First American Financial Corp
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $6.68B
- P/E (TTM)
- 9.0
- Dividend yield
- 3.36%
About First American Financial
Title Insurance, SIC 6361
First American Financial Corporation provides title insurance, settlement services, risk solutions, and home warranties. Operating primarily through its title insurance and services segment, the company offers title policies, closing and escrow functions, tax-deferred exchange facilitation, valuation products, real property data services, and specialized banking, trust, and wealth management solutions. Its home warranty segment delivers residential service contracts covering household appliances and system repairs. First American serves individual homebuyers, real estate owners, mortgage lenders, brokers, attorneys, homebuilders, institutional property buyers, mortgage originators, and loan servicers.
First American operates across 49 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and certain U.S. territories, maintaining physical locations and direct operations in Canada, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. Its home warranty segment conducts business in 36 states and the District of Columbia. As of late 2025, the corporation employs 19,102 people worldwide, comprising 12,143 domestic and 6,959 international workers. First American maintains its executive offices in Santa Ana, California.
Summary of the business section of First American Financial's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- First American Financial Corp
- Founded
- 1889
- Headquarters
- Santa Ana, CA
- Address
- 1 First American Way 92707
- Phone
- (714) 250-3000
- Website
- firstam.com
- Employees
- 19,102, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Title Insurance
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Los Angeles, California
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- FAF
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- May 28, 2010
- Shares outstanding
- 102M, Jul 20, 2026
- Public float
- $6.06B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1472787
- CUSIP
- 31847R102
- ISIN
- US31847R1023
- LEI
- 549300B6VEZK3N0A1P55
- EIN
- 26-1911571
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Edward Seaton | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 232,081 |
| Kenneth D. Degiorgio | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 390,117 |
| Steven A. Adams | VP & Chief Accounting Officer | 10,234 |
| Lisa W. Cornehl | SVP, Chief Legal Officer | 29,656 |
| Matthew F. Wajner | EVP, Chief Financial Officer | 52,997 |
| Dennis J. Gilmore | Director | 479,374 |
| Margaret M. McCarthy | Director | 24,024 |
| Reginald Harold Gilyard | Director | 25,127 |
| Deborah Wahl | Director | 5,756 |
| Marsha A. Spence | Director | 9,530 |
| Michael D. McKee | Director | 56,063 |
| Parker S. Kennedy | Director | 2,419,516 |
| James L. Doti | Director | 71,597 |
| Mark C. Oman | Director | 53,394 |
| Jeffrey J. Dailey | Director | 2,824 |
| Martha B. Wyrsch | Director | 18,601 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 De Giorgio | $9.62M | $5.35M | $1.72M | $142 | $211 |
| FY2025 Seaton | $8.28M | $8.21M | $1.72M | $142 | $211 |
| FY2024 De Giorgio | $7.78M | $7.78M | $1.75M | $139 | $185 |
| FY2023 De Giorgio | $7.07M | $8.96M | $1.51M | $138 | $146 |
| FY2022 De Giorgio | $6.03M | $2.86M | $2.10M | $108 | $133 |
| FY2022 Gilmore | $9.00M | $1.89M | $2.10M | $108 | $133 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, the Company employed 19,102 employees, with 12,143 of them located in the United States and 6,959 outside of the U.S.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2018 | Deregistration | Termination of SEC registration (Form 15) |
| Jun 1, 2010 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Dec 14, 2009 | Spin-off | Registration as a new public company (Form 10), e.g. spin-off |