Octave Specialty Group, Inc.

Octave Specialty Group, Inc.

OSG · NYSE · Financial Services / Insurance - Specialty

5.34USD+0.25 (+4.91%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close5.09
Open5.17
Day Range5.17 – 5.42
52-Week Range3.88 – 10.38
Volume429.74K
Market Cap184.71M
P/E (TTM)0.00
Forward P/E6.92
EPS-1.95
Dividend Yield0.00%
Beta0.82
50-Day Avg4.92
200-Day Avg5.58

About

Octave Specialty Group, Inc., an insurance holding company, primarily engages in the specialty property and casualty insurance business in the United States and the United Kingdom. It operates in two segments, Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance; and Insurance Distribution. The Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance segment provides specialty property and casualty program insurance with a focus on commercial and personal liability risks. The Insurance Distribution segment offers property, niche specialty risk, accident and health, miscellaneous specialty, reinsurance, surety, marine and energy, specialty auto, excess and surplus lines commercial package, professional lines, and directors' and officers' insurance. The company was formerly known as Ambac Financial Group, Inc. and changed its name to Octave Specialty Group, Inc. in November 2025. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Company Details

  • SectorFinancial Services
  • IndustryInsurance - Specialty
  • CEOMr. Claude LeBlanc CPA
  • Employees483
  • Headquarters40 Wall Street, New York, NY, United States, 10005, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.octavegroup.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Claude LeBlanc CPAPresident, CEO & Director · b. 1965
  • Mr. David TrickExecutive VP, CFO & Treasurer · b. 1971
  • Ms. Rhonta Sharon SmithExecutive VP & Group COO · b. 1971
  • Mr. Lawrence F. MetzSenior MD & General Counsel · b. 1973
  • Ms. Cristina Elizabeth AhnChief Accounting Officer · b. 1982
  • Mr. Randy PaezChief Information Officer
  • Ms. Karen L. BeyerMD & Head of Investor Relations
  • Ms. Kate SmithDirector of Corporate Communications
  • Ms. Cheryl WalterChief People Officer
  • Mr. Naveen AnandPresident of Octave Partners · b. 1967

