First American declares quarterly dividend

First American Financial Corp. announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents per common share. The cash dividend is payable on March 15 to shareholders of record as of March 8. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.95 percent.

First American last released its Q3 earnings data on Oct. 25, 2012 and reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. First American Financial Corp’s revenue was up 25.2 percent year over year compared to the same quarter last year.