For the quarter ended September 2023, Old Republic International (ORI - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.95 billion, down 7.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.72, compared to $0.68 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.16% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.89 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.63, the EPS surprise was +14.29%.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Old Republic performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- General Insurance Segment - Loss Ratio: 60.4% versus 62% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Title Insurance Segment - Combined Ratio: 96.7% compared to the 97.4% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Title Insurance Segment - Expense Ratio: 94% versus 94.5% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Revenue- General insurance Segment- Net premiums earned: $1.07 billion versus $1.02 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Revenue- General insurance Segment- Net investment income: $117.90 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $109.75 million.
- Operating Revenue- General insurance Segment- Other income: $40.60 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $41.20 million.
- Operating Revenue- Title Insurance Segment: $698.80 million compared to the $764.85 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -28.7% year over year.
- Operating Revenue- Title Insurance Segment- Net investment income: $14.10 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $14.60 million.
- Operating Revenue- General Insurance Segment: $1.23 billion compared to the $1.17 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +12.1% year over year.
- Operating Revenue- Title Insurance Segment- Net premiums earned: $684.40 million versus $774.65 million estimated by two analysts on average.
View all Key Company Metrics for Old Republic here>>>Shares of Old Republic have returned -1.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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For the quarter ended September 2023, Old Republic International (ORI - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.95 billion, down 7.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.72, compared to $0.68 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.16% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.89 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.63, the EPS surprise was +14.29%.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Old Republic performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- General Insurance Segment - Loss Ratio: 60.4% versus 62% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Title Insurance Segment - Combined Ratio: 96.7% compared to the 97.4% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Title Insurance Segment - Expense Ratio: 94% versus 94.5% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Revenue- General insurance Segment- Net premiums earned: $1.07 billion versus $1.02 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Revenue- General insurance Segment- Net investment income: $117.90 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $109.75 million.
- Operating Revenue- General insurance Segment- Other income: $40.60 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $41.20 million.
- Operating Revenue- Title Insurance Segment: $698.80 million compared to the $764.85 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -28.7% year over year.
- Operating Revenue- Title Insurance Segment- Net investment income: $14.10 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $14.60 million.
- Operating Revenue- General Insurance Segment: $1.23 billion compared to the $1.17 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +12.1% year over year.
- Operating Revenue- Title Insurance Segment- Net premiums earned: $684.40 million versus $774.65 million estimated by two analysts on average.
View all Key Company Metrics for Old Republic here>>>Shares of Old Republic have returned -1.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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A massive push to rebuild the crumbling U.S. infrastructure will soon be underway. It’s bipartisan, urgent, and inevitable. Trillions will be spent. Fortunes will be made.
The only question is “Will you get into the right stocks early when their growth potential is greatest?”
Zacks has released a Special Report to help you do just that, and today it’s free. Discover 5 special companies that look to gain the most from construction and repair to roads, bridges, and buildings, plus cargo hauling and energy transformation on an almost unimaginable scale.
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