Company Analysis

MBIA Inc. (MBI)

NYSE: MBI · Surety Insurance · Purchase, NY · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade3.4
◀ Past 3.7● Present 1.4▶ Future 5.5

The grade of MBIA Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.4/10
◀ Past3.740% of the headline
● Present1.435% of the headline
▶ Future5.525% 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?

3.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

MBIA Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
1.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-13.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 2 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

MBIA Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $294 million in fiscal 2016 to $80 million in fiscal 2025, down 13.5% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 98% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 2 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-13.5%bottom 6% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 6% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak98.4%bottom 6% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.4% a year. 62% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, MBIA Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 62% of its net income 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 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 19% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 36% 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?

1.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
0.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 211%: owes 211¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 6th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, MBIA Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 211 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 6% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
0.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 6% of 8 in its family; net margin -221.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 6th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

MBIA Inc.'s standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $80 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 6% by size; a net margin of -221.2% ranks in the bottom 6%; revenue growth of -19.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$80.0Mbottom 6% of its family
  • net margin-221.2%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-19.6%bottom 6% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 43% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

MBIA Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Fallon, William C (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-03-05, 6.7 years (bottom 29% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.6 years (top 19%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 19%; 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 charge3 in three years among 10 peoplebottom 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.6 yearstop 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.7 yearsbottom 29% 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?

5.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 31% of 8 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

MBIA Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $71 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 3.5% of its assets as net cash, top 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 47.5% of revenue (top 44%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets3.5%top 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue47.5%top 44% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 8 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

MBIA Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -19.6% a year over the last three filed years against -13.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 19% of its family); the newest year grew 90.6% (top 6%) (its annual reports). MBIA Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: US Public Finance Insurance at $83 million, International and Structured Finance Insurance at $7 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 109% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.1 points a yearbottom 19% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth90.6%top 6% 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
4.0/10

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

bottom 40% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

MBIA Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $80 million in fiscal 2025 came in 264.6% above the $22 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 6% of its family); net income of $177 million against a prior three-year average of $239 million (bottom 19%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against more than its whole revenue before (bottom 6%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace264.6%top 6% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-174%bottom 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 6% 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

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