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PRESS RELEASE
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 EPS of $0.32
Jacksonville, Fla. — (October 21, 2009) — Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a leading provider of title insurance, mortgage services, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services, today reported operating results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009.
Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||
September 30, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
Total revenue | $ | 1.47 billion | $ | 969.8 million | ||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders | $ | 73.4 million | $ | (198.3 million) | ||||
Net earnings (loss) per diluted share attributable to common shareholders | $ | 0.32 | $ | (0.95 | ) | |||
Cash flow from operations | $ | 84.5 million | $ | 6.2 million |
Nine Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
September 30, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
Total revenue | $ | 4.37 billion | $ | 3.25 billion | ||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders | $ | 153.0 million | $ | (164.1 million) | ||||
Net earnings (loss) per diluted share attributable to common shareholders | $ | 0.67 | $ | (0.78 | ) | |||
Cash flow from (used in) operations | $ | 367.7 million | $ | (55.9 million) |
The following are summary financial and operational results for the operating segments of FNF for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:
Fidelity National Title Group (“FNT”)
Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||
September 30, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
Total revenue | $ | 1.35 billion | $ | 872.6 million | ||||
Pre-tax earnings (loss) | $ | 119.8 million | $ | (279.4 million) | ||||
Pre-tax margin | 8.9 | % | N/A |
Nine Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
September 30, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
Total revenue | $ | 4.05 billion | $ | 2.92 billion | ||||
Pre-tax earnings (loss) | $ | 260.4 million | $ | (221.3 million) | ||||
Pre-tax margin | 6.4 | % | N/A |
Month | Direct Orders Opened | Direct Orders Closed | ||||||
July 2009 | 191,100 | 166,000 | ||||||
August 2009 | 181,100 | 137,200 | ||||||
September 2009 | 196,400 | 135,500 | ||||||
Third Quarter 2009 | 568,600 | 438,700 | ||||||
Month | Direct Orders Opened | Direct Orders Closed | ||||||
July 2008 | 135,500 | 90,600 | ||||||
August 2008 | 128,900 | 87,300 | ||||||
September 2008 | 143,000 | 82,700 | ||||||
Third Quarter 2008 | 407,400 | 260,600 | ||||||
Open | Closed | Commercial | ||||||||||||||
Commercial | Commercial | Revenue | Commercial | |||||||||||||
Orders | Orders | (In thousands) | Fee Per File | |||||||||||||
3rd Quarter 2009 | 21,300 | 14,200 | $ | 61,000 | $ | 4,300 | ||||||||||
3rd Quarter 2008 | 14,600 | 9,000 | $ | 59,400 | $ | 6,600 |
- The preceding table only includes commercial activity from FNF’s commercial offices in the national commercial division and does not attempt to capture potential commercial activity in our local offices.
Specialty Insurance
Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||
September 30, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
Total revenue | $ | 102.5 million | $ | 100.4 million | ||||
Pre-tax earnings (loss) | $ | 7.2 million | $ | (5.8 million) | ||||
Pre-tax margin | 7.0 | % | N/A |
Nine Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
September 30, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
Total revenue | $ | 287.4 million | $ | 286.0 million | ||||
Pre-tax earnings | $ | 34.9 million | $ | 16.8 million | ||||
Pre-tax margin | 12.1 | % | 5.9 | % |
“This was another solid financial quarter for our company,” said Chairman William P. Foley, II. “Title order volumes increased nicely versus the prior year and showed a modest overall sequential decline from the second quarter of this year, as refinance volumes slowed from their accelerated pace early in the year. However, we were able to reduce costs throughout the quarter and our title business produced nearly a 9% pre-tax margin, almost equal to our second quarter performance. We did see strength in open order counts as the quarter progressed, as September showed the strongest open order volumes during the quarter. Additionally, open order volumes continued to accelerate in October, reaching their highest levels in the last four months. These elevated open order levels have us well positioned as we enter the normally seasonally slower fourth quarter and first quarter of next year.”
