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American Coastal Insurance Corporation

ACIC
64
Insurance - Property & Casualty · Financial Services
Price
$9.18
-0.03 (-0.33%)
Market Cap
$444.9M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
64
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Strong

Share count rising — dilution

+15.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 42.9M (2021) → 49.8M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

American Coastal Insurance Corporation is a specialty insurance company based in Florida. It focuses almost entirely on writing commercial residential property insurance — meaning it covers apartment buildings, condominiums, and similar multi-unit housing complexes, not individual homeowners. Florida is one of the most hurricane-prone states in the country, which makes property insurance there both essential and risky.

The company earns money by collecting premiums from policyholders and carefully managing how much risk it takes on, often using reinsurance to limit its losses from major storms. It operates almost exclusively in Florida, making it a highly concentrated, niche insurer. Its competitive edge comes from deep expertise in a market that many large national insurers have pulled back from due to hurricane exposure. That same geographic concentration is also its biggest risk — a single major hurricane season hitting Florida hard could cause significant losses and pressure the business.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-4.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-16.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

49.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$546M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

American Coastal Insurance Corporation'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.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
48.1%
Healthy — 48.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
34.4%
Excellent — 34.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
27.2%
Exceptional — 27.2% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+3.4%
Slow sales growth (+3.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+26.1%
Earnings growing fast (+26.1% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-31%
Weak — only -31% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-9.4%
Burning cash (-9.4%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.44
Conservative — low debt load (0.44)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
13.23x
Comfortably covers interest (13.2x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
4.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 4.4

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-5.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.61%
Moderate income — 2.61% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+470.8%
Dividend growing fast (470.8% YoY)

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