Company Analysis

Radian Group Inc. (RDN)

NYSE: RDN · Surety Insurance · Wayne, PA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.0
◀ Past 4.2● Present 4.5▶ Future 3.1

The grade of Radian Group Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.0/10
◀ Past4.240% of the headline
● Present4.535% of the headline
▶ Future3.125% 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
1.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2019-08-28.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Radian Group Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2019-08-28) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Radian Group Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.2 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025, down 0.4% a year; it rose in 3 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 23% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.4%bottom 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 37% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak22.9%bottom 44% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 6.2% a year. 69% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Radian Group Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 6.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 69% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $6 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% 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?

4.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Radian Group Inc. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 8.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 44% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 31% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 8 in its family; net margin 48.7%.

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

From the record

Radian Group Inc.'s standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 44% by size; a net margin of 48.7% ranks in the bottom 44%; revenue growth of 0.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.20Btop 44% of its family
  • net margin48.7%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.2%bottom 19% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 26% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 26th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Radian Group Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Thornberry, Richard G (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2017-03-07, 9.7 years (top 36% of its family); the 22 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.2 years (bottom 6%); 20 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 22 people in charge now (bottom 6%; 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 22 peoplebottom 6% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.2 yearsbottom 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record9.7 yearstop 36% 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?

3.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 25% of 8 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Radian Group Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $25 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 0.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.7% of revenue (bottom 19%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.3%bottom 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.7%bottom 19% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
2.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 29% of 8 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 29th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Radian Group Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.2% a year over the last three filed years against -0.4% over all 10, speeding up (top 31% of its family); the newest year grew -0.8% (bottom 6%); capital spending grew -38% a year (bottom 13%) (its annual reports). Radian 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+0.6 points a yeartop 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.8%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-38.0%bottom 13% 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

Radian Group Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.4% below the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 44% of its family); net income of $583 million against a prior three-year average of $650 million (bottom 31%); a net margin of 48.7% against 54.6% before (bottom 44%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.4%bottom 44% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-10%bottom 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-5.9 pointsbottom 44% 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 RDN · research, not advice