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Pelagos Insurance Capital LimitedPLGOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Multi-Line Insurance

Bermuda-based specialty property and casualty (re)insurer recently formed to underwrite niche commercial risks.

Momentum leader 88
Mkt cap
$2.29B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
64%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.20M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.03×
price to book
ROE
17.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
6.5%
what the price asks
Next earnings
5 days
11 Nov 2026
Close · USD$27.73
1D-0.6%
1W+5.3%
1M+13.4%
3M+12.6%
6M+32.6%
YTDn/a
1Yn/a
ATR %2.5%
52w lowhigh3.9% off high

What Pelagos Insurance Capital does

Bermuda-based specialty property and casualty (re)insurer recently formed to underwrite niche commercial risks.

Products and services

  • Specialty property & casualty (re)insurance

Customers

  • Commercial insureds
  • Cedants (reinsurance clients)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Insurance
  • Specialty (re)insurance

What could go right

  • Hard specialty (re)insurance pricing cycle

What could go wrong

  • Unproven loss-reserve track record as a new insurer
  • Catastrophe exposure

Moat: narrow (process know-how, scale). Bermuda platform and experienced underwriting team, but no long loss-reserve track record.

Headquarters: Hamilton, Bermuda · Employees: 108

Named competitors

Pelagos Insurance Capital at a glance

Size Pelagos Insurance Capital (PLGO) is a United States Financials company (Multi-Line Insurance) with a market value of $2.29B, the 1711th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $27.73 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 32.6%, against +3.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 4.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.7%); the operating margin is 21.1% (peer median 10.1%).

Valuation It trades at 1.03× book value against a peer median of 1.76× (9th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 6.5%; Pelagos Insurance Capital delivers 17.6%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026PLGO 134Peer median 103
Six months, rebased to 100: Pelagos Insurance Capital against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Pelagos Insurance Capital financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.48B$2.48B$2.42B$3.59B$1.55B
Revenue growth—+2%-33%+132%—
Net income$401M$226M$113M$2.13B$52.6M
Free cash flow$630M-$410M$614M$489M$723M
Capital expenditure$1.40M$1.20M$4.60M$6.40M$18.8M
Total debt$720M$856M$520M$515M$534M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Pelagos Insurance Capital competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%-10%0%+10%+20%NHF031210GODIGIT6060VAHNSKWDNIACL003690LMNDFGTRUPGNWLDAHGALMB2851BOWCNOPLGO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Pelagos Insurance Capital is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%20×40×NHF031210GODIGIT6060VAHNSKWDNIACL003690LMNDFGTRUPGNWLDAHGALMBWUW2851BOWCSNCNOPLGOReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Pelagos Insurance Capital is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

-25%0%25%50%75%0%50%NHF0312106060NIACLLMNDTRUPLDAHGWUW2851PLGOROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Pelagos Insurance Capital is the large dot.

Pelagos Insurance Capital competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (PLGO vs HG vs BOW vs KNSL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Pelagos Insurance Capital PLGO$2.29B+33%-4%18%1.03×6.5%
Hamilton Insurance HG$3.64B+20%+20%19%1.24×8.0%
Bowhead Specialty BOW$1.12B+26%+24%14%2.48×11.3%
Kinsale Capital KNSL$8.64B+26%+8%28%4.70×30.6%

How Pelagos Insurance Capital compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Pelagos Insurance Capital against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePLGOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+13.4%+2.3%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+32.6%+3.0%3rd highest of 21
Return on equity17.6%9.0%4th highest of 21
Price / book1.03×1.76×9th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E6.8×14.0×3rd cheapest of 19
ROE the price implies6.5%10.2%6th least demanding of 20
ROE delivered17.6%8.8%4th highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Pelagos Insurance Capital PLGOUnited States$2.29B+33%-4%18%1.03×6.5%17.6%
NIB NHF.AXAustralia$2.29B+4%+5%17%2.90×13.2%16.6%
Seoul Guarantee Insurance 031210.KSSouth Korea$2.26B-8%+14%6%0.61×4.5%6.0%
Go Digit General Insurance GODIGIT.NSIndia$2.44B-21%+9%12%4.91×37.4%n/a
Zhongan Online P&C Insurance 6060.HKHong Kong$2.06B-19%+16%8%0.54×8.0%8.2%
Vaudoise Assurances VAHN.SWSwitzerland$2.66B-8%+14%6%0.78×n/a5.9%
Skyward Specialty Insurance SKWDUnited States$2.68B+29%+38%17%2.11×10.2%17.3%
New India Assurance NIACL.NSIndia$2.74B-5%+9%-1%0.62×14.0%-1.3%
Korean Reinsurance 003690.KSSouth Korea$1.74B+8%-2%14%0.73×4.8%14.4%
Lemonade LMNDUnited States$3.06B-28%+77%-27%6.12×75.0%-27.0%
F&G Annuities & Life FGUnited States$3.06B-17%+14%9%0.66×8.4%9.2%
Trupanion TRUPUnited States$1.61B+49%+12%6%3.94×35.3%6.1%
Genworth Financial GNWUnited States$3.29B-5%-1%2%0.38×5.3%2.3%
Linea Directa Aseguradora LDA.MCSpain$1.48B+3%+10%23%3.07×11.7%23.3%
Hamilton Insurance HGUnited States$3.64B+20%+20%19%1.24×8.0%19.0%
Alm. Brand A/S ALMB.CODenmark$3.70B+16%+3%9%2.19×7.3%8.8%
Wuestenrot & Wuerttembergische WUW.DEGermany$1.39B-6%+4%3%0.25×3.6%2.7%
Central Reinsurance 2851.TWTaiwan$1.12B+52%+21%37%1.41×5.1%37.4%
Bowhead Specialty BOWUnited States$1.12B+26%+24%14%2.48×11.3%13.6%
Chesnara CSN.LUnited Kingdom$1.08B+11%+192%0%2.14×15.7%0.3%
CNO Financial CNOUnited States$5.09B+20%+2%17%2.19×16.0%16.9%

Questions

Who are Pelagos Insurance Capital's main competitors?
Named competitors: Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes NIB (NHF.AX), Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210.KS), Go Digit General Insurance (GODIGIT.NS), Zhongan Online P&C Insurance (6060.HK), Vaudoise Assurances (VAHN.SW), Skyward Specialty Insurance (SKWD).
Is Pelagos Insurance Capital expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.03× against a peer median of 1.76×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 6.5%; Pelagos Insurance Capital delivers 17.6%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Pelagos Insurance Capital stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +32.6% against +3.0% for the median peer.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.