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD1986-12-311987-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue295.00M293.50M307.40M310.10M399.70M187.30M240.60M327.60M234.20M282.30M452.90M381.70M457.00M533.30M891.50M946.80M958.60M1.27B1.40B1.61B1.83B-4.21B-2.75B3.90B434.13M292.64M863.27M1.27B403.39M644.58M501.93M616.00M508.00M496.00M156.00M247.00M53.61M124.73M235.81M251.22M
Growth (%)--0.51%+4.74%+0.88%+28.89%-53.14%+28.46%+36.16%-28.51%+20.54%+60.43%-15.72%+19.73%+16.70%+67.17%+6.20%+1.25%+32.71%+10.17%+15.16%+13.50%-330.06%+34.67%+241.65%-88.87%-32.59%+194.99%+46.96%-68.20%+59.79%-22.13%+22.73%-17.53%-2.36%-68.55%+58.33%-78.29%+132.65%+89.06%+6.53%
Cost of Revenue158.80M173.50M157.60M153.40M195.10M31.40M34.50M36.20M35.40M34.50M40.98M43.55M52.70M59.80M70.23M87.99M103.25M145.44M176.16M267.56M153.74M395.45M2.23B2.82B719.36M1.86B683.63M900.96M-545.57M-768.71M-11.49M513.00M-223.00M13.00M225.00M-72.00M29.25M76.73M137.17M47.19M
Gross Profit136.20M120.00M149.80M156.70M204.60M155.90M206.10M291.40M198.80M247.80M411.92M338.15M404.30M473.50M821.26M858.81M855.35M1.13B1.23B1.35B1.68B-4.61B-4.98B1.09B-285.23M-1.57B179.64M685.69M948.97M1.41B513.42M103.00M731.00M483.00M-69.00M319.00M24.36M47.99M98.65M204.03M
Gross Margin46.17%40.89%48.73%50.53%51.19%83.24%85.66%88.95%84.88%87.78%90.95%88.59%88.47%88.79%92.12%90.71%89.23%88.57%87.43%83.42%91.61%109.38%180.90%27.82%-65.70%-535.40%20.81%54.05%235.25%219.26%102.29%16.72%143.90%97.38%-44.23%129.15%45.45%38.48%41.83%81.21%
Operating Expense65.60M69.90M75.20M80.50M91.70M6.30M14.20M15.80M18.80M20.90M17.12M18.45M26.80M25.50M-55.23M275.89M275.03M-92.03M223.26M323.83M468.15M536.54M637.27M-1.65B467.77M316.14M436.14M-593.18M455.71M903.23M408.39M388.00M457.00M666.00M371.00M320.00M60.07M72.22M158.49M305.04M
Operating Income70.60M50.10M74.60M76.20M112.90M149.60M191.90M275.60M180.00M226.90M394.80M319.70M377.50M448.00M876.50M582.92M580.32M1.22B1.00B1.02B1.21B-5.15B-5.62B2.73B-753.00M-1.88B-256.50M1.28B493.25M510.06M105.03M-285.00M274.00M-183.00M-440.00M-1.00M-35.71M-24.22M-59.84M-101.01M
Operating Margin23.93%17.07%24.27%24.57%28.25%79.87%79.76%84.13%76.86%80.38%87.17%83.76%82.60%84.01%98.32%61.57%60.54%95.80%71.50%63.36%66.06%122.11%204.04%70.08%-173.45%-643.42%-29.71%100.80%122.28%79.13%20.92%-46.27%53.94%-36.90%-282.05%-0.40%-66.60%-19.42%-25.38%-40.21%
EBITDA91.70M61.70M97.60M87.50M139.10M8.70M18.80M21.50M28.30M26.00M21.30M19.90M30.30M35.00M510.24M263.45M287.37M1.12B221.68M1.32B1.65B-4.63B-5.25B881.64M-568.03M-1.75B-141.12M4.08B776.14M799.37M405.20M-12.00M623.00M381.00M-160.00M246.00M-31.91M-18.99M-30.52M-40.42M
EBITDA Margin31.08%21.02%31.75%28.22%34.80%4.64%7.81%6.56%12.08%9.21%4.70%5.21%6.63%6.56%57.23%27.83%29.98%88.16%15.82%81.74%89.97%109.94%190.76%22.60%-130.84%-598.38%-16.35%321.51%192.40%124.01%80.73%-1.95%122.64%76.81%-102.56%99.60%-59.53%-15.23%-12.94%-16.09%
Net Income37.30M35.50M46.40M52.00M55.90M113.70M130.20M179.30M141.10M167.50M276.30M223.00M254.00M307.90M366.20M432.90M432.59M618.90M724.60M751.01M875.91M-3.25B-5.61B14.61M-753.20M-1.96B-256.68M3.85B484.07M493.40M74.84M-329.00M267.00M-216.00M-437.00M-17.00M521.25M3.63M-556.45M-240.92M
Net Income Margin12.64%12.10%15.09%16.77%13.99%60.70%54.11%54.73%60.25%59.33%61.01%58.42%55.58%57.73%41.08%45.72%45.13%48.65%51.70%46.53%47.81%77.06%203.71%0.37%-173.49%-669.90%-29.73%303.80%120.00%76.55%14.91%-53.41%52.56%-43.55%-280.13%-6.88%972.26%2.91%-235.97%-95.90%
