Q1 Earnings Forecast for Radian Group Issued By Roth Capital

Radian Group Inc. (NYSE:RDN) – Research analysts at Roth Capital raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Radian Group in a research note issued to investors on Friday, February 7th. Roth Capital analyst H. Fong now anticipates that the insurance provider will post earnings per share of $0.98 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.93. The consensus estimate for Radian Group’s current full-year earnings is $3.67 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Radian Group’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.01 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.04 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.05 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.04 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.09 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.11 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.30 EPS.

Separately, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price objective on Radian Group from $41.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $36.30.

Radian Group Price Performance

Shares of NYSE RDN opened at $32.84 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.89 billion, a PE ratio of 8.35, a P/E/G ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.46 and a quick ratio of 2.01. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $32.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $34.13. Radian Group has a fifty-two week low of $27.20 and a fifty-two week high of $37.86.

Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The insurance provider reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.17. Radian Group had a return on equity of 13.96% and a net margin of 46.85%.

Institutional Trading of Radian Group

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Radian Group by 2.7% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,700,279 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $232,433,000 after buying an additional 177,142 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Radian Group by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,094,163 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $193,307,000 after purchasing an additional 248,423 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of Radian Group by 0.4% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,588,237 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $124,476,000 after purchasing an additional 12,834 shares during the last quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Radian Group by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC now owns 1,644,386 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $52,160,000 after acquiring an additional 5,524 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vest Financial LLC increased its position in Radian Group by 35.4% during the 4th quarter. Vest Financial LLC now owns 1,092,054 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $34,640,000 after purchasing an additional 285,481 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 95.33% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Derek Brummer sold 14,705 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.65, for a total transaction of $509,528.25. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 171,830 shares in the company, valued at $5,953,909.50. The trade was a 7.88 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 2.16% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Radian Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 25th were paid a $0.245 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 25th. This represents a $0.98 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.98%. Radian Group’s payout ratio is 24.94%.

About Radian Group

Radian Group Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mortgage and real estate services business in the United States. It operates through two segments, Mortgage Insurance and Homegenius segments. The Mortgage Insurance segment aggregates, manages, and distributes U.S. mortgage credit risk for mortgage lending institutions and mortgage credit investors, through private mortgage insurance on residential first-lien mortgage loans; and other credit risk management solutions, including contract underwriting.