Hartford
Hartford's revenue rose 6.9% to $28.4 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 13.5%, up from 11.7% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $5.8 billion, down 0.2%. It paid out $2.2 billion in dividends and buybacks, 38% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 4.0%.
Net margin is net income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 21.7% a year and net income 17.5% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 27%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Hartford yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Hartford's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Hartford's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $5.8B, net cash of $159M at December 31, 2025 and 286 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Hartford: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 8.3% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 7% for a stable business (Property & Casualty Insurance); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $135.94
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Hartford's earnings per share of $16.52 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 12.2×, the middle of Hartford's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 8%, 7% and 6%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $135.94
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Hartford's P/E at the last close
- 8.2×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. R. BerkleyWRB | $73.79 | $4.87 | 15.2× |
| Fidelity National FinancialFNF | $39.94 | $2.88 | 13.9× |
| Travelers CompaniesTRV | $400.17 | $38.06 | 10.5× |
| HartfordHIG | $135.94 | $16.52 | 8.2× |
| Arch Capital GroupACGL | $102.34 | $12.78 | 8.0× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | −0.2 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.3x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.0x | −0.0x |
| Debt to equity | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.2x |
| Interest coverage | 13.4x | 11.6x | 16.5x | 20.3x | 24.9x |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quick ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Hartford shares on the open market, and 5 insiders sold $57.4 million, $49.9 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | Adin M TookerPresident | Sold plan | 8,895 | $135.13 | $1.2 million | Form 4 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Lori A RoddenExecutive Vice President | Sold | 40,693 | $138.05 | $5.6 million | Form 4 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Allison G NidernoSVP & Controller | Sold | 702 | $140.52 | $98,586 | Form 4 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Allison G NidernoSVP & Controller | Sold | 375 | $141.97 | $53,227 | Form 4 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Adin M TookerPresident | Sold plan | 8,307 | $140.54 | $1.2 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Lori A RoddenExecutive Vice President | Sold | 5,681 | $141.83 | $805,736 | Form 4 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Christopher SwiftChairman and CEO, Director | Sold plan | 100,970 | $140.78 | $14.2 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Christopher SwiftChairman and CEO, Director | Sold plan | 201,938 | $136.41 | $27.5 million | Form 4 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | Beth Ann CostelloEVP and CFO | Sold plan | 35,339 | $136.59 | $4.8 million | Form 4 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Adin M TookerPresident | Sold plan | 6,731 | $137.90 | $928,205 | Form 4 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Lori A RoddenExecutive Vice President | Sold | 7,841 | $122.41 | $959,817 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | — | — | — |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | −2.3% | −3.5% | −2.5% |
Compare
Put Hartford side by side with any other company we cover: revenue, growth, margins, cash flow and returns, with ten years of charts.
Similar companies
| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | FY25 | 6.9% | — | 20.3% | 22.6% | −0.0x | — | |
| Arch Capital Group | FY25 | 14.3% | — | 30.8% | — | — | — | Compare |
| Travelers Companies | FY25 | 5.2% | — | — | 20.1% | 0.3x | — | Compare |
| W. R. Berkley | FY25 | 7.8% | — | — | — | — | — | Compare |
| Fidelity National Financial | FY25 | 5.6% | — | — | — | −0.1x | — | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 16.3 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 28.4 |
| Revenue growth | 1.8% | 5.3% | 10.4% | 9.4% | −1.1% | 9.1% | −0.1% | 9.7% | 8.2% | 6.9% |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | 0.9 | −3.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 2.27 | −8.61 | 4.95 | 5.66 | 4.76 | 6.64 | 5.46 | 7.97 | 10.35 | 13.32 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 395 | 364 | 364 | 365 | 361 | 354 | 330 | 312 | 299 | 286 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| Capital expenditure | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Free cash flow | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Dividends paid | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Share buybacks | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Acquisitions | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 3.6 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Total assets | 224.6 | 225.3 | 62.3 | 70.8 | 74.1 | 76.6 | 73.0 | 76.8 | 80.9 | 86.0 |
| Total liabilities | 207.7 | 211.8 | 49.2 | 54.5 | 55.6 | 58.7 | 59.3 | 61.5 | 64.5 | 67.0 |
| Shareholders' equity | 16.9 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 18.6 | 17.8 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 19.0 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 5.5% | −18.2% | 9.5% | 10.1% | 8.5% | 10.6% | 8.1% | 10.2% | 11.7% | 13.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.3% | 11.3% | 14.4% | 16.3% | 18.3% | 17.7% | 17.1% | 16.3% | 21.7% | 20.3% |
| Return on capital | — | — | 11.8% | 14.7% | 10.3% | 13.4% | 12.2% | 18.1% | 20.4% | 22.6% |
| Return on equity | 5.2% | −20.6% | 13.6% | 14.2% | 10.0% | 13.0% | 11.6% | 17.3% | 19.6% | 21.7% |
| Return on assets | 0.4% | −1.4% | 1.3% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 4.6% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.4x | 2.1x | 0.1x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.0x | −0.0x |