Interest Expense44.00M-37.70M41.80M61.50M6.30M14.20M15.80M18.80M20.90M20.90M21.30M32.80M36.50M37.48M275.89M275.03M250.52M223.26M295.15M435.20M510.37M362.69M153.76M181.33M128.09M112.32M115.97M127.48M116.54M124.34M120.00M242.00M269.00M222.00M187.00M167.00M31.22M9.38M18.64M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue14.92%-12.26%13.48%15.39%3.36%5.90%4.82%8.03%7.40%4.61%5.58%7.18%6.84%4.20%29.14%28.69%19.69%15.93%18.29%23.75%-12.11%-13.17%3.94%41.77%43.77%13.01%9.14%31.60%18.08%24.77%19.48%47.64%54.23%142.31%75.71%311.50%25.03%3.98%7.42%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD1986-12-311987-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets1.24B1.26B1.32B1.54B1.50B1.43B2.07B3.81B4.29B5.31B5.88B8.25B11.21B11.35B10.12B12.27B15.36B16.75B18.59B19.73B20.27B23.57B16.95B18.89B29.05B27.11B27.01B27.11B25.16B23.73B22.64B23.19B14.59B13.32B13.22B12.30B7.97B8.43B8.06B2.22B
Total Liabilities578.70M596.60M622.50M833.00M786.20M684.40M1.21B2.71B3.26B3.91B4.26B6.38B9.12B9.33B7.52B9.28B11.73B12.49B13.56B14.35B14.08B21.29B20.03B20.52B30.40B30.26B30.25B26.13B23.49B21.77B20.66B21.55B12.96B11.78B12.07B11.19B6.65B7.00B6.86B1.14B
Total Equity661.50M662.20M695.70M707.60M712.10M747.40M861.30M1.10B1.03B1.40B1.62B1.87B2.10B2.02B2.60B2.98B3.63B4.25B5.02B5.37B6.18B2.28B-3.78B-2.29B-2.01B-3.81B-3.91B702.98M1.40B1.68B1.71B1.38B1.59B1.48B1.08B1.04B1.25B1.36B856.91M715.79M
Cash82.90M97.40M110.30M66.20M97.80M114.00M85.70M110.20M100.00M160.60M7.73M9.26M8.24M13.59M45.43M76.58M25.82M24.45M19.96M28.30M31.87M123.93M107.81M113.23M9.50M16.00M43.84M77.37M73.90M35.74M91.03M623.70M63.09M24.00M20.00M17.00M30.00M19.22M47.27M68.44M
Total Debt465.00M479.40M492.50M691.30M635.30M149.10M149.20M223.60M223.70M223.70M223.80M4.54B6.38B6.56B5.32B6.13B7.90B7.87B8.95B9.49B9.35B10.38B1.87B4.64B16.31B14.51B17.64B15.05B13.85B13.45B12.27B13.15B8.20B7.38B7.23B6.45B3.75B3.48B150.00M117.56M
Net Debt382.10M382.00M382.20M625.10M537.50M149.10M149.20M223.60M223.70M223.70M216.06M4.54B6.37B6.55B5.27B6.05B7.87B7.84B8.93B9.46B9.32B10.25B1.76B4.53B16.30B14.50B15.54B14.98B13.78B13.42B12.18B12.53B8.13B7.35B7.21B6.43B3.72B3.46B102.72M49.12M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD1985-12-311986-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow31.00M37.30M46.40M88.00M98.10M197.50M-27.80M201.80M265.60M231.30M190.63M324.52M337.66M454.40M481.33M671.83M805.49M1.00B949.70M1.01B903.13M945.38M-1.42B-1.85B-2.09B3.56M-613.90M186.22M-971.51M91.81M843.54M-212.77M-1.54B-311.00M-175.00M-131.00M70.37M200.00M762.00K-52.28M
Investing Cash Flow----109.10M70.70M-176.40M-296.30M-1.39B-799.50M-401.30M-658.25M-1.89B-2.06B-630.29M776.49M-1.40B-2.51B-1.07B-1.61B-1.46B-1.51B-1.42B5.25B4.59B2.47B228.03M1.04B-132.19M1.28B-175.75M-714.64M928.77M1.59B1.00B432.00M776.00M-41.16M435.00M-166.37M199.94M
Financing Cash Flow----22.90M-137.20M-18.50M321.20M1.19B534.30M177.70M463.19M1.56B1.72B181.24M-1.23B760.76M1.65B69.10M655.27M465.03M613.22M564.87M-3.84B-2.73B-487.28M-225.08M-396.24M-20.50M-307.11M46.90M-69.71M-182.12M-585.38M-691.00M-303.00M-657.00M-19.23M-423.00M194.22M-126.30M
Capital Expenditure00085.80M5.90M59.40M81.20M163.50M146.10M196.10M151.20M91.40M19.10M177.30M106.86M112.01M152.64M87.01M59.44M17.42M67.38M560.94M619.08M619.78M421.36M194.25M038.56M32.90M1.09M666.00K11.00K22.19M133.31M178.00M7.79M6.35M30.79M00
Free Cash Flow31.00M37.30M46.40M2.20M92.20M197.50M-27.80M201.80M265.60M231.30M190.63M324.52M337.66M454.40M481.33M671.83M805.49M1.00B949.70M1.01B903.13M945.38M-1.42B-1.85B-2.09B3.56M-613.90M186.22M-971.51M87.54M843.54M-212.77M-1.54B-311.00M-353.00M-131.00M70.37M200.00M762.00K-52.28M
Dividends Paid---17.90M17.20M15.30M14.40M15.90M17.40M19.50M21.50M24.16M26.57M29.37M32.21M35.94M40.25M44.74M50.91M58.80M69.91M79.57M15.80M12.51M817.00K46.88M----31.91M---------
FCF to OCF100.00%100.00%100.00%2.50%93.99%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%95.35%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%201.71%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Dividend Paid to FCF---813.64%18.66%7.75%-51.80%7.88%6.55%8.43%11.28%7.45%7.87%6.46%6.69%5.35%5.00%4.46%5.36%5.84%7.74%8.42%-1.11%-0.68%-0.04%1317.82%----3.78%---------

