Company Analysis

Donegal Group, Inc. (DGICA)

Nasdaq: DGICA · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance · Marietta, PA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.8
◀ Past 5.4● Present 4.8▶ Future 3.9
1 est.

The grade of Donegal Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past5.440% of the headline
● Present4.835% of the headline
▶ Future3.925% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.4/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-06-17.

weight 33% of this tense · 28th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Donegal Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-06-17) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Donegal Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $688 million in fiscal 2016 to $978 million in fiscal 2025, up 4% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.0%bottom 30% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 43% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak4.3%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
7.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 7.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 25% of 60 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 60 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Donegal Group, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 7.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 25% of 60 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 73%: owes 73¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Donegal Group, Inc. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 73 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 42% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 28% of 60 in its family; net margin 8.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 28th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Donegal Group, Inc.'s standing among 60 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $978 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 40% by size; a net margin of 8.1% ranks in the bottom 23%; revenue growth of 4.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 20% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$978Mbottom 40% of its family
  • net margin8.1%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.9%bottom 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 28% of 47 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Donegal Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Burke, Kevin Gerard (President & Chief Exec Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-08-31, 11.2 years (top 18% of its family); the 25 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.5 years (bottom 46%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 25 people in charge now (top 11%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 25 peopletop 11% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.5 yearsbottom 46% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.2 yearstop 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 60 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Donegal Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $27 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 1.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 42% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.2% of revenue (bottom 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.1%bottom 42% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.2%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 21% of 56 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 21st percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Donegal Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.9% a year over the last three filed years against 4% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 30% of its family); the newest year grew -1.2% (bottom 18%); capital spending grew -41.2% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Donegal Group, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.9 points a yearbottom 30% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-1.2%bottom 18% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-41.2%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 39% of 56 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Donegal Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $978 million in fiscal 2025 came in 8.5% below the $1.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 38% of its family); net income of $79 million against a prior three-year average of $18 million (top 18%); a net margin of 8.1% against 1.8% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-8.5%bottom 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+346%top 18% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+6.3 pointstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DGICA · research, not advice