Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. had return on equity of 20.7%, an operating margin of 14.1% and debt equal to 34.1% 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 | — | 7.0% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 9.3% | 4.8% | 7.7% | 9.0% | 9.3% | 10.0% | 8.3% | 5.2% | 1.8% | 10.4% | 14.1% | 15.2% |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 4.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 6.6% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 8.1% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 6.8% | 10.0% | 11.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.9% | 2.3% | 5.2% | 8.4% | 7.5% | 10.9% | 8.4% | 18.0% | 16.1% | 12.0% | 12.1% | 14.4% | 15.6% | 12.9% | 5.8% | 12.8% | 17.7% | 17.8% |
| Return on equity | 8.4% | 6.3% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 9.7% | 10.4% | 11.7% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 13.1% | 14.5% | 11.7% | 13.3% | 4.2% | 1.5% | 16.1% | 20.7% | 21.4% |
| Return on assets | 2.5% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 2.9% | 4.1% | 4.4% |
| Asset turnover | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.40 |
| Debt to equity | 18.4% | 24.9% | 36.9% | 32.8% | 34.9% | 31.8% | 28.6% | 27.9% | 26.6% | 26.7% | 22.7% | 24.4% | 24.9% | 33.5% | 31.9% | 27.6% | 34.1% | 24.5% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | 5.0x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 6.0x | 6.2x | 7.7x | 3.8x | 7.2x | 9.0x | 12.1x | 13.1x | 12.7x | 8.4x | 3.1x | 19.1x | 21.6x | 22.8x |
| Effective tax rate | 35.4% | 31.5% | — | — | 25.4% | 28.1% | 24.7% | −1.5% | 26.2% | 15.4% | 17.8% | 18.6% | 19.4% | 18.9% | 18.5% | 20.9% | 21.7% | 22.1% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 41.2% | 48.1% | 559.1% | 692.1% | 143.8% | 196.3% | 128.3% | 469.2% | 368.4% | 137.6% | 138.7% | 193.1% | 192.9% | 607.3% | 990.9% | 186.9% | 176.7% | 162.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 19.0% | 31.2% | 138.7% | 98.6% | 23.9% | 23.8% | 22.4% | 51.8% | 46.6% | 24.1% | 90.8% | 27.7% | 24.2% | 93.9% | 332.0% | 29.1% | 19.7% | 17.8% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 228.6% | 250.2% | 35.4% | 19.4% | 38.3% | 15.8% | 47.4% | 25.6% | 18.1% | 28.2% | 161.1% | 45.1% | 32.5% | 19.8% | 33.5% | 18.9% | 22.2% | 34.1% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.1% | 11.6% | 12.7% | 14.9% | 17.3% | 14.7% | 14.6% | 14.1% |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 8.0% | 9.5% | 10.7% | 11.9% | 11.0% | 11.1% | 9.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.3% | 2.3% | 12.4% | 33.1% | 22.6% | 6.8% | 12.1% | 29.8% |
| Debt to equity | 27.6% | 25.8% | 24.4% | 37.4% | 34.1% | 23.6% | 23.0% | 24.5% |
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Hanover Insurance Group'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 2.3% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 2 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 9.1%; its worst year was -1.5%.
- Discipline 18 / 20
The diluted share count fell 2.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% 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 (66 before it).
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