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White Mountains Insurance Group

WTM
50
Insurance - Diversified · Financial Services
Price
$2211.52
+15.04 (+0.68%)
Market Cap
$5.48B
Winston Score
50
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

16.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 3.0M (2021) → 2.6M (2025)

White Mountains Insurance Group is a holding company that owns and manages a collection of insurance and financial services businesses. Its main operations include HG Global, which provides insurance for municipal bonds, and Ark Insurance, a specialty insurer covering unusual or complex risks like marine, aviation, and property. The company mostly serves businesses and institutions rather than everyday consumers.

White Mountains makes money through insurance premiums, investment income, and by buying and selling stakes in financial businesses over time — similar to how a private equity firm operates. It is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with operations primarily in the United States and Lloyd's of London market. The company is relatively small compared to major insurers, but its focused portfolio and disciplined capital allocation have historically produced strong returns. The main risk is that large catastrophe events — hurricanes, floods, or other disasters — can produce sudden, heavy losses across its specialty insurance businesses.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-10.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-195.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

4.5%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$97M cash & investments

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

Revenue declining

White Mountains Insurance 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
59.8%
Premium pricing power — 59.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
-4.9%
Losing money on operations — -4.9%
ROCE
-0.4%
Weak — -0.4% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+15.8%
Fast-growing sales (15.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
+3453.8%
Earnings growing fast (3453.8% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
61%
Modest — 61% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
24.0%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (24.0%)

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
0.16
Conservative — low debt load (0.16)
Interest Cover
20.41x
Comfortably covers interest (20.4x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
5.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 5.4

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

P/E vs Forward
-13.5
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.05%
Small dividend — 0.05% yield

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

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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