FNF Group of Fidelity National FNF

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Insurance & Reinsurance
Overall moat score
38/100
Developing

About FNF Group of Fidelity National

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various insurance products in the United States. The company operates through Title, F&G, and Corporate and Other segments. It offers title insurance, escrow, and other title related services, including trust activities, trustee sales guarantees, recordings and reconveyances, and home warranty products. The company also provides technology and transaction services to the … Full FNF analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Float Returns Float return signal is weak (score 0.26), indicating below-peer investment yields limiting overall profitability.
  • Below-Peer Return on Equity ROE signal is weak (score 0.29), with ROE at 7.9% trailing peers — raising capital efficiency concerns.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Underwriting Discipline

Moderate
62

Where FNF ranks in Insurance - Specialty

FNF Group of Fidelity National ranks #13 of 19 scored companies in Insurance - Specialty by moat score — the top 68%. The widest moat in the group is NMI Holdings Inc (NMIH) at 78/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near FNF in Insurance - Specialty
# Company Moat score Rating
9 ICC Holdings, Inc. ICCH 54/100 Moderate
10 First American Corporation (New FAF 49/100 Developing
11 Essent Group Ltd. ESNT 48/100 Developing
12 Investors Title Company ITIC 45/100 Developing
13 FNF Group of Fidelity National FNF 38/100 Developing
14 Employers Holdings Inc EIG 35/100 Developing
15 James River Group Holdings, Ltd JRVR 31/100 Developing
16 Overseas Shipholding Group Inc - Class A OSG 23/100 Weak
17 Tiptree Inc. TIPT 22/100 Weak

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How FNF scores on the Insurance & Reinsurance defenses

Underwriting Discipline

Score 62 · 25% of the moat score

Underwriting discipline is the core insurance moat, and it consists mostly of the willingness to lose business.

Float Investment Quality

Score 34 · 20% of the moat score

Float is the money an insurer holds between collecting premiums and paying claims — capital it invests but does not own.

Pricing Power

Score 30 · 18% of the moat score

For an insurer, pricing power is the ability to push rate ahead of claims inflation and keep the policyholders anyway.

Capital Strength & Solvency

Score 26 · 17% of the moat score

Capital is what lets an insurer credibly promise to pay a claim that has not happened yet, and it is scrutinised by regulators and rating agencies alike.

Operational Efficiency

Score 27 · 12% of the moat score

The expense ratio — what it costs to acquire and administer a policy — is the half of the combined ratio management fully controls.

Scale & Diversification

Score 28 · 8% of the moat score

Diversification is a real economic advantage in insurance rather than a portfolio preference: risks spread across perils, geographies and lines are less likely to arrive at once, so the same capital supports more premium.

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Understanding FNF's moat

What is FNF Group of Fidelity National 's moat score?

FNF Group of Fidelity National (FNF) scores 38 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #13 of 19 scored companies in Insurance - Specialty, the top 68%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 18 companies in Insurance - Specialty. Its strongest defense is Underwriting Discipline (62/100) and its weakest is Capital Strength & Solvency (26/100).

How does FNF Group of Fidelity National compare with other Insurance - Specialty companies?

FNF Group of Fidelity National ranks #13 of 19 scored companies in Insurance - Specialty by moat score. The widest moat in Insurance - Specialty is NMI Holdings Inc (NMIH) at 78/100. The companies ranked closest are Investors Title Company (ITIC) at 45 just above it and Employers Holdings Inc (EIG) at 35 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Insurance & Reinsurance in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 18 companies in Insurance - Specialty. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is FNF Group of Fidelity National scored with the Insurance & Reinsurance template?

An insurer is paid before it knows what its product cost, and invests the money in the meantime. Profit therefore comes from two sources that must both work: pricing risk better than rivals, and earning a return on the float those premiums create. The Insurance template scores that pair, along with the capital that lets a company survive the year in which the losses arrive together.

Which competitive defenses are measured for FNF Group of Fidelity National ?

The Insurance & Reinsurance template measures 6 defenses, and FNF scores: Underwriting Discipline (62), Float Investment Quality (34), Pricing Power (30), Capital Strength & Solvency (26), Operational Efficiency (27), Scale & Diversification (28). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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