First American Financial FAF
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First American Financial (FAF) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2017)

First American Financial's (FAF) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.07 in Q4 2017, down 8.17% YoY from 0.08 in Q4 2016, and down 8.17% on a QoQ basis from 0.08 in Q4 2016.

First American Financial (FAF) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

First American Financial (FAF) has 4 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.07 in Q4 2017.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 8.17% year-over-year to 0.07 in Q4 2017, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2017 was 0.07 (down 8.17% YoY) and the FY2017 annual result came in at 0.07, down 8.17% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio retreated to 0.07 in Q4 2017, from 0.08 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.08 in Q4 2016 to a low of 0.07 in Q4 2015.
  • A 4-year average of 0.08 and a median of 0.07 in 2017 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2016 — Debt Ratio advanced 18.48% — and 2017, when it dropped 8.17%.
  • Tracing FAF's Debt Ratio over 4 years: stood at 0.07 in 2014, then dropped by 7.66% to 0.07 in 2015, then climbed by 18.48% to 0.08 in 2016, then decreased by 8.17% to 0.07 in 2017.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.07 (Q4 2017), 0.08 (Q4 2016), and 0.07 (Q4 2015), per Business Quant data.
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Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Fidelity National Financial 12.71 Bn 8.14 Bn 3.59 Bn 0.04
2 First American Financial 7.40 Bn 4.28 Bn 1.77 Bn -
3 Axis Capital Holdings 7.28 Bn 6.49 Bn 819.78 Mn 0.04
4 Enact Holdings 6.86 Bn 6.36 Bn 284.04 Mn 0.11
5 Mgic Investment 6.46 Bn 6.23 Bn 284.40 Mn 0.10
6 Essent 6.22 Bn 6.22 Bn 313.73 Mn 0.07
7 Ryan Specialty Holdings 5.38 Bn 5.24 Bn - 0.30
8 Radian 4.96 Bn 4.22 Bn 380.01 Mn 0.12
9 NMI Holdings 3.45 Bn 3.37 Bn 157.40 Mn 0.10
10 Assured Guaranty 3.29 Bn -503.07 Mn 156.00 Mn 0.13

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2017 0.07
Dec 31, 2016 0.08
Dec 31, 2015 0.07
Dec 31, 2014 0.07