First American Financial Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

First American Financial Corporation (NYSE:FAF), a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions and the leader in the digital transformation of its industry, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2025.

Current Quarter Highlights

• Earnings per diluted share of $1.84, or $1.70 per share on an adjusted basis
  • Net investment gains of $26 million, or 20 cents per diluted share
  • Purchase-related intangible amortization of $7 million, or 5 cents per diluted share
• Total revenue of $2.0 billion, up 41 percent compared with last year
  • Adjusted total revenue of $2.0 billion, up 14 percent compared with last year
• Title Insurance and Services segment investment income of $153 million, up 12 percent compared with last year
• Title Insurance and Services segment pretax margin of 12.9 percent on both a GAAP and adjusted basis
• Commercial revenues of $246 million, up 29 percent compared with last year
• Home Warranty segment pretax margin of 14.1 percent, or 13.5 percent on an adjusted basis
• Debt-to-capital ratio of 33.0 percent, or 22.5 percent excluding secured financings payable of $1.1 billion
• Cash flow from operations of $273 million compared with $237 million last year
• Repurchased 597,726 shares for a total of $34 million at an average price of $56.24
• Raised common stock dividend by 2 percent to an annual rate of $2.20 per share

Total revenue for the third quarter of 2025 was $2.0 billion, up 41 percent compared with the third quarter of 2024. Net income in the current quarter was $190 million, or $1.84 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $104 million, or $1.00 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2024. Adjusted net income in the current quarter was $175 million, or $1.70 per diluted share, compared with $138 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, in the third quarter of last year. Net investment gains in the current quarter were $26 million, or 20 cents per diluted share, compared with net investment losses of $312 million, or $2.28 per diluted share in the third quarter of last year, primarily due to the company's investment portfolio rebalancing project. Purchase-related intangible amortization in the current quarter was $7 million, or 5 cents per diluted share, compared with $8 million, or 6 cents per diluted share, in the third quarter of last year. The effective tax rate this quarter was 23.1 percent.

"Our third quarter performance was strong despite continued challenges in the U.S. housing market," said Mark Seaton, chief executive officer at First American Financial Corporation. "The strength of our commercial business, growth in investment income, and management of our cost structure enabled us to deliver an adjusted pretax margin in our title segment of 12.9 percent. Our home warranty segment also posted another strong quarter with an adjusted pretax margin of 13.5 percent.

"I'm optimistic about our long-term outlook. We're at the early stages of the next real estate cycle, and our industry-leading investments in data, technology and AI position us to outperform as the market strengthens. By modernizing our platforms and integrating AI across our operations, we expect to drive significant productivity gains, reduce risk and unlock new revenue opportunities—further extending First American's leadership in the industry."

Total revenues for the Title Insurance and Services segment during the third quarter were $1.8 billion, up 42 percent compared with the same quarter of 2024. Total adjusted revenues in the current quarter were $1.8 billion, up 14 percent compared with last year. Direct premiums and escrow fees increased by 12 percent compared with the third quarter of last year, driven by a 17 percent increase in the number of direct title orders closed in our domestic operations, partially offset by a 3 percent decline in the average revenue per order closed. The average revenue per direct title order declined to $3,801, primarily due to a shift in the mix from higher premium commercial transactions to lower premium refinance and default transactions, partly offset by an increase in the average revenue per order for commercial and purchase transactions. Agent premiums, which are recorded on approximately a one-quarter lag relative to direct premiums, were up 17 percent compared with last year.

Information and other revenues were $276 million during the quarter, up $34 million, or 14 percent, compared with last year. The increase was primarily driven by refinance activity in the company's Canadian operations, revenue growth in the company's subservicing business, and higher demand for non-insured information products and services.

Investment income was $153 million in the third quarter, up $17 million compared with the same quarter last year. The increase was primarily driven by higher interest income from the company's investment portfolio, partly offset by lower interest income from operating cash due to a decline in balances as well as lower short-term interest rates. Net investment gains were $6 million in the current quarter compared with net investment losses of $308 million in the third quarter of 2024, which were primarily due to losses from the company's investment portfolio rebalancing project.

Personnel costs were $543 million in the third quarter, up $51 million, or 10 percent compared with the same quarter of 2024. The increase in personnel costs was primarily attributable to incentive compensation expense resulting from higher revenue and profitability, and higher salary expense and employee benefit costs.

Other operating expenses of $276 million in the current quarter were up $24 million, or 9 percent compared with the third quarter of 2024, primarily due to higher production expense driven by higher volumes and increased software expense.

The provision for policy losses and other claims was $42 million in the third quarter, or 3.0 percent of title premiums and escrow fees, unchanged from the prior year. The third quarter rate reflects an ultimate loss rate of 3.75 percent for the current policy year and a net decrease of $11 million in the loss reserve estimate for prior policy years.

Depreciation and amortization expense was $54 million in the third quarter, up $2 million, or 3 percent, compared with the same period last year, due to higher amortization of capitalized software from recently deployed digital settlement products.

Interest expense was $25 million in the current quarter, up $1 million, or 2 percent, compared with last year.

The Title Insurance and Services segment posted pretax income of $236 million in the third quarter, compared with a pretax loss of $130 million in the third quarter of 2024. Pretax margin was 12.9 percent in the current quarter, compared with (10.1) percent last year. Adjusted pretax margin was 12.9 percent in the current period, compared with 11.6 percent last year.

Total revenues for the Home Warranty segment were $115 million in the third quarter, up 3 percent compared with last year. The segment posted pretax income of $16 million this quarter, up 80 percent compared with last year. The claim loss rate declined to 47 percent in the third quarter, compared with 54 percent last year, primarily due to lower claim frequency largely driven by favorable weather conditions. Home Warranty's pretax margin was 14.1 percent this quarter, compared with 8.1 percent last year. Adjusted pretax margin was 13.5 percent this quarter, compared with 7.7 percent last year.

Corporate

The Corporate segment pretax loss was $5 million in the third quarter, compared with a loss of $23 million last year. Excluding net recognized investment gains and losses, the Corporate pretax loss was $25 million this quarter, up $6 million compared with the third quarter of last year. The increase in the pretax loss was driven by $3 million in higher interest expense in the current quarter and a favorable reserve adjustment that reduced the net loss last year.

Teleconference/Webcast

First American's third quarter 2025 results will be discussed in more detail on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, at 11 a.m. EDT, via teleconference. The toll-free dial-in number is +1-877-407-8293. Callers from outside the United States may dial +1-201-689-8349.

The live audio webcast of the call will be available on First American's website at www.firstam.com/investor. An audio replay of the conference call will be available through Nov. 6, 2025, by dialing +1-201-612-7415 and using the conference ID 13756641. An audio archive of the call will also be available on First American's investor website.

About First American

First American Financial Corporation (NYSE:FAF) is a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions. With its combination of financial strength and stability built over 135 years, innovative proprietary technologies, and unmatched data assets, the company is leading the digital transformation of its industry. First American also provides data products to the title industry and other third parties; valuation products and services; mortgage subservicing; home warranty products; banking, trust and wealth management services; and other related products and services. With total revenue of $6.1 billion in 2024, the company offers its products and services directly and through its agents throughout the United States and abroad. In 2025, First American was named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by Great Place to Work^® and Fortune Magazine for the tenth consecutive year. More information about the company can be found at www.firstam.com.

Website Disclosure

First American posts information of interest to investors at www.firstam.com/investor. This includes opened and closed title insurance order counts for its U.S. direct title insurance operations, which are posted approximately 10 to 12 days after the end of each month.

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