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White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM) Company Overview

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White Mountains Insurance Group WTM

A comprehensive view of key metrics, scores, and financial health for White Mountains Insurance Group

Overview of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.

WTM NYQ
Financial Services Insurance - Property & Casualty Framework: Insurance & Reinsurance Mid Cap
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (WTM), is a Mid Cap company, in the Insurance - Property & Casualty industry, last closed at $2317.42, about 0.0% overvalued vs fair value, +22.5% 1Y return, ranked 459/1078 in sector.
Metrics P/E 4.8× Rev Growth 22.5% ROE 22.3% Gross Margin 50.4% Div Yield 0.05%
USD 2317.42
2.09%
(Delayed)
• Vol 90d: 18.3%
52-Week Range
Market Cap
$5.46B
Enterprise Value
$7.16B
Overall Score
Overall
Growth
Good
Profitability
Fair
Health
Fair
Efficiency
Weak
Valuation
Fair
Growth
Good
Profitability
Fair
Health
Fair
Efficiency
Weak
Valuation
Fair
Completeness: 94%
Confidence: 94%
Updated: Oct 31
Top Beats

Quick Facts

HQ Hamilton
Employees 1,648
Fiscal year Dec 31

Next Events

Earnings Nov 5 Estimated

Fair Value Snapshot

Bear Base Bull
$1285
$2317
$4339
Current: $2317.42 0% vs base

Engine Room Money Flow™

Mid Cap

Insurance & Reinsurance - Where revenue goes and how value is created

Flow Steps
Total Revenue
$2.9B
22.5%%
Claims & Losses
-$1.3B
-2.2%%
Acquisition & Admin Expenses
$606.6M
Underwriting Result
$1.3B
319.5%%
Money Flow Bridge
Flow Direction: Money moves from left to right
Components: Breakdown shows composition of each stage
Industry-Specific: Insurance & Reinsurance

Quality & Reliability Indicators

Loss Ratio
43.4%
Excellent

Claims & Losses / Revenue — core underwriting discipline metric; lower is better

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Owner's Pocket - Capital Allocation

Total Returned to Shareholders

Combined dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction

$205.2M
18.5% of Net Income

Where It Leaks

Cash Flow Health healthy
Strong cash conversion with minimal leakage across profit-to-cash-to-value chain.
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Active Leaks
0/0
Improving
0
High Impact
0
Critical
Moat Analysis Insurance & Reinsurance

Competitive Advantage Assessment

Evaluating White Mountains Insurance Group's durable competitive advantages across 6 defense dimensions

Overall Moat Strength
65
/100
Moderate
Scores based on quantitative metrics and qualitative factors

Key strengths

  • Strong Premium Pricing Margins Premium margin signal is strong (score 0.86), with operating margin at 46.0% vs peers — indicating pricing authority.
  • Top-Quartile Underwriting Margins Gross margin at 50.4% (top 21%) and operating margin at 46.0% (top 7%) reflect strong underwriting discipline.

Key risks

  • Volatile Underwriting Results Underwriting stability is low (score 0.09), indicating significant exposure to loss cycle or catastrophe volatility.
  • Volatile Capital Returns Signal Cat Exposure Capital adequacy stability is low (score 0.30), indicating elevated catastrophe or reserve cycle exposure.

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Underwriting Discipline

Moderate
51

Trade-Off Ledger™

Where management spends the performance budget - Growth, Profitability, or Safety

Insurance (Life, P&C, Reinsurance) vs Industry Peers 100% Coverage
Trade-Off Triangle Visualization A ternary plot showing WTM's balance between Growth (33.2%), Profitability (35.4%), and Safety (31.5%). Growth 33% Safety 31% Profitability 35%

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Growth

83th percentile vs peers
84
Key Signals
Rev Growth YoY 22.5% 79p Revenue CAGR 3Y 35.6% 88p Equity Growth YoY 21.0% 74p EPS Growth YoY 3.79 96p Asset Growth YoY 24.0% 94p
  • Growth performance in top 20% of peers (percentile: 83)
  • Revenue CAGR 3Y in top 20% of peers (35.6%, 88th percentile)
  • EPS Growth YoY in top 20% of peers (3.79, 96th percentile)
  • ROE in top 20% of peers (22.3%, 82th percentile)

No significant risks identified for this axis.

Profitability

89th percentile vs peers
89
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Safety

79th percentile vs peers
80
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Scenario-based fair value ranges for White Mountains Insurance Group.

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Bear
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Base
$2316.88
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