Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Forecast for KNSL Earnings

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE:KNSL) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Kinsale Capital Group in a report released on Tuesday, November 4th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $5.21 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $5.83. The consensus estimate for Kinsale Capital Group’s current full-year earnings is $17.72 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Kinsale Capital Group’s FY2026 earnings at $19.74 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $6.53 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $23.05 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. TD Cowen reduced their price target on shares of Kinsale Capital Group from $448.00 to $442.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Compass Point lifted their price target on shares of Kinsale Capital Group from $432.00 to $490.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Kinsale Capital Group from $429.00 to $474.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Kinsale Capital Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of Kinsale Capital Group from $525.00 to $500.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 7th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $495.44.

Kinsale Capital Group Stock Up 1.5%

KNSL stock opened at $394.44 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $9.19 billion, a PE ratio of 19.37, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 0.09 and a current ratio of 0.09. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $438.37 and its 200-day moving average price is $454.88. Kinsale Capital Group has a one year low of $382.89 and a one year high of $531.79.

Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The financial services provider reported $5.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.79 by $0.42. The firm had revenue of $497.51 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $446.00 million. Kinsale Capital Group had a net margin of 26.30% and a return on equity of 25.66%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.20 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Kinsale Capital Group

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Bamco Inc. NY grew its stake in shares of Kinsale Capital Group by 1.4% in the second quarter. Bamco Inc. NY now owns 1,763,794 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $853,500,000 after acquiring an additional 24,936 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Kinsale Capital Group by 2.1% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 593,914 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $288,657,000 after acquiring an additional 12,040 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Kinsale Capital Group by 39.8% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 460,651 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $224,204,000 after acquiring an additional 131,056 shares in the last quarter. Geneva Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Kinsale Capital Group by 0.6% in the first quarter. Geneva Capital Management LLC now owns 405,363 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $197,294,000 after acquiring an additional 2,449 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Riverbridge Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Kinsale Capital Group by 11.1% in the third quarter. Riverbridge Partners LLC now owns 290,524 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $123,548,000 after acquiring an additional 29,053 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.36% of the company’s stock.

Kinsale Capital Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 29th were paid a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 29th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kinsale Capital Group’s payout ratio is 3.34%.

Kinsale Capital Group Company Profile

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc, a specialty insurance company, engages in the provision of property and casualty insurance products in the United States. The company’s commercial lines offerings include commercial property, small business casualty and property, excess and general casualty, construction, allied health, life sciences, entertainment, energy, environmental, excess professional, health care, public entity, commercial auto, inland marine, aviation, ocean marine, product recall, and railroad, as well as product, professional, and management liability insurance.