First American Financial's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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With that, I will now turn the call over to Dennis Gilmore.

Dennis Gilmore

Thanks, Craig. Good morning and thank you for joining our call. I’ll review the highlights for the second quarter, then I’ll provide some comments on our outlook for the third quarter and the full year.

Total revenues for the second quarter were $1.1 billion, an increase of 18% relative to the second quarter of 2011, and up 13% sequentially. Net income in the current quarter was $73 million or $0.68 per share.

In the second quarter, we achieved a total margin of 11.7%, our best results since 2005. Our cost efficient and scalable operations built over the last several years enabled us to demonstrate excellent operating leverage in the quarter.

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