American Coastal Insurance Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, American Coastal Insurance Corp had return on equity of 38.6%, an operating margin of 41.8% and debt equal to 47.2% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.2% | −0.9% | 13.7% | 11.6% | 16.6% | 23.0% | 11.6% | 1.4% | 0.1% | −0.6% | −4.0% | −15.6% | −4.6% | −3.9% | 35.5% | 33.6% | 41.8% | 40.2% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | −1.2% | 8.4% | 7.4% | 9.8% | 14.6% | 7.7% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 0.0% | −3.6% | −11.4% | −25.3% | −212.0% | 117.2% | 25.5% | 31.8% | 30.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.2% | −10.0% | 40.1% | 26.7% | 51.9% | 22.3% | 24.4% | 12.9% | 4.6% | 3.0% | 15.4% | −2.5% | −131.5% | −79.5% | −51.5% | 82.1% | 21.1% | −9.4% |
| Return on equity | 8.4% | −2.0% | 16.1% | 13.6% | 20.8% | 26.3% | 12.4% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 0.1% | −5.8% | −21.5% | −16.4% | — | — | 37.4% | 38.6% | 30.4% |
| Return on assets | — | −0.4% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 5.4% | 8.0% | 4.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | −1.2% | −3.6% | −2.1% | −17.0% | 15.9% | 6.6% | 9.3% | 8.7% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.43 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.29 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 31.0% | 18.1% | 13.7% | 6.6% | 5.2% | 22.4% | 30.7% | 31.4% | 32.1% | 40.5% | 50.8% | — | 88.9% | 63.7% | 47.2% | 43.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 2.0x | n/m | 24.1x | 42.9x | 94.0x | 156.9x | 127.5x | 9.5x | 0.2x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 8.6x | 8.3x | 13.0x | 13.2x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 37.9% | 38.2% | 41.0% | 36.3% | 34.6% | 18.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.3% | 24.9% | 25.2% | 24.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 156.2% | — | 477.6% | 361.3% | 530.4% | 152.6% | 319.5% | >999% | 298.8% | >999% | — | — | — | — | −43.9% | 321.6% | 66.3% | −31.0% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 6.4% | 10.1% | 9.6% | 8.1% | 15.7% | 87.3% | 88.6% | >999% | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 31.8% | 0.0% | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.0% | — | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1.8% | 5.3% | 4.9% | 7.9% | 29.7% | 47.3% | 8.1% | — | — | — | — | 9.9% | 0.0% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 43.9% | 11.2% | 34.8% | 41.8% | 46.1% | 43.2% | 35.9% | 34.4% |
| Net margin | 34.2% | 6.2% | 29.6% | 30.6% | 35.9% | 30.8% | 27.0% | 26.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −10.9% | 2.0% | 36.5% | 148.0% | −39.4% | −55.4% | −8.2% | 70.5% |
| Debt to equity | 57.4% | 63.7% | 57.2% | 51.0% | 45.6% | 47.2% | 45.1% | 43.9% |
Moat
Weak moat
How hard American Coastal Insurance's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -0.2% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 1 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 8.5%; its worst year was -26.6%.
- Discipline 11 / 20
The diluted share count rose 16.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (21 before it).
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