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HCI

HCI Group Inc. Common Stock (HCI) fair value

Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty · NYSE · United States
$204.06-1.27%
Market cap $2.6BNext earnings 2026-11-04Updated Oct 18, 2026
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Our verdict
Trades 34% below our fair value
Price
$204.06
Model fair valueConfidence: good
$307
Model range
$259 to $365
Fair value $307
Price $204
2 models fit HCI Group Inc. Common Stock and they disagree: 0 of 2 land within 15% of the average. The price is below every model.
Two or more of our models back this value.
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Valued as an insurer: Residual income and P/E comparison.
ACCE opinionHCI Group Inc. Common Stock (HCI)
Fair value (2 models)
$307
ACCE price target
$205
Rating
Undervalued
Horizon
12 months
Fair value published on 18 Oct 2026, 15:06 CEST; previously $311 since 29 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST.
ACCE price target published on 11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Rating published on 18 Oct 2026, 15:06 CEST.
Price used: $204 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: P/E comparison and Residual income.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
Price vs fair value
33.6% below
+50.5% to fair value
ACCE score
78
out of 100
Analysts
80% buy
5 covering
P/E
8.9x
forward 8.9x
1-year return
-1.1%
Dividend yield
0.78%

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Overview

ACCE thesis

HCI Group writes homeowners and related property insurance, concentrated in Florida, and distributes it through its own agency platform and its Exzeo technology business, which sells underwriting and claims software to other carriers. The edge that matters here is underwriting discipline in a catastrophe-prone market: the company has grown premiums while many Florida peers retrenched after storm losses, and it does so with a reinsurance program and a tech-driven claims process that keep the book tractable. Revenue growth of 11.1% and a 35.0% return on equity are the headline numbers, and the 45.4% operating margin reflects how much of that growth drops through once losses are contained. At a trailing P/E of 8.5 and a forward P/E of 8.9, the market is pricing in a meaningful chance that Florida weather or reserve development erodes these returns, so the question for a deeper look is how durable the margin is through a bad hurricane season, not whether the franchise is growing.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 2 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • moderate
    Short interest elevated
    Short interest stands at 4.7% of float. Not extreme, but worth watching if earnings disappoint given the stock's recent run.
  • moderate
    Growth decelerating
    Revenue grew 11.1% year over year, far below the 26.7% five-year CAGR. Earnings growth of 8.2% also trails the historical pace.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 21, 2026 · figures from 2026-06-30 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • HCI generated $444M of free cash flow over the last twelve months, a large sum for a company of this size.
  • Profitability is strong, with a 32.6% net margin and a 35.0% return on equity on the most recent filing.
  • The stock trades at 8.8x trailing earnings and 10.2x forward earnings, below the sector median forward P/E of 11.9x.
Why it could disappoint
  • Revenue grew just 11.1% over the last year, well below the 26.7% average annual pace of the past five years.
  • The share price sits 33.6% below the model fair value of $307.11, yet the ACCE price target of $205.00 is only 0.5% below the current price of $204.06.
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Price
$204.06
Model fair value
$307
Model range
$259 to $365
Fair value $307
Price $204
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Recent performance

1 week
+2.8%
1 month
+15.9%
3 months
+14.1%
6 months
+30.1%
YTD
+6.5%
1 year
-1.1%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
18 Oct 2026, 15:06 CESTRatingUndervaluedfirst publication$199
18 Oct 2026, 15:06 CESTFair value$307$311$199
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$205first publication$192
29 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$311$315$175
23 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$315$319$184
21 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$319$315$188
15 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$315$322$186
7 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$322$326$188
5 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$326$315$190
30 Aug 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$315$326$186

This analysis is not personalised investment advice and does not take your situation, objectives or risk tolerance into account. ACCE Investments is not an authorised investment firm.

Investing in shares carries a risk of losing capital. The value of an investment can go down as well as up.

Valuation horizon: 12 months from the publication date.

Conflicts of interest. ACCE Investments is operated by Adrien Chantreuil, who may hold personal positions in the securities analysed. Positions are declared on each security. ACCE receives no payment from the companies analysed or from any intermediary for this analysis.

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Snapshot

Growth60Value74Quality96Momentum83Total78
Valuation
Trailing P/E
8.9x
Forward P/E
8.9x
PEG
1.09
P/B
2.03x
EV / Revenue
1.5x
Book value/sh
$86.60
Enterprise value
$1.4B
Profitability
ROE
35.0%
FCF yield
17.29%
ROIC
22.1%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
0.07
Dividend yield
0.78%
Beta
1.05

Price

-1.1% · 1Y

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Answered from HCI Group Inc. Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 50% of peers
low 0.0x8.9xhigh 19.1x
ROEbetter than 83% of peers
low -27%35%high 54%
Div yieldbetter than 83% of peers
low 0.0%0.8%high 1.2%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
HCI HCI Group Inc. Common Stock$204.06$30734% below8.9x35.0%9678
SKWD Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. Common Stock$60.39$577% above14.0x17.3%6882
SLDE Slide Insurance Holdings Inc. Common Stock$28.55$5448% below6.7x53.9%10088
LMND Lemonade Inc. Common Stock$44.92----27.0%3936
PLMR Palomar Holdings Inc. Common stock$141.78$10437% above19.1x22.2%8075
Q.MX Qualitas ControladoraMXN 190.30MXN 11960% above17.8x17.2%5356
WTM White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. Common Stock$2225.24$364039% below5.1x20.4%9175

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August 2026
Aug 7
10-QQuarterly reportPeriod 2026-06-30
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Aug 6
8-KCurrent reportPeriod 2026-08-06
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June 2026
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Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-06-11
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