“We did release approximately $74 million in title reserves during the quarter, as we reached the conclusion that the consistently lower claims payments we have seen for the last four quarters had caused a redundant title reserve situation. We offset much of the benefit of this reserve release through the reversal of an insurance receivable associated with a fraud claim that was previously paid in 2007 and 2008. Recent court rulings relating to specific insurance coverage have caused us to reassess our accounting position with respect to this insurance receivable and we, therefore, have reversed approximately $63 million of the recorded balance as a charge to claim loss expense.”
“Finally, we announced the sale of our small leasing company, Fidelity National Capital, during the quarter for total net proceeds of approximately $50 million. While Fidelity National Capital was a relatively small business for FNF, its strong growth had resulted in more than $200 million of primarily non-recourse debt on our consolidated balance sheet and we believe this sale
was a great opportunity to continue to delever our balance sheet and to monetize an investment. Our debt to total capital ratio ended the quarter at 21% as a result of the sale of this asset.”
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), is a leading provider of title insurance, mortgage services, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services. FNF is the nation’s largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Lawyers Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title and Alamo Title — that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. FNF also provides flood insurance, personal lines insurance and home warranty insurance through its specialty insurance business. FNF also is a leading provider of outsourced claims management services to large corporate and public sector entities through its minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick CMS. FNF is also a leading information services company in the human resource, retail and transportation markets through another minority-owned subsidiary, Ceridian Corporation. More information about FNF can be found at www.fnf.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to future economic performance and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; weakness or adverse changes in the level of real estate activity, which may be caused by, among other things, high or increasing interest rates, a limited supply of mortgage funding or a weak U. S. economy; our
potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates, acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus, or difficulties in integrating acquisitions; our dependence on operating subsidiaries as a source of cash flow; significant competition that our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; and other risks detailed in the “Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information,” “Risk Factors” and other sections of the Company’s Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
CONTACT: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, 904-854-8120, dkmurphy@fnf.com
CONTACT: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, 904-854-8120, dkmurphy@fnf.com
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
SUMMARY OF EARNINGS
(In thousands, except per share amounts and order information)
SUMMARY OF EARNINGS
(In thousands, except per share amounts and order information)
Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Direct title premiums | $ | 379,396 | $ | 286,551 | $ | 1,122,053 | $ | 912,370 | ||||||||
Agency title premiums | 603,572 | 323,769 | 1,814,066 | 1,171,120 | ||||||||||||
Total title premiums | 982,968 | 610,320 | 2,936,119 | 2,083,490 | ||||||||||||
Escrow, title-related and other fees | 337,602 | 270,898 | 1,029,412 | 803,270 | ||||||||||||
Total title and escrow | 1,320,570 | 881,218 | 3,965,531 | 2,886,760 | ||||||||||||
Specialty insurance | 99,279 | 99,902 | 276,566 | 278,890 | ||||||||||||
Interest and investment income | 36,623 | 30,789 | 112,908 | 102,563 | ||||||||||||
Realized gains and losses | 10,621 | (42,136 | ) | 18,084 | (15,868 | ) | ||||||||||
