Cincinnati Financial (CINF) reported $2.91 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.6%. EPS of $3.37 for the same period compares to $3.14 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.91 billion, representing a surprise of -0.02%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +18.04%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.86.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Cincinnati Financial performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Commercial Lines Insurance - Combined ratio: 88.4% versus 90.8% estimated by five analysts on average.
- Excess and surplus lines insurance - Combined ratio: 84.7% versus 91.7% estimated by five analysts on average.
- Personal Lines Insurance - Combined ratio: 81.5% versus the five-analyst average estimate of 85.9%.
- Commercial Lines Insurance - Loss and loss expenses: 57.9% versus 60.3% estimated by five analysts on average.
- Revenue- Excess and surplus lines insurance- Earned premiums: $188 million versus $186.83 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.9% change.
- Total revenues- Excess and surplus lines insurance: $189 million versus $187.63 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.8% change.
- Revenues- Property Casualty Insurance- Earned premiums: $2.51 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $2.52 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.8%.
- Revenues- Personal Lines Insurance- Earned premiums: $859 million versus $846.08 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +18.3% change.
- Revenues- Life Insurance Subsidiary- Earned premiums: $84 million compared to the $82.89 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Commercial Lines Insurance- Earned premiums: $1.24 billion compared to the $1.23 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +7.2% year over year.
- Revenues- Earned premiums- Total: $2.59 billion compared to the $2.6 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +9.6% year over year.
- Revenues- Property Casualty Insurance- Fee revenues: $3 million compared to the $3.2 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of 0% year over year.
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Shares of Cincinnati Financial have returned +5.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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