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THG

Hanover Insurance Group Inc (THG) fair value

Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty · NYSE · United States
$237.73-0.78%
Market cap $8.3BNext earnings 2026-10-28Updated Oct 17, 2026
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Our verdict
Trades 6% below our fair value
Price
$237.73
Model fair valueConfidence: good
$254
Model range
$243 to $263
Fair value $254
Price $238
2 models fit Hanover Insurance Group Inc and they agree: 2 of 2 land within 15% of the average. The price is below every model.
Two or more of our models back this value.
Near fair value(i)Silver69
Valued as an insurer: Residual income, P/E comparison, and Dividend discount.
ACCE opinionHanover Insurance Group Inc (THG)
Fair value (2 models)
$254
ACCE price target
$220
Rating
Fairly valued
Horizon
12 months
Fair value published on 14 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST; previously $226 since 9 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
ACCE price target published on 10 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Price used: $238 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: Dividend discount, 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
6.3% below
+6.7% to fair value
ACCE score
74
out of 100
Analysts
25% buy
8 covering
P/E
11.4x
forward 12.1x
1-year return
+36.3%
Dividend yield
1.59%

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Overview

ACCE thesis

The Hanover Insurance Group writes property and casualty cover through its Hanover Standard commercial lines unit, which specialises in small and mid-sized business packages, workers' compensation and specialty lines, alongside a personal lines book of homeowners, auto and umbrella policies sold through independent agents. The case for a closer look is the combination of a profitable underwriting franchise and a valuation that has not kept pace: a 21.9% return on equity against an 10.9x trailing and 11.1x forward earnings multiple, with revenue growing 4.3%. Margins are the key thing to test, with a 14.8% operating margin, and the analysis should focus on whether commercial pricing and loss ratios hold up through the next catastrophe-heavy quarters. Management's ability to keep growing premium while pricing discipline stays intact is the swing factor, and the stock scores 72/100 on our framework, which makes it a candidate for deeper work rather than a conclusion.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 1 flagAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • moderate
    Insider selling without buying
    Insiders disclosed $0.82M in sales across the last 10 filings and no purchases, with insiders holding just 1.0% of shares.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026 · figures from 2026-10-16 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • Free cash flow over the last twelve months reached $1.2B, and the stock's free cash flow yield stands at 14.7%.
  • Return on equity of 21.9% and a 0.34 debt to equity ratio show the business earns strong returns without heavy borrowing.
  • Earnings per share beat expectations by 36.9% in the latest quarter, with the company reporting 5.31 against 3.88 expected.
Why it could disappoint
  • Only 25% of analysts rate the stock Buy or Strong Buy, two of eight, which signals weak conviction among those who follow it.
  • The stock trades 6.3% below the model fair value of $253.66, yet the ACCE price target of $220.00 sits 8.1% below the current price.
  • Catastrophe losses in personal lines are a medium-level risk on file, and the forward P/E sits above the trailing P/E, implying an earnings dip ahead.
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Valuation

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Where THG's valuation models land
Price
$237.73
Model fair value
$254
Model range
$243 to $263
Fair value $254
Price $238
The price is below the whole model range.
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Wall Street consensus

Bearish25% buy · 8 covering analysts
● Strong buy 1● Buy 1● Hold 6● Sell 0● Strong sell 0
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Last 180 days
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No trades filed
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Where it sits vs peers

News and Record

Press releases mentioning this company

Recent performance

1 week
+2.0%
1 month
+9.3%
3 months
+9.0%
6 months
+33.9%
YTD
+30.1%
1 year
+36.3%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
14 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$252$226$222
10 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$220first publication$222
9 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$226$230$218
29 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$230$234$217
23 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$234$237$223
21 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$237$240$227
10 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$240$244$224
30 Aug 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$244$352$228
27 Jul 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$352$357$217
1 Jul 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$357first publication$213

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

Growth56Value74Quality69Momentum97Total74
Valuation
Trailing P/E
11.4x
Forward P/E
12.1x
PEG
0.46
P/B
2.06x
EV / Revenue
1.2x
Book value/sh
$105.23
Enterprise value
$8.2B
Profitability
ROE
21.9%
FCF yield
14.14%
ROIC
11.3%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
0.34
Dividend yield
1.59%
Beta
0.25

Price

+36.0% · 1Y

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Answered from Hanover Insurance Group Inc fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 83% of peers
low 8.5x11.4xhigh 49.4x
ROEbetter than 67% of peers
low 11%22%high 30%
Div yieldbetter than 50% of peers
low 0.3%1.6%high 22.8%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
THG Hanover Insurance Group Inc$237.73$2546% below11.4x21.9%6974
KNSL Kinsale Capital Group Inc. Common Stock$364.49$29026% above14.8x30.3%9278
HSX.L Hiscox Ltd£18.11£1430% above12.8x16.5%6765
ORI Old Republic International Corporation Common Stock$38.91$4921% below8.5x18.6%8572
8766.T Tokio Marine Holdings¥572.20--49.4x20.7%5838
DFY.TO Definity Financial CorporationC$72.40C$4079% above19.4x11.3%6370
RLI RLI Corp. Common Stock (DE)$64.83$4448% above14.9x22.1%8359

Sector report card

Where THG ranks against its sector peers on each metric.

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  • PR Newswire•Sep 28, 2026
    The Hanover Among TIME's World's Best Companies and Forbes' America's Best Insurance Companies
  • PR Newswire•Sep 23, 2026
    The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. to Issue Third Quarter Financial Results on October 28
  • GlobeNewswire•Sep 8, 2026
    Skyward Specialty Lands Elite Talent to Build Leading Inland Marine Position
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