Operator
Hello and thank you for joining the Stewart Information Services First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to turn today s conference over to Nat Otis, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Nat Otis
Director, Investor Relations & Senior Vice President-Finance
Thank you, Brittany. Good morning. Thank you for joining us today for Stewart s First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. We will be discussing results that were released yesterday after the close. Joining me today are CEO, Fred Eppinger and CFO David Hisey.
To listen online, please go to the stewart.com website to access the link for this conference call. I will remind participants that this conference call may contain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Because such statements are based on an expectation of future financial operating results, and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those p
Quarterly Results
Earnings per share rose 242.86% over the past year to $1.92, which beat the estimate of $1.03.
Revenue of $688,586,000 higher by 56.53% from the same period last year, which beat the estimate of $589,750,000.
Guidance
Stewart Information Servs hasn t issued any revenue guidance for the time being.
Price Action
52-week low: $25.81
Company Description
Stewart Information Services Corp is a provider of real estate services. The company offers residential and commercial title insurance and closing and settlement services to the mortgage industry. Its operating segments include title insurance and related services, and ancillary services and corporate. Title insurance and related services include the functions of searching, examining, closing and insuring the condition of the title to real property. Ancillary services and corporate segment provide search and valuation services to the mortgage industry through Stewart Lender Services.
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