Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) has drawn attention after recent share price moves, with the stock down 2.1% on the day and 4.1% over the past week, while remaining modestly positive over the past month.
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Zooming out, the recent 1 day and 7 day share price declines sit against an 8.5% 90 day share price return and a 41.8% 1 year total shareholder return. This suggests momentum has cooled in the short term but remains supportive over a longer horizon.
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With Hamilton trading at $26.74, sitting below an analyst price target of $29.21 and alongside an estimated intrinsic value gap, the key question is whether the current price reflects a discount or whether the market already prices in future growth.
With Hamilton Insurance Group closing at $26.74 against a narrative fair value estimate of $28.93, the current price sits below that framework and puts the focus squarely on what is being assumed for future earnings and margins.
The analysts have a consensus price target of $25.429 for Hamilton Insurance Group based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of $29.0, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just $23.0.
Want to see what is sitting behind that fair value gap? Revenue growth, margin shifts and a leaner share count are doing the heavy lifting in this narrative.
Result: Fair Value of $28.93 (UNDERVALUED)
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However, that fair value gap could narrow quickly if specialty and reinsurance losses spike, or if acquisition and expense ratios keep pressure on margins.
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