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James River Group Holdings, Inc.

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James River Group Holdings, Inc.

JRVR·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0001620459

James River Group Holdings, Inc. operates a group of specialty property and casualty insurance companies. The company primarily focuses on underwriting small and middle market casualty risks within the U.S. excess and surplus ("E&S") lines market. For the year ended December 31, 2025, approximately 84.5% of its gross written premiums and 95.9% of its net written premiums originated from the E&S lines market. Substantially all of its business is casualty insurance, accounting for 96.7% of gross written premiums for the year ended December 31, 2025. The company aims to generate returns on tangible common equity by earning profits from insurance underwriting and generating risk-adjusted investment returns, while managing capital efficiently. James River Group Holdings, Inc. limits its exposure to property catastrophe events. For the year ended December 31, 2025, property insurance represented 3.3% of gross written premiums. When writing property insurance, the company uses reinsurance to significantly mitigate risk, structuring arrangements so that the modeled net pre-tax loss from a 1/1000 year probable maximum loss ("PML") event would not exceed 2.5% of shareholders' equity on a group-wide basis, inclusive of reinstatement premiums payable and net retentions. In 2025, the company completed a leadership reorganization, including new board appointments and new Presidents at both operating segments. On November 7, 2025, the company completed the Domestication of its holding company, changing its incorporation from Bermuda to the U.S., and recognized a one-time benefit of $14.1 million related to business interest expense.

James River Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:JRVR) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 11 items for JRVR at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-10, rated 7/10. Across its 11 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 5 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for JRVR spans 8-K, SCHEDULE 13D, 10-Q.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • James River Q2 Net Income Jumps 59% Despite 29% Premium Drop
  • Court Allows James River Group to Pursue Direct Breach Damages
  • Court Allows James River Group to Pursue Direct Damages in Subsidiary Sale Dispute
  • James River Appoints Experienced Financial Expert Rajiv Basu to Board, Chairs Audit Committee
  • Activist Investor Zimmer Partners Discloses 10% Stake, Demands Strategic Changes

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$687.61M
Net Income
$47.43M
Diluted EPS
$0.79
Op. Cash Flow
-$18.79M
Free Cash Flow
-$23.59M
Cash & Equivalents
$260.94M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
6.9%
Shares Outstanding
45.97M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-04-30 · accession 0001620459-26-000022

Short Interest & Short Volume

7.43 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 1,810,357 shares in JRVR as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 3.9% increase from the prior period — about 7.4 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 60.0% of JRVR volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)1,810,357 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 3.9%
Days to cover7.43 at avg daily volume of 243,762
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)60.0% of 74,174 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume60.1%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$3.49
52-week range · as of 2026-06-17 $3.49 – $7.2
Market cap
$161.41M
Volume
194.5K (0.7× avg)
3-mo avg 281.9K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:50 UTC · Market closed

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Aug 10, 2026, 4:18 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $4.55
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$1.06 (-23%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
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Jun 17, 2026, 5:03 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $4.03
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$0.540 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
Jun 17, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $4.03
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$0.540 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
Jun 08, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $3.97
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$0.480 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
May 15, 2026, 9:43 PM EDT
Filing Type: SCHEDULE 13D
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $4.15
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$0.660 (-16%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
May 12, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $4.20
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$0.7103 (-17%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
May 05, 2026, 4:11 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $4.66
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$1.17 (-25%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
May 04, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.97
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$2.48 (-42%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
Mar 27, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $6.15
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$2.66 (-43%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
Mar 06, 2026, 4:07 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $6.47
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$2.98 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
JRVR
Mar 02, 2026, 4:05 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $7.00
Real-time Price: $3.49 info
Change: -$3.51 (-50%) info
Market Cap: $161.409M info
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