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Profile - First American Corp. (NYSE:FAF)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1 First American Way
Santa Ana, CA 92707
Phone: (714) 800-3000
Fax: (714) 541-6372
Email: dwarren@firstam.com
Employees (last reported count): 20,346
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 38%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 14.0K shares
·Institutional: 60% (97% of float)
(335 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 4.05M shares (+9.02%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The First American Corporation is engaged in the business of providing business information and related products and services. The Company's title insurance segment issues residential and commercial title insurance policies, provides escrow services, equity loan services, tax-deferred exchanges and other related services. The real estate information segment provides tax monitoring, mortgage credit reporting, property data services, flood certification, database services, default management services, field inspection services, appraisal services, mortgage loan servicing systems, mortgage document preparation and other real estate related services. The consumer information segment provides home warranties, property and casualty insurance, resident screening, pre-employment screening, specialized credit reporting, automotive insurance tracking, investment advisory and trust and thrift services.
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Financial Summary
The First American Corp. is a holding company engaged in the business of providing title insurance, tax services, credit reports, and home warranty, trust and mortgage services. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenue rose 19% to $1.69 billion. Net income totaled $73.3 million, up from $26 million. Results reflect lower interest rates, higher home sales, an increase in refinancing activities and improved margins.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

D. Kennedy, 82
Chairman
$665K--  
Parker Kennedy, 53
Pres
759K--  
Thomas Klemens, 50
Exec. VP and CFO
596K$100K
Craig DeRoy, 48
Exec. VP and Gen. Counsel
--  20K
Curt Caspersen, 42
Exec. VP
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:FAFAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 7-Sep-2000
$15.688
Recent Price$18.30 
52-Week High
on 13-Feb-2001
$35.49 
Beta0.47 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)407.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)323.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+11.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+49.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.25B
Shares Outstanding68.1M
Float42.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.28 
Dividend Yield1.53%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 20-July-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$15.06 
Earnings (ttm)$1.86 
Earnings (mrq)$0.75 
Sales (ttm)$46.32 
Cash (mrq)$7.53 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.22 
Price/Earnings (ttm)9.83 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.40 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$3.21B
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$129.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)7.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.05%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.57%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.41 
Total Cash (mrq)$508.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4.26M
Percent of Float10.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
4.04M
Short Ratio10.54 
Daily Volume404.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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