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The Hartford Insurance Group

HIG
62
Insurance - Diversified · Financial Services
Price
$140.26
+3.61 (+2.64%)
Market Cap
$38.45B
Winston Score
62
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

19.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 354.1M (2021) → 286.5M (2025)

The Hartford Financial Services Group is an insurance company based in Hartford, Connecticut. It sells property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals, covering things like car accidents, fires, and workplace injuries. It also offers group benefits like disability and life insurance, mainly to employers who provide coverage to their workers.

The Hartford earns money by collecting premiums from policyholders and investing that money until claims need to be paid. It operates primarily in the United States and is one of the larger commercial insurance providers in the country, with a strong position in small and mid-sized business coverage built partly through a long-standing partnership with AARP for personal lines. The company's high return on invested capital reflects disciplined underwriting, but its main risk is rising claims costs from inflation and increasingly severe weather events, which can quickly erode profitability if premiums do not keep pace.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+41.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$166M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

The Hartford Insurance Group is growing revenue at 6% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
44.7%
Healthy — 44.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
14.6%
Healthy — 14.6% operating margin
ROCE
4.5%
Weak — 4.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+7.3%
Steady sales growth (7.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
+41.7%
Earnings growing fast (41.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
147%
Turns 147% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
20.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (20.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.23
Conservative — low debt load (0.23)
Interest Cover
25.30x
Comfortably covers interest (25.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
9.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 9.7

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
-0.6
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.75%
Small dividend — 1.75% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+14.3%
Dividend growing fast (14.3% YoY)

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