Company Analysis

James River Group Holdings, Inc. (JRVR)

Nasdaq: JRVR · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance · Chapel Hill, NC · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade2.2
◀ Past 1.3● Present 1.8▶ Future 4.4
1 est.

The grade of James River Group Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.2/10
◀ Past1.340% of the headline
● Present1.835% of the headline
▶ Future4.425% 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?

1.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-11-13.

weight 33% of this tense · 17th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

James River Group Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2023-11-08); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-11-13) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 21st percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

James River Group Holdings, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $586 million in fiscal 2016 to $688 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.8% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 33% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.8%bottom 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 15% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak32.9%bottom 21% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 45% of this tense · 6th 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 share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 6% 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: the share count over the years, 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: James River Group Holdings, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 6% 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?

1.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 89%: owes 89¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 12th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, James River Group Holdings, Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 89 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 55.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 11% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 3% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
2.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 20% of 60 in its family; net margin 6.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 20th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

James River Group Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 60 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $688 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 28% by size; a net margin of 6.9% ranks in the bottom 19%; revenue growth of 1.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$688Mbottom 28% of its family
  • net margin6.9%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.3%bottom 13% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 25% of 47 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 25th percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

James River Group Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is D'Orazio, Frank (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-11-02, 6 years (top 50% of its family); most of the 14 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2021-10-26), a floor of 4.5 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 20 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 1%; 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 charge20 in three years among 14 peoplebottom 1% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.0 yearstop 50% 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?

4.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 60 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

James River Group Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $261 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 5.4% of its assets as net cash, top 24% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3.4% of revenue (bottom 14%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets5.4%top 24% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-3.4%bottom 14% 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

James River Group Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.3% a year over the last three filed years against 1.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 22% of its family); the newest year grew -2.8% (bottom 10%); capital spending grew -16.4% a year (bottom 30%) (its annual reports). James River Group Holdings, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Excess and Surplus Lines at $626 million, Specialty Admitted Insurance at $60 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 91% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.5 points a yearbottom 22% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-2.8%bottom 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-16.4%bottom 30% 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
6.7/10

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

top 33% of 56 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

James River Group Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $688 million in fiscal 2025 came in 6% below the $732 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 49% of its family); net income of $47 million against a prior three-year average of $53 million (top 28%); a net margin of 6.9% against -6.7% before (top 22%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-6.0%top 49% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+190%top 28% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+13.6 pointstop 22% 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 JRVR · research, not advice