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Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.
For the three months ended in Mar. 2025, First American Financial paid $28 Mil more to buy back shares than it received from issuing new shares. It received $91 Mil from issuing more debt. It paid $0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It spent $56 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders. It received $605 Mil on other financial activities. In all, First American Financial earned $612 Mil on financial activities for the three months ended in Mar. 2025.
The historical data trend for First American Financial's Cash Flow from Financing can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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113.00 | 2,126.10 | -376.40 | 1,423.10 | -2,309.40 |
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-1,932.20 | 175.00 | 957.00 | -1,509.20 | 612.30 |
This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.
First American Financial's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Financing | (A: Dec. 2024 ) | ||||||||||
= | Issuance of Stock | + | Repurchase of Stock | + | Net Issuance of Debt | + | Net Issuance of Preferred Stock | + | Cash Flow for Dividends | + | Other Financing |
= | 0 | + | -68.5 | + | 230.3 | + | 0 | + | -220.7 | + | -2250.5 |
= | -2,309 |
First American Financial's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is:
Cash Flow from Financing | (Q: Mar. 2025 ) | ||||||||||
= | Issuance of Stock | + | Repurchase of Stock | + | Net Issuance of Debt | + | Net Issuance of Preferred Stock | + | Cash Flow for Dividends | + | Other Financing |
= | 0 | + | -28.2 | + | 91.4 | + | 0 | + | -55.7 | + | 604.8 |
= | 612 |
Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $235 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation
Cash from financing contains six items:
1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.
First American Financial's issuance of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil.
2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.
First American Financial's repurchase of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-28 Mil.
3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.
First American Financial's net issuance of debt for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $91 Mil. First American Financial received $91 Mil from issuing more debt.
4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.
First American Financial's net issuance of preferred for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil. First American Financial paid $0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.
5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.
First American Financial's cash flow for dividends for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-56 Mil. First American Financial spent $56 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.
6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.
First American Financial's other financing for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $605 Mil. First American Financial received $605 Mil on other financial activities.
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Lisa W Cornehl | officer: SVP, Chief Legal Officer | 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA 92886 |
Mark Edward Seaton | officer: Senior Vice President | 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA 92707 |
Dennis J Gilmore | officer: Chief Executive Officer | 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA 92707 |
Steven A Adams | officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer | 2260 E IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, EL SEGUNDO X1 90245 |
Christopher Michael Leavell | officer: COO of Subsidiary | 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA 92707 |
Marsha A Spence | director | 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA 92707 |
Kenneth D Degiorgio | director, officer: Executive Vice President | |
Jean C Latorre | director | 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA 92707 |
Mark C Oman | director | ONE HOME CAMPUS X2401-06X, DES MOINES IA 50328 |
Matthew F. Wajner | officer: Chief Accounting Officer | 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA 92707 |
Martha B Wyrsch | director | |
Reginald Harold Gilyard | director | 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA CA 92707 |
Parker S Kennedy | director, officer: Executive Chairman | 114 EAST FIFTH STREET, SANTA ANA CA 92701 |
James L Doti | director | |
Margaret M Mccarthy | director | AETNA INC., 151 FARMINGTON AVENUE, HARTFORD CT 06156 |
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