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James River Group Holdings

JRVR
38
Insurance - Specialty · Financial Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
38
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

James River Group Holdings is a specialty insurance company. It sells insurance policies that cover unusual or hard-to-insure risks that most standard insurers won't touch, such as excess and surplus lines coverage for businesses. Its main customers are companies that need coverage for things like construction, transportation, and other higher-risk industries.

The company makes money by collecting insurance premiums from policyholders and investing those funds until claims are paid out. James River operates primarily in the United States and is a relatively small player in the specialty insurance market, with a market cap around $200 million. Its focus on excess and surplus lines gives it some pricing flexibility since these policies face less regulatory rate control, but the company has faced profitability pressure in recent years — including losses tied to its casualty business — and maintaining underwriting discipline while growing its book of business remains its central challenge going forward.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-12.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-235.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

12.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$2.0B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

James River Group Holdings'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
28.6%
Modest — 28.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-7.0%
Losing money on operations — -7.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
2.4%
Weak — 2.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-1.8%
Shrinking sales (-1.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
111%
Turns 111% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.2%
Thin free cash flow (4.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.51
Conservative — low debt load (0.51)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
1.01x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.0x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
8.2x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 8.2

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+2.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.85%
no trend
Small dividend — 0.85% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-50.0%
no trend
Dividend cut (-50.0% YoY) — warning sign

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