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Beazley plc (BZLYF)

Sobrevalorada
Financial ServicesInsurance - SpecialtyUnited Kingdom

Fundamental

53

Precio

$1308.37

Capitalización Bursátil

$7.79B

Parte 1 · Cuánto vale la empresa

Resumen

Beazley is a specialist insurer operating mainly through Lloyd's of London: it underwrites risks that standard insurers avoid or price poorly, such as cyberattacks, kidnap and ransom, and large or unusual property and marine exposures. Brokers bring it individual risks, Beazley's underwriters price and accept them, and the company collects premiums up front in exchange for a promise to pay claims that may not surface for years.

Cómo genera ingresos

Revenue is insurance premium, earned gradually over the life of each policy rather than booked all at once when it is written, plus investment income on the reserves held to pay future claims. Profit depends on charging more in premiums than the claims and expenses eventually paid out — a gap the industry calls the combined ratio — so the same dollar of premium can be very profitable or a loss depending entirely on how claims develop years later.

Ingresos por segmento

Specialty Risks32.3%

A broad book of professional liability, executive risk and other specialty commercial lines outside the other four categories.

Property Risks27.9%

Insurance on physical property and related business interruption, including large and catastrophe-exposed commercial risks.

Cyber Risks20.1%

Cover against data breaches, ransomware and other digital attacks — one of the newer and fastest-changing lines Beazley underwrites.

MAP Risks16%

Marine, aviation and political risk lines, grouped together as a single underwriting division.

Digital3.8%

Smaller commercial risks underwritten and distributed through digital, algorithm-driven channels rather than traditional broker placement.

Ventaja competitiva

Patentes y licencias · Estrecha

Underwriting specialty risks like cyber or kidnap and ransom well requires claims data and expertise built up over many years, which is hard for a new entrant to replicate quickly. The advantage is narrow rather than wide because capital, not just expertise, backs an insurer's ability to write business, and well-funded rivals can buy their way into the same specialty lines.

Qué impulsa la demanda

Cíclico

Insurance pricing moves in multi-year cycles driven by how much capital the industry has available to write risk: after large losses, prices rise and Beazley can charge more for the same risk; after a run of profitable years, new capital enters, competition increases and rates soften, as the company itself reported happening across its book in 2025.

Riesgos clave

  • Catastrophe and cyber accumulation risk — The company identifies catastrophe risk — large events caused by nature such as hurricanes and earthquakes, or by people such as a coordinated cyberattack, pandemic or war — as a principal risk that can generate claims far larger than any single premium collected.
  • Softening underwriting cycle — Rates on renewal business decreased by 3.6% on average across the portfolio in 2025, a softening market that, if it continues, would compress the margin Beazley earns on the same risks over time.
  • Reserving and reserve adequacy — Beazley names reserving risk among its principal insurance risks: claims on specialty lines like cyber or professional liability can take years to emerge, so reserves set aside today may prove too low once the true cost of past policies becomes known.

Los argumentos a favor

Buyers argue that specialty underwriting expertise built over decades lets Beazley price risks that generalist insurers cannot, that a combined ratio in the low 80s shows real underwriting discipline rather than luck, and that cyber and other specialty lines still have room to grow as more of the economy needs that cover.

Los argumentos en contra

Sellers fear that softening rates on renewal business will keep compressing margins as more capital chases the same specialty risks, that a single large catastrophe or cyber event could produce losses far above what current reserves assume, and that reserves set years ago for slow-to-emerge claims may need to be strengthened later.

Written by the editors, published on 18 de agosto de 2026

Direct competitors

Who this company fights with for the same customers

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P/E: 9.4Score: 72Market cap: $21.56B

Markel's insurance arm competes head-on in US excess and surplus specialty liability and at Lloyd's, with overlapping professional liability, cyber and marine offerings.

P/E: 7.2Score: 79Market cap: $32.42B

Arch underwrites professional lines, cyber, property and marine through its London and Lloyd's operations and its US insurance segment, chasing the same broker-placed specialty business.

Hiscox LtdHSX

The closest London-listed peer: Hiscox underwrites the same Lloyd's specialty book — cyber, professional indemnity, D&O, property and marine — and competes for the same brokers and commercial clients in the UK and the US.

Chubb LimitedCB

Chubb is the other leader of the global standalone cyber market alongside Beazley and bids for the same large corporate cyber, D&O and specialty liability programmes worldwide.

AXIS Capital Holdings LimitedAXS

AXIS writes the same specialty lines — cyber, professional lines, marine and property — through both its Lloyd's syndicate and its US excess and surplus platform, targeting Beazley's core mid-market and corporate buyers.

Lancashire Holdings LimitedLRE

Lancashire is the other London-listed Lloyd's specialty underwriter competing in property, energy, marine, aviation and political risk — the classes that make up Beazley's Property and MAP divisions.