Total revenue | 1,467,093 | 969,773 | 4,373,089 | 3,252,345 | ||||||||||||
Personnel costs | 410,536 | 328,905 | 1,260,391 | 1,039,444 | ||||||||||||
Other operating expenses | 343,874 | 300,880 | 1,024,043 | 874,743 | ||||||||||||
Agent commissions | 480,787 | 254,883 | 1,446,460 | 911,692 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 23,119 | 29,237 | 84,651 | 93,693 | ||||||||||||
Claim loss expense | 92,540 | 359,664 | 290,234 | 547,596 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | 7,938 | 13,451 | 28,355 | 43,947 | ||||||||||||
Total expenses | 1,358,794 | 1,287,020 | 4,134,134 | 3,511,115 | ||||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before taxes | 108,299 | (317,247 | ) | 238,955 | (258,770 | ) | ||||||||||
Income tax expense | 34,307 | (123,440 | ) | 68,080 | (106,982 | ) | ||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity investments | 73,992 | (193,807 | ) | 170,875 | (151,788 | ) | ||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from equity investments | 2,737 | (2,717 | ) | (13,995 | ) | (7,385 | ) | |||||||||
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations | 76,729 | (196,524 | ) | 156,880 | (159,173 | ) | ||||||||||
Discontinued operations, net of tax | (1,848 | ) | (3,579 | ) | (1,881 | ) | (9,046 | ) | ||||||||
Net earnings (loss) | 74,881 | (200,103 | ) | 154,999 | (168,219 | ) | ||||||||||
Non-controlling interests expense | 1,437 | (1,801 | ) | 2,010 | (4,087 | ) | ||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders | $ | 73,444 | $ | (198,302 | ) | $ | 152,989 | $ | (164,132 | ) | ||||||
Earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders — basic | $ | 0.32 | $ | (0.95 | ) | $ | 0.68 | $ | (0.78 | ) | ||||||
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders — diluted | $ | 0.32 | $ | (0.95 | ) | $ | 0.67 | $ | (0.78 | ) | ||||||
Weighted average shares — basic | 228,741 | 208,710 | 223,384 | 210,206 | ||||||||||||
Weighted average shares — diluted | 232,141 | 208,710 | 227,410 | 210,206 | ||||||||||||
Direct operations orders opened | 568,600 | 407,400 | 2,060,800 | 1,432,200 | ||||||||||||
Direct operations orders closed | 438,700 | 260,600 | 1,391,400 | 875,900 | ||||||||||||
Fee per file | $ | 1,309 | $ | 1,636 | $ | 1,214 | $ | 1,516 | ||||||||
Actual title claims paid | $ | 106,006 | $ | 84,668 | $ | 239,237 | $ | 227,831 |
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended | Specialty | Corporate | |||||||||||||||
September 30, 2009 | Consolidated | FNT | Insurance | and Other | |||||||||||||
Gross operating revenue | $ | 1,419,849 | $ | 1,304,293 | $ | 99,279 | $ | 16,277 | |||||||||
Interest and investment income | 36,623 | 34,001 | 3,049 | (427 | ) | ||||||||||||
Realized gains and losses | 10,621 | 10,457 | 156 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Total revenue | 1,467,093 | 1,348,751 | 102,484 | 15,858 | |||||||||||||
Personnel costs | 410,536 | 387,266 | 10,635 | 12,635 | |||||||||||||
Other operating expenses | 343,874 | 284,666 | 46,208 | 13,000 | |||||||||||||
Agent commissions | 480,787 | 480,787 | — | — | |||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 23,119 | 20,742 | 1,279 | 1,098 | |||||||||||||
Claim loss expense | 92,540 | 55,383 | 37,157 | — | |||||||||||||
Interest expense | 7,938 | 89 | 4 | 7,845 | |||||||||||||
Total expenses | 1,358,794 | 1,228,933 | 95,283 | 34,578 | |||||||||||||
Pretax earnings from continuing operations | 108,299 | 119,818 | 7,201 | (18,720 | ) | ||||||||||||
Pretax margin | 7.4 | % | 8.9 | % | 7.0 | % | — | ||||||||||
Open orders | 568,600 | 568,600 | — | — | |||||||||||||
Closed orders | 438,700 | 438,700 | — | — |
Three Months Ended | Specialty | Corporate | |||||||||||||||
September 30, 2008 | Consolidated | FNT | Insurance | and Other | |||||||||||||
Gross operating revenue | $ | 981,120 | $ | 872,855 | $ | 99,902 | $ | 8,363 | |||||||||
Interest and investment income | 30,789 | 27,354 | 3,263 | 172 | |||||||||||||
Realized gains and losses | (42,136 | ) | (27,562 | ) | (2,750 | ) | (11,824 | ) | |||||||||
Total revenue | 969,773 | 872,647 | 100,415 | (3,289 | ) | ||||||||||||
