First American - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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First American M&A Summary

First American has acquired 14 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

First American’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Interthinx for $155M. First American has acquired in 10 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (36%) and financial services (22%).

First American Business Overview

Where is First American headquartered?

First American is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.

What is First American’s revenue?

First American disclosed revenue of 5,998M USD for 2023 and 7,594M USD for 2022.

How many employees does First American have?

First American has 19,210 employees.

What sector is First American in?

First American is a financial services company.

When was First American founded?

First American was founded in 1889.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity18
    • M&A Buy Activity14
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9
  • M&A Advisors 2

First American

First American Financial Corp.

1 First American Way,
Santa Ana, California 92707
United States,
(714) 250-3000
www.firstam.com

First American is engaged in the business of providing financial services through its title insurance and services segment and its specialty insurance segment. The title insurance and services segment provides title insurance, closing and/or escrow services and similar or related services domestically and internationally in connection with residential and commercial real estate transactions. It also maintains, manages and provides access to title plant records and images and provides banking, trust and investment advisory services. The specialty insurance segment issues property and casualty insurance policies and sells home warranty products. First American was incorporated in 1889 and is based in Santa Ana, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 8 3 1 1 1 - 14
vol $155M $155M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 2 1 1 - - - 4
  18

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
1031 Solutions LLC 2023-02-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Boulder, Colorado · www.1031service.com
Mother Lode Holding Company 2022-01-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Auburn, California · www.mlhc.com
Georgetown Title 2021-07-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Georgetown, Texas · www.georgetowntitle.net
First American Property and Casualty Insurance Agency 2021-06-17 - Divestiture
Santa Ana, California
ServiceMac LLC 2020-10-26 - Add-on Acquisition
Fort Mill, South Carolina · www.servicemacusa.com
GreenFolder, Inc. 2020-03-02 - Divestiture
Irvine, California · www.greenfolders.com
First American Docutech 2020-02-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Idaho Falls, Idaho · www.docutech.com
Title Security Agency LLC 2020-01-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Tucson, Arizona · www.titlesecurity.com
PC Network LLC 2018-07-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TD Service Financial Corp. 2016-10-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Santa Ana, California · www.tdsf.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
First American Mortgage Solutions LLC    - Forsythe Appraisals LLC 2016-04-01 1
Santa Ana, California · www.firstam.com/mortgagesolutions St. Paul, Minnesota · www.forsytheappraisals.com
Interthinx, Inc.    - Prediction Analytics, Inc. 2010-02-26 4
Agoura Hills, California · www.interthinx.com Santa Fe, New Mexico

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 5 (36%) - - -
Financial Services 3 (21%) - - -
Information Technology 3 (21%) 155M (100%) - -
Information Services 1 (7%) - 2 (50%) -
Internet Software and Services 1 (7%) - - -
Real Estate 1 (7%) - - -
Insurance - - 1 (25%) -
Software - - 1 (25%) -
Total 14 $155M 4 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 14 155M 4 -
  California 4 155M 4 -
  Colorado 2 - - -
  Idaho 1 - - -
  Arizona 1 - - -
  Texas 1 - - -
  South Carolina 1 - - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Minnesota 1 - - -
Total 14 $155M 4 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
BofA Securities
2
Legal Deals
McGuireWoods
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $155M
TOTAL $155M
Largest Interthinx, Inc.
$155M (2014-02-06)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
36%
5 (36%)
Strategic(s)
7%
1 (7%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
75%
3 (75%)

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