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Kestrel Group

KG
32
Insurance - Reinsurance · Financial Services
Price
$9.20
-0.64 (-6.50%)
Market Cap
$72.0M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
32
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Kestrel Group is a specialty insurance and reinsurance company based in Bermuda. It helps other insurance companies manage risk by taking on portions of large or unusual insurance policies — a process called reinsurance. Its customers are primarily other insurers and businesses that need coverage for complex or hard-to-place risks.

The company earns money by collecting premiums from the policies it underwrites and investing the float — the cash held before claims are paid. Kestrel operates mainly out of Bermuda, a major global hub for reinsurance, which gives it access to international clients and favorable regulatory conditions. It is a small company with a market cap around $100 million, meaning it competes in a space dominated by much larger players like Munich Re and Swiss Re. The key risk is that a surge in large insurance claims — from natural disasters or other catastrophic events — could quickly erode its capital base, which is a common vulnerability for smaller reinsurers.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-27.4% YoY

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+44.8% YoY

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

56.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~8 years

$480M cash & investments

$480M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Kestrel Group's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
77.9%
Premium pricing power — 77.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
-68.2%
Losing money on operations — -68.2%
ROCE
-2.3%
Weak — -2.3% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
N/A
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
-216%
Weak — only -216% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-207.9%
Burning cash (-207.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.44
Elevated debt (1.44)
Interest Cover
3.12x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.1x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.8x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.8

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

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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