Earnings

Report DateMay 21, 2013Aug 14, 2013Nov 13, 2013Mar 4, 2014May 12, 2014Aug 11, 2014Nov 10, 2014Mar 2, 2015May 11, 2015Aug 10, 2015Nov 9, 2015Feb 18, 2016May 10, 2016Aug 9, 2016Nov 3, 2016Mar 1, 2017May 10, 2017Aug 9, 2017Nov 8, 2017Feb 28, 2018May 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018Nov 7, 2018Feb 28, 2019May 9, 2019Aug 8, 2019Nov 7, 2019Mar 2, 2020May 11, 2020Aug 6, 2020Nov 9, 2020Mar 1, 2021May 10, 2021Aug 5, 2021Nov 8, 2021Feb 24, 2022May 10, 2022Aug 8, 2022Nov 8, 2022Feb 28, 2023May 9, 2023Aug 7, 2023Nov 7, 2023Feb 27, 2024May 6, 2024Aug 5, 2024Nov 12, 2024Feb 26, 2025May 12, 2025Aug 7, 2025Nov 10, 2025Feb 26, 2026May 6, 2026Aug 6, 2026Nov 9, 2026
EPS Estimate-2.040.99-0.950.990.58-0.351.131.041.400.990.940.68-3.011.221.331.020.850.570.30-0.10-0.162.861.18-1.91-0.47-0.77-0.67-0.720.59-0.42-0.45-0.16-0.78-0.82-0.760.88-0.11-0.06-0.09-0.020.210.240.130.06-0.07-0.24-0.23-0.200.02-0.01-0.06
EPS Actual0.934.434.171.483.75-2.513.069.735.275.703.7710.644.822.543.23-2.09-2.011.54-3.300.127.220.78-1.660.24-0.201.881.63-1.91-5.75-0.52-2.010.080.59-0.300.53-0.160.300.287.374.18-0.300.072.000.320.820.18-0.46-0.12-0.13-0.22-0.21-0.020.37-0.04-
Surprise-117.16%321.21%-294.74%-353.54%427.59%-1405.71%404.42%262.50%660.00%386.87%170.21%375.00%--166.78%26.23%-348.12%-88.24%749.41%36.84%-653.33%340.00%-25.00%-34.27%38.14%0.00%-1123.40%32.47%-200.00%111.11%0.00%28.57%217.78%0.00%138.46%134.15%1069.74%376.79%-172.73%216.67%2322.22%1700.00%290.48%-25.00%-453.85%-300.00%-85.71%8.33%8.70%90.00%1750.00%-300.00%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap184.71M
Enterprise Value263.33M
Trailing P/E0.00
Forward P/E6.92
Price / Sales0.58
Price / Book0.27
EPS-1.95
Book Value15.52
Revenue (TTM)320.67M
Gross Profit (TTM)199.17M
EBITDA7.37M
Profit Margin-51.11%
Operating Margin-8.64%
Return on Equity-6.76%
Return on Assets-0.47%
Shares Outstanding45.05M
Shares Float42.46M
Beta0.82
Dividend Yield0.00%
Dividend Rate0.00
Payout Ratio0.00%

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
69.73%
Insiders
7.91%
Retail / Other
22.36%

Top Institutional Holders

  • BlackRock Inc
    3.92M8.70%
  • Western Standard LLC
    2.25M4.99%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
    1.95M4.32%
  • Prescott Group Capital Management LLC
    1.59M3.54%
  • Gendell Jeffrey L
    1.41M3.14%
  • Third Avenue Management LLC
    1.34M2.98%
  • Bain Capital Credit
    1.11M2.46%
  • Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd
    1.07M2.36%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC
    1.02M2.27%
  • State Street Corp
    941.40K2.09%
  • Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.
    884.27K1.96%
  • Nuveen, LLC
    800.25K1.78%
  • Jane Street Group LLC
    764.38K1.70%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.
    716.95K1.59%
  • Caption Management, LLC
    642.60K1.43%
  • Bracebridge Capital, LLC
    579.23K1.29%
  • RIHO Partners, LLC
    554.82K1.23%

Top Fund Holders

  • Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest
    1.38M3.07%
  • Third Avenue Small Cap Value Instl
    1.34M2.97%
  • iShares Russell 2000 ETF
    1.07M2.38%

Dividends

20241×
0.06Mar 27, 2024
20231×
0.06Dec 20, 2023
20161×
0.48Mar 16, 2016

Stock Splits

  • Dec 13, 20003:2
  • Sep 11, 19972:1