Company Analysis

HCI Group, Inc. (HCI)

NYSE: HCI · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance · Tampa, FL · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade5.6
◀ Past 3.0● Present 6.7▶ Future 8.0

The grade of HCI Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past3.040% of the headline
● Present6.735% of the headline
▶ Future8.025% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2022-06-07.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

HCI Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2022-06-07) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

HCI Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $264 million in fiscal 2016 to $901 million in fiscal 2025, up 14.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 13% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.6%top 26% 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 peak12.5%bottom 42% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 13.5% a year. 5% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, HCI Group, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 13.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 5% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-27 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 8% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 18% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 29%: 29¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 59%: owes 59¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, HCI Group, Inc. earned about 29 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 59 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 11% of its family
  • return on equitytop 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 26% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 33% of 60 in its family; net margin 33.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

HCI Group, Inc.'s standing among 60 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $901 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 38% by size; a net margin of 33.2% ranks in the top 7%; revenue growth of 21.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 29% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$901Mbottom 38% of its family
  • net margin33.2%top 7% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth21.7%top 29% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 29% of 47 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2011.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

HCI Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Patel, Paresh (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2011-08-05, 15.3 years (top 7% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 15.1 years (top 1%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 23%; 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 charge6 in three years among 10 peoplebottom 23% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed15.1 yearstop 1% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record15.3 yearstop 7% 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?

8.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
9.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 5% of 60 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 95th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

HCI Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.2 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 47.9% of its assets as net cash, top 2% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 48.9% of revenue (top 7%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets47.9%top 2% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue48.9%top 7% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 39% of 56 in its family for growth drivers.

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

From the record

HCI Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 21.7% a year over the last three filed years against 14.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 24% of its family); the newest year grew 20.1% (top 22%); capital spending grew -16.9% a year (bottom 28%) (its annual reports). HCI Group, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Insurance Operation at $834 million, Exzeo Group Inc at $221 million, Reciprocal Exchange Operation at $66 million, and 1 more. 4 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 73% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+7.1 points a yeartop 24% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth20.1%top 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-16.9%bottom 28% 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
8.4/10

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

top 16% of 56 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 84th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

HCI Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $901 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2% below the $919 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 29% of its family); net income of $299 million against a prior three-year average of $43 million (top 6%); a net margin of 33.2% against 5.8% before (top 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.0%top 29% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 6% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+27.4 pointstop 12% 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 HCI · research, not advice