Company Analysis

Palomar Holdings, Inc. (PLMR)

Nasdaq: PLMR · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance · La Jolla, CA · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade5.5
◀ Past 4.6● Present 5.9▶ Future 6.2

The grade of Palomar Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past4.640% of the headline
● Present5.935% of the headline
▶ Future6.225% 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?

4.6/1040% 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 2018; the latest 2021-03-01.

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

From the record

Palomar Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2018 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-03-01) (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?

+40% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

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

From the record

Palomar Holdings, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $59 million in fiscal 2017 to $876 million in fiscal 2025, up 40% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span40.0%top 10% 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
3.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 2.1% a year. 8% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 96 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 45% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 49 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Palomar Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 2.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 8% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 96 sales (54 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-22, buying about $0 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 38% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 25% 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?

5.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 21%: 21¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 69%: owes 69¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Palomar Holdings, Inc. earned about 21 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 69 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 4.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 22% of its family
  • return on equitytop 27% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 17% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 31% of 60 in its family; net margin 22.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Palomar Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 60 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $876 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 36% by size; a net margin of 22.5% ranks in the top 17%; revenue growth of 38.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 12% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$876Mbottom 36% of its family
  • net margin22.5%top 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth38.9%top 12% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 47 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Palomar Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Armstrong, Mac (CEO and Chairman, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-04-16, 7.6 years (top 39% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.5 years (bottom 43%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 48%; 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 14 peoplebottom 48% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.5 yearsbottom 43% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.6 yearstop 39% 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?

6.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 26% of 60 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Palomar Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $107 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 3.5% of its assets as net cash, top 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 46.7% of revenue (top 11%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets3.5%top 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue46.7%top 11% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 46% of 56 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Palomar Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 38.9% a year over the last three filed years against 40% over all 9, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew 58.2% (top 4%); capital spending grew -24.1% a year (bottom 23%) (its annual reports). Palomar Holdings, 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-1.1 points a yearbottom 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth58.2%top 4% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-24.1%bottom 23% 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
6.6/10

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

top 34% of 56 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Palomar Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $876 million in fiscal 2025 came in 21.6% above the $721 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 8% of its family); net income of $197 million against a prior three-year average of $83 million (top 33%); a net margin of 22.5% against 19.4% before (bottom 38%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace21.6%top 8% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+138%top 33% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+3.1 pointsbottom 38% 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 PLMR · research, not advice