First American Financial Corp
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) operates as a diversified financial services company providing title insurance, settlement services, and related risk solutions through its principal business segments. The company traces its heritage to 1889 and maintains its website at www.firstam.com. From the company’s description.
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What First American Financial Corp does
In the company’s own words
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) operates as a diversified financial services company providing title insurance, settlement services, and related risk solutions through its principal business segments. The company traces its heritage to 1889 and maintains its website at www.firstam.com.
The title insurance and services segment represents the core of First American's business, accounting for 93.6 percent of consolidated revenues. This segment issues title insurance policies on residential and commercial property across 49 states, the District of Columbia, and certain U.S. territories, while also offering international operations in Canada, the United Kingdom, various European countries, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. Beyond traditional title insurance, the segment provides closing and escrow services, document generation, appraisals, lien release services, warehouse lending, mortgage subservicing, and banking and wealth management services through a federal savings bank subsidiary. The company operates through both direct channels and an extensive network of independent agents. As of December 31, 2025, the bank administered fiduciary and custody assets valued at $5.6 billion and maintained $6.8 billion in total assets with $6.2 billion in deposits.
The home warranty segment sells residential service contracts covering heating, air conditioning systems, and appliances, operating in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The corporate segment manages financing facilities, a venture investment portfolio focused on real estate technology companies, and certain corporate services supporting operations.
First American employs 19,102 people globally, with 12,143 located in the United States and 6,959 internationally. The company ranks as the second largest provider of title insurance in the United States based on market share data. The company's data and analytics business leverages extensive real estate property data, ownership information, and recorded documents to provide underwriting automation, fraud risk management, and compliance solutions to internal operations and external customers.
The company competes primarily on service quality, pricing, relationships, and product accessibility. Major nationwide competitors include Fidelity National Financial, Old Republic International Corporation, and Stewart Title Guaranty Company. First American has received recognition as a Fortune 100 Best Company to Work For in the United States for ten consecutive years and maintains similar workplace designations internationally.
Company details
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Insurance
- Headquarters
- SANTA ANA, CA
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1472787
- SIC
- 6361
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns First American Financial Corp — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · First American Financial Corp’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
First American Financial Corp’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 3 issues of First American Financial Corp’s debt, $392.34M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 3.83%, maturing 2030 to 2034.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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