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FAF First American Financial (FAF) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Insurance · Title insurance · CIK 0001472787
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
0
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about FAF

Insiders, 180 days
-$643.6K net sold
2 sellers · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan

First American Financial insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, First American Financial Corp insiders sold a net $643.6K of stock across 19 Form 4 purchases and sales, with no insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
VP & Chief Accounting Officer
SELL
2026-07-28 SECtraded 2026-07-24
3,252.597
$243.9K
-18.1%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Oct 29, 2024.
  • The trade is 31.8% of the 10,233 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: VP & Chief Accounting Officer Adams Steven A sold about $243.9K of FAF on Jul 24, 2026.
VP & Chief Accounting Officer
SELL
2026-07-28 SECtraded 2026-07-24
0.001
$0
-18.1%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Oct 29, 2024.
  • The trade is 0.0% of the 10,233 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: VP & Chief Accounting Officer Adams Steven A sold about $0 of FAF on Jul 24, 2026.
SVP, Chief Legal Officer
SELL
2026-05-07 SECtraded 2026-05-05
5,823.47
$399.7K
-9.1%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Feb 25, 2025.
  • The trade is 19.7% of the 29,635 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: SVP, Chief Legal Officer Cornehl Lisa W sold about $399.7K of FAF on May 5, 2026; 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
SELL
2026-04-28 SECtraded 2026-04-24
6,630
$468.0K
-9.2%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Aug 13, 2025.
  • The trade is 27.6% of the 24,024 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: Director McCarthy Margaret M sold about $468.0K of FAF on Apr 24, 2026; 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
BUY
2026-02-18 SECtraded 2026-02-17
30,000
$2.0M
-2.2%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on Feb 13, 2026.
  • The trade is 11.9% of the 251,552 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Director KENNEDY PARKER S bought about $2.0M of FAF on Feb 17, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record.
19 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net -$643.6K over 180 days
more than 68% of Insurance
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
under five funds report holding it
Revenue
+21.6% year over year
more than 70% of Insurance
Margin
8.3% net margin
below 56% of Insurance
Buybacks
$55.5M repurchased, FY to 2026-09-30
below 72% of Insurance
Short interest
6.3% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 5.5 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 89% of Insurance
What changed in the last 30 days
Oct 28Insider selling stopped: no sales in 90 days after 3 in the prior 90
Why it matters
The absence is the signal: 3 sales in one 90-day window and none in the next is a change of behaviour, not a filing.

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+3.3%12M
-9%+3%+15%+28%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-02-17 · KENNEDY PARKER S bought $2.0M2026-02-13 · KENNEDY PARKER S bought $1.0M2026-02-17 · KENNEDY PARKER S bought $1.0M2026-04-24 · McCarthy Margaret M sold $468.0K2026-05-05 · Cornehl Lisa W sold $399.7K2026-07-24 · Adams Steven A sold $243.9K2026-07-24 · Adams Steven A sold $02026-07-24 · Adams Steven A filed to sell $243.9K
Insider buyInsider sellForm 144 (planned sale)
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Who owns FAF: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
SEC 13F
No reported 13F holders

No fund above the reporting threshold listed this stock last quarter. That is a fact, not missing data.

Congress trades in FAF

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

FAF planned insider sales (Form 144)

Notice of intent to sell, filed before any sale
Adams Steven A
Filed 2026-07-24
$243.9K
Executive pay vs shareholder return · De Giorgio
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2024
$7.8M
$7.8M
$1.7M
+39%
+85%
2023
$7.1M
$9.0M
$1.5M
+38%
+46%
2021
$10.8M
$17.7M
$3.8M
+56%
+30%
2020
$11.2M
$8.6M
$3.9M
-9%
-8%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows a net $643.6K sold by insiders over 180 days. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
Same sector, ranked by filing activity
Sector by SEC SIC code

FAF financials

Revenue growth
+21.6%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
8.3%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$8.1B
four quarters, 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
Net margin, TTM
+9.1%
net income over revenue, 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
Free cash flow, TTM
$805.8M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
Debt to equity
n/a
no debt line filed
Cash flow to debt
n/a
no debt line filed
Return on equity
+13.7%
TTM net income over average of 2025-09-30 and 2026-09-30
Return on assets
+4.1%
TTM net income over average of 2025-09-30 and 2026-09-30
Return on invested capital
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Return on capital employed
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
P/E, trailing
9.02x
close 2026-10-26 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
Enterprise value
n/a
no debt line filed
FCF yield
+12.3%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-26
PEG, trailing
0.17x
P/E over trailing EPS growth of 52%: four quarters to 2026-09-30 against the four to 2025-09-30
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Revenue$7.5B$6.1B$6.0B$7.6B
Net income$621.8M$131.1M$216.8M$263.0M
EPS (diluted)6.001.262.072.45
Operating cash flow$950.8M$897.5M$354.3M$777.6M
Cash$1.4B$1.7B$3.6B$1.2B
Buybacks$122.3M$68.5M$72.7M$440.7M
Dividends paid$223.0M$220.7M$216.6M$217.5M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

FAF Stock Sonar score 5/7 axes

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FAF ranks highest on growth (70th percentile) and risk and compliance (57th), and lowest on insider conviction (33rd), among Insurance peers.

ProfitGrowthInsidersInstitutionsRisk
Profitability
56
Inputs
  • Return on equity+13.7% · 49 pct, sector of 116
  • Return on assets+4.1% · 63 pct, sector of 122
  • Return on invested capitalfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Return on capital employedfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Growth
70
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+21.6% · 70 pct, sector of 134
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Insider conviction
33
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d-$644K · 67 pct, sector of 100
  • Insider buyers, 180d0 · 0 pct, sector of 101
Institutional and government
47
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarterfewer than five funds report holding it
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quarters$380K · 47 pct, sector of 35
Risk and compliance
57
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+6.3% · 20 pct, sector of 138
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+2.6% · 94 pct, sector of 110
2 not measured: Financial health, US patents
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no debt line filed
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

5 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

FAF filings, in plain words

Are First American Financial insiders buying or selling FAF?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, First American Financial insiders were net sellers, a net $643.6K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 2 sellers.

Read the full summary

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, First American Financial insiders were net sellers of FAF, a net $643.6K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 2 sellers. None of the 3 insider sales was flagged as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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