Balance y Liquidez

Ingresos

$5.56B

Últimos 12 meses hasta el último trimestre publicado — estimación a partir de métricas por acción

Beneficio Neto

$656M

Últimos 12 meses hasta el último trimestre publicado — estimación a partir de métricas por acción

Flujo de Caja Libre

$-7M

Patrimonio Neto Total

$3.67B

Pasivo Total

$624M

Ratio de Liquidez

36.00

Cobertura de Intereses

-

Deuda/EBITDA

0.50

Beneficio Por Acción

Ingresos y Beneficio Neto

Flujo de Caja Libre

Desglose de Ingresos

Estado histórico

Márgenes en el tiempo

La deuda en el tiempo

Cuánto pesa la deuda

Cuadro de crecimiento

Crecimiento — Ingresos

Estimación de Valor Justo

Caso generalSobrevalorado

Valor Justo

$338.68

Precio Actual

$1308.37

Margen de Seguridad

-286.3%

Rango de Valor Justo

$220.14 - $457.22

Dispersión entre los métodos de valoración utilizados, no un intervalo de confianza calibrado estadísticamente.

Métodos de Estimación

Precio objetivo de los analistas:$1312.86
Flujo de caja descontado (DCF):$21.25
Múltiplo sobre beneficios (P/E):$9.97
Fórmula de crecimiento de Graham:$13.51
Valor de la capacidad de generar beneficios (EPV):$13.09
P/B justificado:$20.07
Descuento de dividendos (Gordon):$8.86
P/FFO, fondos de operaciones:Datos insuficientes para calcularlo
Beneficios de mitad de ciclo:Datos insuficientes para calcularlo
Múltiplo sobre ingresos:$24.38
Consenso de Analistas:Comprar (9B / 8H / 0S)
Última Sorpresa de Resultados:-41.75%

Métricas de Valoración

Ratio P/E

1190.74

ROE

14.2%

Ratio P/B

160.76

P/FCF

-

Margen Bruto

29.4%

ROIC

14.9%

Radar de Rentabilidad

Creación de Valor (Ventaja Competitiva)

ROIC

14.9%

WACC

7.4%

ROIC − WACC

+7.5 pp

El ROIC supera el coste del capital: la empresa está creando valor para los accionistas.

Criterios de Análisis Fundamental

Superado (10)

  • Price CAGR 12.92%
  • ROIC 14.9%
  • Debt/Equity ratio
  • Operating Margin 14.2%
  • Current Ratio
  • Debt/EBITDA
  • ROE 13.9%
  • Revenue Growth 5Y 15.5%
  • Analyst Consensus 53% Buy
  • Earnings Quality (OCF/NI) 0.88

Fallido (8)

  • Gross Margin 29.4%
  • P/B Ratio 160.76
  • Positive Free Cash Flow
  • Price below Graham Number
  • DCF valuation (Unknown)
  • Earnings Surprise avg -13.0%
  • Net Margin Trend 15.0% vs 18.3%
  • Piotroski F-Score 1/9

No disponible (9)

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  • CapEx intensity
  • Interest Coverage
  • Return on Tangible Assets
  • Low reliance on intangibles
  • PEG Ratio (need PE > 0 and growth > 0)
  • Share Dilution (missing shares data)

Piotroski F-Score

1/9

Preocupaciones financieras graves

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criteria

Calidad de los Beneficios

0.88

Moderada: cierta brecha entre beneficios y efectivo

Dilución de Acciones

-

Recomprando acciones. Favorable para el accionista

Participaciones institucionales

No hay declaraciones institucionales para esta empresa.

Gobernanza

Equipo Directivo

NombreCargoEdad
Mr. Adrian Peter CoxCEO & Executive Director54
Ms. Barbara Plucnar JensenGroup CFO & Executive Director54
Mr. Troy DehmannChief Operating Officer-
Mr. Stuart SimpsonChief Investment Officer-
Mark MoerdykChief Technology Officer-
Ms. Sarah BoothHead of Investor Relations & Chair of the Diversity Steering Group-
Ms. Georgina Peters-VenzanoChief Marketing Officer-
Ms. Elizabeth Mary Jane AshfordChief People Officer & Head of ESG58
Mr. Jeremiah Edward Sullivan Jr.Head & Chair of US Management Committee-
Mr. Patrick HartiganGroup Head of Treaty-

Riesgo de Auditoría

1

Riesgo del Consejo

2

Riesgo de Compensación

10

Riesgo de Derechos del Accionista

1

Parte 2 · El precio y el momento de entrar

Esta parte no sirve para saber si la empresa vale: sirve para elegir cuándo comprarla, una vez que los fundamentales te han convencido. Dentro: análisis técnico, potencial, caídas históricas, exposición gamma.

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