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FAF (First American Financial) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : $45.43 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is First American Financial Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

First American Financial's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $48.637. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $45.43 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, First American Financial's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 6.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 8.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 10.70% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of First American Financial was 12.20% per year. The lowest was 8.80% per year. And the median was 11.20% per year.

As of today (2025-05-11), First American Financial's current stock price is $59.82. First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $45.43. First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 1.32.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of First American Financial was 2.43. The lowest was 1.16. And the median was 1.71.


First American Financial Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share 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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First American Financial Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

First American Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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First American Financial Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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First American Financial Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, First American Financial's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=48.637/134.9266*134.9266
=48.637

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

First American Financial Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 24.451 100.684 32.767
201509 24.738 100.392 33.248
201512 25.206 99.792 34.080
201603 25.951 100.470 34.851
201606 26.810 101.688 35.573
201609 27.520 101.861 36.453
201612 27.361 101.863 36.242
201703 27.798 102.862 36.463
201706 28.842 103.349 37.654
201709 29.724 104.136 38.513
201712 31.372 104.011 40.697
201803 31.113 105.290 39.871
201806 31.968 106.317 40.571
201809 32.868 106.507 41.638
201812 33.561 105.998 42.720
201903 34.603 107.251 43.532
201906 36.402 108.070 45.449
201909 37.763 108.329 47.035
201912 39.302 108.420 48.911
202003 39.126 108.902 48.476
202006 40.938 108.767 50.784
202009 42.311 109.815 51.986
202012 44.494 109.897 54.628
202103 45.154 111.754 54.517
202106 47.887 114.631 56.365
202109 50.966 115.734 59.418
202112 52.571 117.630 60.301
202203 49.338 121.301 54.880
202206 46.819 125.017 50.530
202209 43.430 125.227 46.794
202212 45.134 125.222 48.632
202303 46.045 127.348 48.785
202306 46.244 128.729 48.471
202309 43.826 129.860 45.536
202312 47.023 129.419 49.024
202403 46.163 131.776 47.267
202406 46.689 132.554 47.525
202409 49.493 133.029 50.199
202412 47.653 133.157 48.286
202503 48.637 134.927 48.637

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.


First American Financial  (NYSE:FAF) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

First American Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=59.82/45.43
=1.32

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of First American Financial was 2.43. The lowest was 1.16. And the median was 1.71.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


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First American Financial Business Description

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Address
1 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA, USA, 92707-5913
First American Financial Corp is a financial services business providing insurance through segments: Title insurance and related services segment include real estate insurance, property closing services, third-party handling of real estate funds (escrow), risk mitigation, real estate data products, and related real estate transaction services; The home warranty segment provides residential service contracts that cover residential systems, such as heating and air conditioning systems, and certain appliances against failures that occur as the result of normal usage during the coverage period; and The corporate segment includes investments in venture-stage companies, certain financing facilities and corporate services supporting the company's business operations.
Executives
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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