Kinsale Capital Group Named Insurance Stock to Own, Prudential and Reinsurance Group of America to Avoid

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StockStory identified Kinsale Capital Group as an insurance stock to own for decades, while recommending investors avoid Prudential and Reinsurance Group of America. Kinsale, which specializes in hard-to-place risks, grew net premiums earned by 18.8% annually over the last two years and earnings per share by 42.9% annually over five years, with book value per share up 30.2% annually over two years. Prudential saw stagnant net premiums earned over five years and a 9% annual decline in book value per share, with a high net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 5×. Reinsurance Group of America posted only 2.1% annual net premium growth over two years and a projected 3.3% decline in book value per share over the next 12 months.

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Financials± Mixed · 3 stocks
Kinsale Capital Group Inc
KNSL
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

StockStory identifies Kinsale as an insurance stock to own, citing strong growth in net premiums earned and earnings per share.

Reinsurance Group of America
RGA
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

StockStory recommends avoiding Reinsurance Group of America due to low net premium growth and projected decline in book value.

Aging Population · 1 stocks
Prudential Financial, Inc.
PRU
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

StockStory recommends avoiding Prudential due to stagnant net premiums and declining book value per share.