Title insurance provider Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what to look for.
Stewart Information Services beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 9.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $723.4 million, up 20.1% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates and a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Stewart Information Services’s revenue to decline 8.9% year on year to $608.2 million, a reversal from the 11% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.38 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Stewart Information Services has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time since going public by 6% on average.
Looking at Stewart Information Services’s peers in the property & casualty insurance segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. RLI delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 8.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 12.4%, and Travelers reported revenues up 5%, topping estimates by 0.9%. Travelers traded down 2.7% following the results.
Read our full analysis of RLI’s results here and Travelers’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the property & casualty insurance stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.4% on average over the last month. Stewart Information Services is down 4.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $78 (compared to the current share price of $70.98).
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