Company Analysis

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (KNSL)

NYSE: KNSL · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance · Richmond, VA · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade5.4
◀ Past 4.2● Present 6.7▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past4.240% of the headline
● Present6.735% of the headline
▶ Future5.425% 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?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-12-21.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2021-12-21) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
8.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+33.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $142 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 33.2% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span33.2%top 12% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 12% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.2% a year. 5% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 11 sales, 15 purchases.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 49 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.2% 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 11 sales and 15 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 49% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 16% 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
7.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 26%: 26¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 68%: owes 68¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. earned about 26 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 68 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 21% of its family
  • return on equitytop 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 44% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 60 in its family; net margin 26.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 60 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.'s standing among 60 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 46% by size; a net margin of 26.9% ranks in the top 14%; revenue growth of 30.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.87Btop 46% of its family
  • net margin26.9%top 14% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth30.7%top 21% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 49% of 47 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kehoe, Michael P (Chairman President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-07-28, 10.3 years (top 33% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.3 years (top 41%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 21%; 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 charge10 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 21% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.3 yearstop 41% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.3 yearstop 33% 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?

5.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 39% of 60 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $163 million against debt of $224 million leaves -1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 52.8% of revenue (top 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-1.0%bottom 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue52.8%top 6% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 56 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 30.7% a year over the last three filed years against 33.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 15% of its family); the newest year grew 18.1% (top 24%); capital spending grew 98.1% a year (top 1%) (its annual reports). Kinsale Capital 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-2.5 points a yearbottom 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.1%top 24% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending98.1%top 1% 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
3.7/10

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

bottom 37% of 56 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 14.2% below the $2.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 21% of its family); net income of $504 million against a prior three-year average of $294 million (bottom 46%); a net margin of 26.9% against 23.4% before (bottom 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-14.2%bottom 21% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+71%bottom 46% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+3.5 pointsbottom 46% 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 KNSL · research, not advice