Feb 27 (Reuters) - First National Financial Corp FN.TO :
* ORATION REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND ANNUAL 2017 RESULTS
* QTRLY REVENUE 7% LOWER AT $270.0 MILLION COMPARED TO $290.8 MILLION A YEAR AGO
* QTRLY NET INCOME PER SHARE $0.75
* FOR Q4, SINGLE-FAMILY MORTGAGE ORIGINATIONS INCREASED 4% TO $2.8 BILLION FROM $2.7 BILLION
* Q4 2017 COMMERCIAL SEGMENT ORIGINATIONS INCREASED 14% TO $1.6 BILLION FROM $1.4 BILLION IN SAME PERIOD OF 2016
* FIRST NATIONAL FINANCIAL - "GOING INTO 2018, CO IS OPTIMISTIC AND ANTICIPATES SIMILAR SEASONAL ORIGINATION IN RESIDENTIAL SEGMENT AS EXPERIENCED IN 2017"
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW C$0.71 -- THOMSON REUTERS I/B/E/S