Enact Holdings Inc (NAS:ACT)
$ 44.32 +0.070 (+0.16%) Market Cap: 6.19 Bil Enterprise Value: 6.38 Bil PE Ratio: 9.61 PB Ratio: 1.16 GF Score: 77/100

Q2 2025 Enact Holdings Inc Earnings Call Transcript

Jul 31, 2025 / 12:00PM GMT
Release Date Price: $34.76 (+0.99%)

Key Points

Positve
  • Enact Holdings Inc (ACT) reported a strong adjusted operating income of $174 million for the second quarter, with an adjusted earnings per diluted share of $1.15.
  • The company announced a significant increase in expected capital returns for 2025 to approximately $400 million.
  • Insurance In-Force increased by 1% year over year to $270 billion, with robust new insurance written of over $13 billion.
  • The company maintained a strong PMIERs sufficiency ratio of 165%, providing significant financial flexibility.
  • Enact Holdings Inc (ACT) was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by Triangle Business Journal for the third year, highlighting a positive work culture.
Negative
  • The lack of near-term clarity around trade policy and potential implementation of reciprocal tariffs introduces additional volatility to the outlook.
  • Affordability challenges persist in the housing market, with more buyers than sellers at the national level.
  • New insurance written was down 3% year over year, indicating a potential decline in market demand.
  • Persistency decreased by 2 points sequentially and 1 point year over year, which could impact future revenue.
  • The base premium rate decreased by 0.3 basis points sequentially, which may affect future profitability.
Operator

Hello, and welcome to Enact second-quarter earnings conference call. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker, Daniel Kohl, Vice President of Investor Relations. You may begin.

Daniel Kohl
Enact Holdings Inc - Vice President of Investor Relations & Finance

Thank you, and good morning. Welcome to our second-quarter earnings call. Joining me today are Rohit Gupta, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Dean Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Rohit will provide an overview of our business performance and progress against our strategy. Dean will then discuss the details of our quarterly results before turning the call back to Rohit for closing remarks. We will then take your questions.

The earnings materials we issued after market close yesterday contain our financial results for the quarter, along with a comprehensive set of financial and operational metrics. These are available on the Investor Relations section of our website.

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