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Investing.com - Jefferies raised its price target on Fidelis Insurance Holdings (NYSE:FIHL) to $18.00 from $17.00 while maintaining a Hold rating on the stock. The insurance company, currently valued at $1.79 billion, trades at 0.77x book value and offers a 3.5% dividend yield, according to InvestingPro data.
The $1 increase in the price target is based entirely on a multiple of 0.7x price-to-book value, according to the research firm.
Fidelis management has revised its gross premium written (GPW) growth expectations lower due to increased market competition and a focus on underwriting discipline.
Jefferies noted that share buybacks remain an attractive capital deployment alternative to organic growth, and expects the company to actively repurchase shares given property and casualty market conditions and the stock’s current valuation.
The research firm also expects that finality on aviation litigation will modestly benefit Fidelis Insurance’s valuation.
In other recent news, Fidelis Insurance Holdings reported second-quarter 2025 earnings that did not meet analyst expectations. The company posted a net income of $19.7 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, significantly below the anticipated $0.79 per share. This shortfall was primarily due to $89.2 million in adverse development related to Russia-Ukraine aviation litigation, which negatively impacted the company’s combined ratio, increasing it to 103.7% from 92.7% in the previous year. Despite these challenges, JMP Securities maintained its Market Outperform rating for Fidelis Insurance, with a price target of $27.00. The firm highlighted Fidelis’s strong positioning in the current specialty insurance and reinsurance market, which is described as a "generational hard market." These recent developments suggest that while Fidelis faces short-term challenges, analysts see potential for long-term benefits in the current market conditions.
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