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Strong BuyFull HouseAI neutralWhite Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. · Financial Services · Bermuda · $5.3B cap · $45.8M/day traded
$2,286.53 -1.3% · close 3 Nov · scored 3 Nov
StockRank up 1.3 since 31 Oct: Momentum up 3 after a 2% price rise.
Full House: Strong business, sensible price, and the market agrees.
As of 3 Nov 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (WTM) is 87/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 67, Value 63, Momentum 56, each scored against its sector).
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White Mountains is a Bermuda-based insurance and financial holding company that allocates capital among insurers, the Kudu asset-manager stakes and other businesses. It has a long record of buying back shares below book value. Higher interest rates improve the investment return on its float. It is, however, a book-value compounder with lumpy, holding-company returns, and there is no specific catalyst that would make the current price clearly asymmetric.
ABOUT WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.
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White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. is a financial services holding company focused on acquiring and operating businesses in the insurance, reinsurance, and financial technology sectors. The company utilizes an opportunistic, value-oriented investment approach to compound capital over the long term. Its competitive advantage lies in its flexible capital allocation strategy and a track record of successful business turnarounds and exits.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.2B | 2.2B | 2.4B | 2.9B | 35.6% | 3.0B |
| EPS | 276.96 | 198.60 | 89.79 | 430.14 | 15.8% | 436.50 |
| Shares | 2.6M | 2.6M | 2.6M | 2.5M | -3.6% | 2.4M |
| Debt | 575.2M | 564.6M | 562.5M | 837.0M | 13.3% | 932.5M |
| Equity | 3.7B | 4.2B | 4.5B | 5.4B | 13.1% | — |
| Op CF | 365.0M | 404.1M | 586.8M | 550.5M | 14.7% | 388.2M |
| Inv CF | 115.5M | -543.9M | -447.0M | -666.9M | — | — |
| Fin CF | -344.9M | 7.2M | 4.2M | 35.6M | — | — |
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Calmer than 92% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 19% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank weighs the business, its price and its trend. The price check reads only the chart: the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Financial Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of WTM are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTM | White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.(you) | $5.3B | 87 | Strong Buy |
| HSX.L | Hiscox Ltd | $7.7B | 72 | Buy |
| ESNT | Essent Group Ltd. | $6.0B | 89 | Strong Buy |
| HG | Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. | $3.6B | 96 | Strong Buy |
| ACGLO | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | $11.8B | 85 | Strong Buy |
| SPNT | SiriusPoint Ltd. | $3.0B | 79 | Buy |
| RNR | RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | $14.7B | 86 | Strong Buy |
| EG | Everest Group, Ltd. | $15.3B | 89 | Strong Buy |
| PLGO | Pelagos Insurance Capital Limit | $2.1B | 92 | Strong Buy |
| LRE.L | Lancashire Holdings Limited | $2.2B | 93 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 16.2% · P/E 8.6x · Gross margin 35.8%
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