First American Q1 2023 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
First American Financial Corporation reported a decrease in total revenue to $1.4 billion, a 29% drop compared to the previous year. Net income was $46 million, with earnings per diluted share at 44 cents. Despite challenging market conditions, the company's expense management and net investment income growth contributed to a title pretax margin of 6.5 percent.
Earnings per diluted share were 44 cents, or 49 cents excluding net investment losses.
Total revenue reached $1.4 billion, a 29 percent decrease year-over-year.
Title Insurance and Services segment revenues totaled $1.3 billion, down 32 percent from last year.
The Title Insurance and Services segment's pretax margin was 6.5 percent (6.1 percent excluding net investment gains).
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Forward Guidance
The purchase market appears to have stabilized and is showing improvement in the first three weeks of April, with open orders up over 5 percent compared with March. While there is a high degree of uncertainty concerning the commercial market outlook, we remain optimistic that transaction activity will improve in the second half of the year.
Positive Outlook
- Purchase market appears to have stabilized.
- Open orders are up over 5% in the first three weeks of April compared to March.
- Optimism that commercial transaction activity will improve in the second half of the year.
- Expense management efforts delivered a title pretax margin of 6.5 percent.
- Market share grew by over two percentage points in 2022.
Challenges Ahead
- Challenging market conditions continued into the first quarter.
- Existing home sales have fallen to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis.
- The commercial real estate market has significantly declined.
- High degree of uncertainty concerning the commercial market outlook.
- Total revenue decreased by 29 percent compared to last year.
Revenue & Expenses
Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income