In the latest close session, HCI Group (HCI) was down 1.11% at $201.74. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.23%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.34%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.8%.
Heading into today, shares of the property and casualty insurance holding company had gained 9.2% over the past month, outpacing the Finance sector's loss of 0.48% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.57%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of HCI Group in its upcoming release. The company plans to announce its earnings on November 6, 2025. In that report, analysts expect HCI Group to post earnings of $2.35 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 400%. At the same time, our most recent consensus estimate is projecting a revenue of $224.86 million, reflecting a 28.26% rise from the equivalent quarter last year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $17.08 per share and revenue of $891.62 million, which would represent changes of +130.5% and +18.87%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for HCI Group. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.
Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 4.64% higher within the past month. HCI Group currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
In terms of valuation, HCI Group is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 11.95. This indicates a premium in contrast to its industry's Forward P/E of 11.04.
The Insurance - Property and Casualty industry is part of the Finance sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 33, finds itself in the top 14% echelons of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the vigor of our specific industry groups by computing the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks incorporated in the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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