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HRTGHeritage Insurance Holdings, InBuy Wait6.9·$32.96+2.42%
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Investment thesis

Heritage Insurance Holdings pairs a cheap valuation and strong return on equity with a deep-value sizing bonus, but shares are overbought and have already reached their near-term resistance target, so the setup favors waiting for a pullback rather than adding at current levels.

Thesis pillars

  • High Quality Cheap ValuationStable
  • Deep Value Margin Of Safety Bonus
  • Beat Streak With Recent MissDeteriorating
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Heritage Insurance Holdings, In (HRTG) Stock Analysis

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Buy WaitVALUE-TRAP 1/5ValueGrowthQualityModerate Confidence

Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty

Wait for pullback to $26.48. At $32.96 the A.R:R is 0.0:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $26.48 (support + ATR (held)) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Euphoria warning: extreme positivity (+1.00) + overbought RSI 72.

Heritage Insurance Holdings is a super-regional property and casualty insurer that writes personal and commercial residential insurance through three subsidiaries - Heritage P&C, Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, and Zephyr Insurance - across fourteen eastern and Gulf states,... Read more

$32.96+0.6% A.UpsideScore 6.9/10#4 of 40 Insurance - Property & Casualty
QualityF-score8 / 9FCF yield26.90%
Entry $26.48(support + ATR (held))Stop $23.26Target $33.15(analyst − 15%)A.R:R 0.0:1
Analyst target$39.00+18.3%2 analysts
$33.15our TP
$32.96price
$39.00mean
$42

Wait for pullback to $26.48. At $32.96 the A.R:R is 0.0:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $26.48 (support + ATR (held)) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Euphoria warning: extreme positivity (+1.00) + overbought RSI 72. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Fundamentals strong but target reached (0.6% upside). Wait for pullback. Score 6.9/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.80, earnings proximity 84d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: speculative.

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About Heritage Insurance Holdings, In

About Heritage Insurance Holdings, In

Heritage Insurance Holdings wrote $1.4 billion in gross premiums during 2025 across 357,275 personal and commercial residential policies, concentrated in coastal states from the Northeast through the Gulf plus Hawaii, where its Zephyr subsidiary underwrites wind-only coverage. The company operates through three licensed insurers - Heritage P&C, Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, and Zephyr - as admitted carriers in fourteen states and on an excess and surplus lines basis in California, Florida, Hawaii, and South Carolina.

Heritage distributes its personal and commercial residential products entirely through independent agents rather than a captive sales force: roughly 25% of its southeastern voluntary personal lines policies flow through agents affiliated with eight large agency networks, NBIC's three largest independent agency relationships represent approximately 15% of annualized premiums in the Northeast, and about 52% of Zephyr's Hawaii premium is written by agents tied to three large multi-producer agencies. To limit catastrophe exposure, Heritage cedes a large share of its risk through excess of loss, quota share, and facultative reinsurance, including participation at 90% in the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) and catastrophe bonds issued through its Citrus Re special-purpose vehicle; for the contract period ending May 31, 2026, its subsidiaries purchased $3.75 billion of aggregate catastrophe reinsurance limit. No single private-market reinsurer represents more than 10% of that purchased limit.

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Heritage's 10-K discloses that nearly all of its in-force premium relates to business written in coastal states exposed to hurricanes, tropical storms, and winter storms, a structural concentration the company manages primarily through reinsurance rather than geographic diversification. That reinsurance dependency is not risk-free: the FHCF coverage that comprises a significant portion of Heritage P&C's Florida reinsurance program could fall short in a severe catastrophe year, since the fund's ability to pay claims in full depends on its own capacity to issue bonds, and the company's 2017 Hurricane Irma reinsurance agreement with the FHCF was already commuted in 2023 with any future adverse loss re-estimation retained entirely by Heritage.

See also: Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty

From Heritage Insurance Holdings, In's most recent 10-K filing, extracted July 6, 2026.

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Wed, Nov 4, 202684d to earnings· next earnings call

Thesis

Rewards
Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
High-quality business
Attractive valuation
Risks
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
Euphoria warning: extreme positivity (+1.00) + overbought RSI 72

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)4.7
P/E (Fwd)6.2
Mkt Cap$957M
EV/EBITDA1.4
Profit Mgn25.2%
ROE45.3%
Rev Growth3.0%
Beta0.91
DividendNone
Rating analysts9

Quality Signals

Piotroski F8/9MoatNarrow

Options Flow

P/C0.60bullish
IV57%elevated

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Rating Breakdown

1 ceiling hit

GatesA.R:R 0.0 < 1.5@spotMomentum 5.6>=5.5Insider activity: OKNo SEC red flagsNEWS BOOST ANALYST 0.80EARNINGS PROXIMITY 84d clearSEMI CYCLE PEAK CLEARMATERIALS CYCLE PEAK CLEARSuitability: Speculative
RSI
72 · Overbought
20D MA 50D MA 200D MADEATH CROSSSupport $25.70Resistance $36.50

Price Targets

$23
$26
$33
A.Upside+0.6%
A.R:R0.0:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionMedium conviction
Suggested %0.6%
Max %1.2%
RegimeSteady

Risk Alerts

! Target reached (0.6% upside)
! asymmetry at 0.0 (below the engine's 1.5 threshold)@spot

Earnings

B
B
B
M
3/4 beats
Next Earnings2026-11-04 (84d)

Verdict History

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Frequently Asked Questions
Is HRTG stock a buy right now?

Wait for pullback to $26.48. At $32.96 the A.R:R is 0.0:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $26.48 (support + ATR (held)) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Euphoria warning: extreme positivity (+1.00) + overbought RSI 72. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Fundamentals strong but target reached (0.6% upside). Wait for pullback. Target $33.15 (+0.6%), stop $23.26 (−41.7%), A.R:R 0.0:1. Score 6.9/10, moderate confidence.

What is the HRTG stock price target?

Take-profit target: $33.15 (+0.6% upside). Target $33.15 (+0.6%), stop $23.26 (−41.7%), A.R:R 0.0:1. Stop-loss: $23.26.

What are the risks of investing in HRTG?

Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Euphoria warning: extreme positivity (+1.00) + overbought RSI 72.

Is HRTG overvalued or undervalued?

Heritage Insurance Holdings, In trades at a P/E of 4.7 (forward 6.2). TrendMatrix value score: 9.9/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).

What do analysts say about HRTG?

9 analysts cover HRTG with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $39.

What does Heritage Insurance Holdings, In do?Heritage Insurance Holdings is a super-regional property and casualty insurer that writes personal and commercial...

Heritage Insurance Holdings is a super-regional property and casualty insurer that writes personal and commercial residential insurance through three subsidiaries - Heritage P&C, Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, and Zephyr Insurance - across fourteen eastern and Gulf states, Hawaii, and excess and surplus lines markets. The company wrote $1.4 billion in gross premiums and held 357,275 policies in force as of December 31, 2025, ceding significant catastrophe risk to reinsurers including the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.

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