment Corporation compare 13.8%
FAF First American Financial Corporation 13.7%
ACT Enact Holdings, Inc. compare 12.9%
ESNT Essent Group Ltd. compare 12.0%
RDN Radian Group Inc. compare 11.5%
FNF Fidelity National Financial, Inc. compare 8.76%
AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. compare 6.21%
Insurance Specialty industry median 12.0%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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