First American Financial Q3 Adj. EPS $1.78 Misses $1.85 Estimate, Sales $2.085B Miss $2.110B Estimate

First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) reported quarterly earnings of $1.78 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.85 by 4.3 percent. This is a 4.71 percent increase over earnings of $1.70 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.085 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.110 billion by 1.17 percent. This is a 5.36 percent increase over sales of $1.979 billion the same period last year.