KINSALE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $378.64, KINSALE CAPITAL GROUP, INC. (KNSL) is priced for 27.0% return on equity. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 29, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Kinsale is an excess-and-surplus specialist that underwrites the risks standard carriers will not, and it does so with a combined ratio of 77.4% in Q1 2026, a level that means it keeps roughly 23 cents of underwriting profit on every premium dollar before investment income [Source: Q1 2026 earnings release]. • The biggest near-term risk is growth, not quality: gross written premium slipped 0.5% in Q1 2026 as competition intensified in large commercial property, and at 3.6x book the price is pa
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554 institutional managers reported holding KNSL in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 90% of the company; the top 10 hold 49%. 67 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Capital Group (American Funds), among others. On the short side, 2.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 11% of shares outstanding (9.2 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
KNSL's share count grew 1.3% over the past five years even with $163.46M spent on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (10 and counting), raised 9 years straight; the current rate is $0.68 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $41.99M in dividends and $163.46M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at KNSL over the trailing three years: 2025: 14 buys totaling $1.05M; 2026: 1 buy totaling $100k. 16 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
KNSL's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-28 | -2.3% | +10.0% |
| 2023-10-27 | -19.4% | -2.3% |
| 2024-02-24 | +18.5% | -26.3% |
| 2024-04-26 | -18.3% | +2.8% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
KNSL's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-23 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-21 (items 5.07, 9.01); 2026-05-05 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-04-29 (items 5.02, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-04-23 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 29, 2026
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