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First American Financial Corp

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First American Financial Corp

FAF·NYSE·Finance·CIK 0001472787

First American Financial Corporation provides title insurance, settlement services, and other financial services and risk solutions. The company operates through two main segments: title insurance and services, and home warranty. The title insurance and services segment offers title insurance, closing and/or escrow services, and similar related services for residential and commercial real estate transactions both domestically and internationally. This segment also provides products, services, and solutions designed to mitigate risk or facilitate real estate transactions, often utilizing real property-related data from the company's proprietary databases. Additionally, it offers banking, trust, warehouse lending, mortgage subservicing, and wealth management services. The home warranty segment sells home warranty products. The corporate segment includes financing facilities, a venture investment portfolio, and operating results from a property and casualty insurance business that no longer sells policies or has policies in force, along with corporate support services. The substantial majority of First American's business relies on activity in the real estate and mortgage markets. The company's heritage dates back to 1889, and its common stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "FAF" since June 1, 2010.

First American Financial Corp (NYSE:FAF) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 11 items for FAF at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-07-23, rated 8/10. Across its 11 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 8 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for FAF spans 10-Q, 8-K, DEF 14A, PRE 14A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • First American Financial Q2 2026: Revenue Up 15% to $2.1B, EPS $2.12 Beats Estimates
  • First American Q2 Revenue Jumps 15% to $2.12B, Crushing Estimates
  • First American Financial Q2 Earnings: Revenue Climbs 15%, Commercial Business on Track for Record Year
  • Shareholders Approve Major Governance Reforms, Board Declassification
  • First American Financial Reports Strong Q1 2026 Results with 68.6% Net Income Growth and Continued Share Repurchases

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$7.45B
Net Income
$621.8M
Diluted EPS
$6.00
Op. Cash Flow
$950.8M
Free Cash Flow
$762.5M
Cash & Equivalents
$1.39B
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
8.3%
Shares Outstanding
102M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-18 · accession 0001193125-26-055516

Short Interest & Short Volume

7.70 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 6,041,871 shares in FAF as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 0.7% increase from the prior period — about 7.7 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 63.8% of FAF volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)6,041,871 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 0.7%
Days to cover7.70 at avg daily volume of 784,845
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)63.8% of 383,714 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume60.5%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$62.49
52-week range · as of 2026-07-23 $56.2 – $73.5
Market cap
$6.38B
Volume
916K (1.0× avg)
3-mo avg 922.2K
Live data · 2026-10-05 04:23 UTC · Market overnight

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FAF
Jul 23, 2026, 4:55 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $68.96
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$6.47 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Jul 22, 2026, 4:36 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $70.52
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$8.03 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Jul 22, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $70.52
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$8.03 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
May 15, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $67.11
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$4.62 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Apr 23, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $68.84
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$6.35 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Apr 22, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $66.48
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$3.99 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Apr 22, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $66.48
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$3.99 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Mar 30, 2026, 6:45 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $60.43
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: +$2.06 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Mar 20, 2026, 6:45 AM EDT
Filing Type: PRE 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $60.00
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: +$2.49 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Feb 17, 2026, 7:56 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $68.00
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$5.51 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
FAF
Feb 11, 2026, 4:15 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $67.50
Real-time Price: $62.49 info
Change: -$5.01 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $6.38B info
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