HIG's third-quarter results benefit from strong Personal Lines Hartford Funds business. This was partially offset by an increased expense level.
The headline numbers for The Hartford (HIG) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Insurance firm Hartford Financial Services posted an 18% rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday, as the company benefited from strong underwriting gains in its property & casualty (P&C) segment and higher returns on its investment portfolio.
Robust Commercial Lines, Personal Lines unit, coupled with rate hikes and strong investment income, are expected to have contributed to HIG's earnings beat.
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of The Hartford (HIG) for the quarter ended September 2024 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
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Hartford Financial's ROE has the potential to go higher, if the proportion of revenue contributed by the high-ROE Property & Casualty segment increases going forward. The new $3.3 billion share buyback program boosts the stock's capital return, potentially raising the forward shareholder yield to an attractive 6.4%. My 3.0 times target P/B multiple for HIG translates into a substantial capital appreciation upside of around 36% that supports a Buy rating.
Hartford Financial's (HIG) quarterly earnings benefit from a strong Group Benefits and Commercial Lines performance. However, rising expenses partially offset the positives.
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:HIG ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 26, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Susan Spivak - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Chris Swift - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Beth Costello - Chief Financial Officer Morris Tooker - Head of Enterprise Sales & Distribution, Global Specialty, and Middle & Large Commercial Jonathan Bennett - Head of Group Benefits Conference Call Participants Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo Andrew Kligerman - TD Cowen Brian Meredith - UBS Financial Gregory Peters - Raymond James Josh Shanker - Bank of America Yaron Kinar - Jefferies Peter Knudsen - Evercore ISI Operator Thank you for standing by, and welcome to The Hartford Financial Second Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call and Webcast. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for The Hartford (HIG) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Hartford Financial's (HIG) Q2 results are likely to reflect benefits of new business growth and favorable retention rates in the Commercial Lines unit, partly offset by an elevated expense level.
Travelers' stock (NYSE: TRV) dropped 8% on 19th July (Friday) vs a nearly 1% rise in the S&P500 index. In comparison, Travelers' peer, Hartford Financial (NYSE: HIG), was down 4% on the 19th.