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First National Financial (TSX:FN) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 14.09% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is First National Financial Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. First National Financial's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$98.3 Mil. First National Financial's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$697.3 Mil. Therefore, First National Financial's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 14.09%.

The historical rank and industry rank for First National Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:FN' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24.78   Med: 34.87   Max: 45.24
Current: 24.78

During the past 13 years, First National Financial's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 45.24%. The lowest was 24.78%. And the median was 34.87%.

TSX:FN's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
93.9% of 1574 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 10.385 vs TSX:FN: 24.78

First National Financial Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for First National Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 National Financial Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

First National Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
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First National 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 National Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Mortgage Finance subindustry, First National Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 National Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, First National Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First National Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.


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First National Financial Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

First National Financial's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2024 )  (A: Dec. 2023 )(A: Dec. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2024 )  (A: Dec. 2023 )(A: Dec. 2024 )
=203.39/( (707.987+708.435 )/ 2 )
=203.39/708.211
=28.72 %

First National Financial's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2025 )  (Q: Dec. 2024 )(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2025 )  (Q: Dec. 2024 )(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=98.276/( (708.435+686.085)/ 2 )
=98.276/697.26
=14.09 %

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


First National Financial  (TSX:FN) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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First National Financial Business Description

Address
16 York Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 0E6
First National Financial Corp is a Canadian originator, underwriter and servicer of predominantly prime residential and commercial mortgages. The Company operates in two business segments, Residential and Commercial. These segments are organized by mortgage type and contain revenue and expenses related to origination, underwriting, securitization and servicing activities. It derives maximum revenue from Residential segment.
Executives
Fnsc Holdings Inc. 10% Security Holder
Stephen Smith Director, Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Martine Irman Director
Diane Sinhuber Director
First National Securities Corporation 10% Security Holder
Hilda Wong Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Barbara Frank Palk Director, Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Duncan Newton Rowell Jackman Director, Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)