NASDAQ$ACT

Enact Holdings Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Enact reported a strong Q4 2023, driven by record insurance in-force and expense discipline.

Enact Holdings reported a net income of $157 million, or $0.98 per diluted share, and an adjusted operating income of $158 million, or $0.98 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2023. The company ended the year with record insurance in-force and returned over $300 million of capital to shareholders in 2023.

  • Net income was $157 million, or $0.98 per diluted share.
  • Adjusted operating income was $158 million, or $0.98 per diluted share.
  • New insurance written (NIW) was $10 billion.
  • Primary insurance in-force was a record $263 billion, up 6% from the prior year.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$296M

Previous: $277M+7.0%
EPS (adj)

$0.98

Previous: $0.90+8.9%
New Insurance Written (NIW)

$10B

Previous: $15B-33.3%
Primary Persistency Rate

86.0%

Previous: 86.0%+0.0%
Net Income

$157M

Previous: $144M+9.4%
Operating Income

$158M

Previous: $147M+7.4%
Gross Profit

$296M

Previous: $277M+7.1%
Stock-Based Comp

$5.8M

Previous: $2.48M+133.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Enact · Revenue · Quarterly

$296M

Q4 2023+7%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 6 of 13 quarters(46%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Enact · $278M total across 2 segments · Q4 2022

  • Premiums
    $233M-1.8%
  • Net Investment Income
    $44.9M+28.3%

Forward guidance

Enact is well positioned to continue to deliver responsible insurance in-force growth, invest in our platform, support our policyholders, and continue generating value for our shareholders.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

+0.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.0%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.8%

Avg return

30 days after

61%

14 / 23 earnings

Positive

+8.9%

Q4 2025

Best reaction

-8.3%

Q4 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-3.3%+1.3%-1.3%
Q4 2025+8.9%+5.1%+2.8%
Q3 2025+2.2%+4.7%+5.7%
Q2 2025+1.0%+4.3%+9.4%
Q1 2025+2.2%+1.3%-1.1%
Q4 2024+1.5%+1.0%+1.4%
Q3 2024+2.1%+5.2%+7.0%
Q1 2024+0.9%+5.3%+3.3%
Q4 2023-4.6%-2.1%+3.2%
Q3 2023+1.2%+1.4%+1.2%
Q2 2023+3.6%+6.6%+5.4%
Q1 2023-7.7%-0.8%+4.9%
Q4 2022-8.3%-3.0%-2.4%
Q3 2022+1.8%+0.4%-3.3%
Q2 2021+4.5%+3.9%-1.0%
Q2 2022+7.9%+12.8%+6.2%
Q1 2021-4.4%-8.9%+2.4%
Q1 2022+5.8%+1.2%+7.1%
Q4 2020-5.1%-4.7%+6.1%
Q4 2019-5.1%-4.7%+6.1%
Q4 2021-1.1%-3.8%-5.6%
Q3 2020-0.6%-3.9%-9.4%
Q3 2021+1.1%+0.6%-7.5%
Q2 2020
Q1 2020
Q3 2019
Q2 2019
Q1 2019
Q1 2015
Q4 2014

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