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Calendar alert: Kinsale’s turn
Kinsale Capital Group is heading into earnings season with a report scheduled for after the market closes on Thursday, April 23, followed by the call on Friday, April 24 at 9:00 AM ET. In other words, the “show me the money” moment is just around the corner.
What Wall Street is expecting
Analysts are looking for about $4.65 in EPS on $410.25 million in revenue for Q1 2026. That’s coming after Kinsale’s last quarter flexed pretty hard: $5.81 in EPS and $483.27 million in revenue, both ahead of estimates. So the bar isn’t exactly lying on the floor.
Why investors should care
This is an insurance company, which sounds boring until you remember boring can be very profitable. Kinsale’s stock has been trading near $358, with the market still pricing in a lot of confidence — or at least a willingness to pay up for steady underwriting performance.
The other thing on investors’ radar: Kinsale recently raised its quarterly dividend to $0.25, or $1.00 annualized. That’s not exactly a yacht-buying yield at roughly 0.3%, but it does tell you management is feeling decent about cash flow.
Big picture
Consensus still has the stock sitting at a Hold, with an average price target around $405.45. So this print isn’t just a routine earnings date — it’s a checkpoint for whether Kinsale can keep delivering enough growth to justify the premium vibe.