The Hartford key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, The Hartford had return on equity of 21.7%, a net margin of 13.5% and debt equal to 23.0% 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −7.1% | 10.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | −3.6% | 7.4% | 3.3% | −0.2% | 0.9% | 4.3% | 10.5% | 5.5% | −18.2% | 9.5% | 10.1% | 8.5% | 10.6% | 8.1% | 10.2% | 11.7% | 13.5% | 15.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | — | — | — | 11.8% | 5.7% | 9.5% | 15.3% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 14.4% | 16.3% | 18.3% | 17.7% | 17.1% | 16.3% | 21.7% | 20.3% | — |
| Return on equity | −5.5% | 9.4% | 3.5% | −0.2% | 0.9% | 4.2% | 9.3% | 5.2% | −20.6% | 13.6% | 14.2% | 10.0% | 13.1% | 11.6% | 17.3% | 19.6% | 21.7% | 24.3% |
| Return on assets | −0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | −0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | −1.4% | 1.3% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 4.6% | 5.3% |
| Asset turnover | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
| Debt to equity | 36.0% | 35.3% | 31.7% | 62.1% | 66.9% | 35.5% | 34.5% | 32.5% | 37.0% | 35.7% | 29.8% | 23.5% | 27.8% | 31.9% | 28.5% | 26.5% | 23.0% | 23.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | 4.5x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | — | 25.2% | — | — | 16.7% | 20.6% | 19.6% | −37.1% | — | 15.3% | 18.6% | 18.1% | 18.4% | 19.6% | 18.9% | 19.2% | 19.4% | 20.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22.6% | 22.1% | 21.8% | 21.4% | 21.6% | 19.9% | 19.8% | 19.7% | 19.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | — | — | — | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.6% | — |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | 666.5% | 221.2% | 145.6% | 205.6% | — | 150.6% | 162.3% | 216.3% | 167.0% | 210.7% | 159.9% | 185.3% | 150.0% | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 5.2% | 21.5% | — | 114.8% | 35.3% | 18.8% | 37.3% | — | 21.0% | 20.8% | 26.3% | 20.5% | 27.8% | 21.1% | 17.9% | 15.4% | 13.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | 12.6% | 68.4% | 117.7% | 63.9% | 90.3% | 70.7% | 13.9% | 18.7% | 16.2% | 55.2% | 53.6% | 48.1% | 35.9% | 38.4% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 12.4% | 9.3% | 14.8% | 15.5% | 13.9% | 11.8% | 17.9% | 18.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 27.6% | 13.9% | 18.6% | 25.8% | 21.6% | 14.0% | 18.0% | — |
| Debt to equity | 26.5% | 25.9% | 24.9% | 23.7% | 23.0% | 23.1% | 22.3% | 23.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 19.9% | 19.9% | 16.9% | 17.3% | 25.7% | 20.0% | 16.7% | 16.3% |
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard The Hartford'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 20 / 20
Net income has been a median 2.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 2 / 20
Net margin has been a median 9.2%; its worst year was -11.1%.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 22.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.0% 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 (70 before it).
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