Personnel costs | 328,905 | 311,856 | 11,766 | 5,283 | |||||||||||||
Other operating expenses | 300,880 | 242,996 | 46,952 | 10,932 | |||||||||||||
Agent commissions | 254,883 | 254,883 | — | — | |||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 29,237 | 27,523 | 1,207 | 507 | |||||||||||||
Claim loss expense | 359,664 | 313,483 | 46,181 | — | |||||||||||||
Interest expense | 13,451 | 1,321 | 124 | 12,006 | |||||||||||||
Total expenses | 1,287,020 | 1,152,062 | 106,230 | 28,728 | |||||||||||||
Pretax earnings (loss) from continuing operations | (317,247 | ) | (279,415 | ) | (5,815 | ) | (32,017 | ) | |||||||||
Pretax margin | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
Open orders | 407,400 | 407,400 | — | — | |||||||||||||
Closed orders | 260,600 | 260,600 | — | — |
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended | Specialty | Corporate | ||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2009 | Consolidated | FNT | Insurance | and Other | ||||||||||||||
Gross operating revenue | $ | 4,242,097 | $ | 3,931,969 | $ | 276,566 | $ | 33,562 | ||||||||||
Interest and investment income | 112,908 | 104,948 | 9,401 | (1,441 | ) | |||||||||||||
Realized gains and losses | 18,084 | 18,009 | 1,456 | (1,381 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total revenue | 4,373,089 | 4,054,926 | 287,423 | 30,740 | ||||||||||||||
Personnel costs | 1,260,391 | 1,199,220 | 34,152 | 27,019 | ||||||||||||||
Other operating expenses | 1,024,043 | 873,399 | 120,888 | 29,816 | ||||||||||||||
Agent commissions | 1,446,460 | 1,446,460 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 84,651 | 78,199 | 3,924 | 2,528 | ||||||||||||||
Claim loss expense | 290,234 | 196,691 | 93,543 | — | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 28,355 | 649 | 27 | 27,679 | ||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 4,134,134 | 3,794,558 | 252,534 | 87,042 | ||||||||||||||
Pretax earnings from continuing operations | 238,955 | 260,368 | 34,889 | (56,302 | ) | |||||||||||||
Pretax margin | 5.5 | % | 6.4 | % | 12.1 | % | — | |||||||||||
Open orders | 2,060,800 | 2,060,800 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Closed orders | 1,391,400 | 1,391,400 | — | — |
Nine Months Ended | Specialty | Corporate | ||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2008 | Consolidated | FNT | Insurance | and Other | ||||||||||||||
Gross operating revenue | $ | 3,165,650 | $ | 2,856,645 | $ | 278,890 | $ | 30,115 | ||||||||||
Interest and investment income | 102,563 | 91,179 | 10,267 | 1,117 | ||||||||||||||
Realized gains and losses | (15,868 | ) | (27,523 | ) | (3,109 | ) | 14,764 | |||||||||||
Total revenue | 3,252,345 | 2,920,301 | 286,048 | 45,996 | ||||||||||||||
Personnel costs | 1,039,444 | 986,698 | 34,453 | 18,293 | ||||||||||||||
Other operating expenses | 874,743 | 711,727 | 121,181 | 41,835 | ||||||||||||||
Agent commissions | 911,692 | 911,692 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 93,693 | 87,670 | 4,225 | 1,798 | ||||||||||||||
Claim loss expense | 547,596 | 438,701 | 108,895 | — | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 43,947 | 5,076 | 463 | 38,408 | ||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 3,511,115 | 3,141,564 | 269,217 | 100,334 | ||||||||||||||
Pretax earnings (loss) from continuing operations | (258,770 | ) | (221,263 | ) | 16,831 | (54,338 | ) | |||||||||||
Pretax margin | — | — | 5.9 | % | — | |||||||||||||
Open orders | 1,432,200 | 1,432,200 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Closed orders | 875,900 | 875,900 | — | — |
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Cash and investment portfolio | $ | 4,988,911 | $ | 4,691,790 | ||||
Goodwill | 1,523,492 | 1,581,658 | ||||||
Title plant | 437,124 | 431,591 | ||||||
Total assets | 8,053,335 | 8,368,240 | ||||||
Notes payable | 867,971 | 1,350,849 | ||||||
Reserve for claim losses | 2,623,897 | 2,738,625 | ||||||
Secured trust deposits | 437,975 | 474,073 | ||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 3,248,943 | 2,856,772 | ||||||
Book value per share | $ | 14.09 | $ | 13.29 |
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