Yahoo Finance Everest Re (RE) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates
Everest Re Group, Ltd. RE delivered first-quarter 2020 operating net income per share of $4.03, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6.9%. The bottom line however deteriorated 41.7% year over year.
The company witnessed higher premiums and improved net investment income, offset by higher expenses.
Everest Re Group Ltd Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Operational Update
Everest Re’s total operating revenues of $2.2 billion increased 18.4% year over year on the back of higher premiums earned and net investment income. Moreover, the top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.6%. Gross written premiums improved 21% year over year to $2.6 billion.
Net investment income came in at $147.8 million in the quarter under review, up 4.8% year over year.
Total claims and expenses increased 30.6% to $2 billion, attributable to higher incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses, commission, brokerage, taxes and fees, other underwriting expenses and corporate expenses.
Combined ratio deteriorated 990 basis points (bps) to 98.6%. Excluding catastrophe loss, attritional combined ratio was 97.3%, deteriorated 990 bps from the prior-year period.
Financial Update
Everest Re Group exited the quarter with total investments and cash of $20.3 billion, down 2% from 2019-end level. Shareholder equity at the end of the reported quarter decreased 5.5% from 2019-end to $8.6 billion.
Book value per share came in at $214.59 as of Mar 31, 2020, down 4.1% from 2019-end level.
Annualized net income return on equity was 0.8% in the first quarter of 2020.
Everest Re Group’s cash flow from operations was $506 million, up 10% year over year.
The company bought back shares worth $200 million in the quarter. The company still has 0.4 million shares remaining under its authorization.
Zacks Rank
Everest Re Group currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Performance of Other Insurers
Among other players from the insurance industry that have reported first-quarter earnings so far, the bottom line of Brown & Brown, Inc. BRO and Assurant, Inc. AIZ beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate while that of RLI Corp. RLI missed the same.
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