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KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.

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KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.

KINS·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0000033992

Kingstone Companies, Inc. offers property and casualty insurance products through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company (KICO). KICO is a New York-based insurer that writes business through retail and wholesale agents and brokers. KICO actively writes personal lines and commercial auto insurance in New York. In 2024, KICO was the 12th largest writer of homeowners insurance in New York. KICO is also licensed in New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Maine. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, 98.0% and 96.0% of KICO's direct written premiums, respectively, originated from New York policies. Additionally, through its subsidiary, Cosi Agency, Inc. (Cosi), a multi-state licensed general agency, the company accesses alternative distribution channels. Cosi earns commission revenue from KICO for policies it places and pays commissions to other agencies, retaining the profit between the commission revenue received and the commission expense paid. On February 5, 2025, a subsidiary entered into a contract to sell its headquarters building in Kingston, New York, and an adjacent mixed-use property to Ulster County, New York, for $3,600,000. The sale closed on March 19, 2025. In 2025, the company made two additional prepayments on its 13.75% Senior Notes due June 30, 2026.

KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC. (NASDAQ:KINS) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 18 items for KINS at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-24, rated 8/10. Across its 18 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 10 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for KINS spans 8-K, 10-Q, 4, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Kingstone Dismisses CBIZ CPAs, Hires Deloitte After Adverse ICFR Attestation
  • Kingstone Flags Material Weakness in Internal Controls Over Missing SOC 1 Reports
  • Kingstone Posts Record Q2 Profit and Reaffirms 2026 Outlook
  • Kingstone Authorizes Share Repurchase Program for up to 1 Million Shares
  • Kingstone Authorizes Buyback of Up to 1 Million Shares, Signaling Confidence

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$214.87M
Net Income
$40.77M
Diluted EPS
$2.88
Op. Cash Flow
$75.86M
Free Cash Flow
$73.05M
Cash & Equivalents
$12.18M
Total Debt
$4.44M
Debt / Equity
0.04×
Net Margin
19.0%
Shares Outstanding
14.4M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-03-16 · accession 0000033992-26-000013

Short Interest & Short Volume

4.78 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 334,885 shares in KINS as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 8.9% decrease from the prior period — about 4.8 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 55.0% of KINS volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)334,885 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 8.9%
Days to cover4.78 at avg daily volume of 70,071
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)55.0% of 29,686 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume47.3%

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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$18.5
52-week range · as of 2026-08-24 $13.08 – $20.9
Market cap
$267.81M
Volume
68.1K (0.7× avg)
3-mo avg 92.5K
Live data · 2026-10-03 11:59 UTC · Market closed

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KINS
Aug 24, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $20.09
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: -$1.59 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Aug 07, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $20.30
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: -$1.80 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Aug 06, 2026, 4:19 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $21.54
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: -$3.04 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
May 20, 2026, 4:22 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $15.59
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$2.91 (+19%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
May 19, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $15.33
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$3.17 (+21%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
May 13, 2026, 5:12 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $14.16
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$4.34 (+31%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
May 08, 2026, 1:57 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $15.89
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$2.62 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
May 07, 2026, 4:33 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $15.70
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$2.80 (+18%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
May 07, 2026, 4:22 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $15.70
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$2.80 (+18%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Apr 20, 2026, 5:23 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $18.21
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$0.290 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Apr 20, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $18.21
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$0.290 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Apr 08, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $14.88
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$3.62 (+24%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Apr 02, 2026, 4:29 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $14.54
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$3.96 (+27%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Mar 16, 2026, 2:16 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $15.73
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$2.78 (+18%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Mar 12, 2026, 4:33 PM EDT
Filing Type: SCHEDULE 13D
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $15.27
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$3.23 (+21%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Mar 05, 2026, 4:30 PM EST
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $16.79
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$1.71 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Mar 05, 2026, 4:17 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $16.48
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$2.02 (+12%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
KINS
Feb 04, 2026, 4:33 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $16.50
Real-time Price: $18.50 info
Change: +$2.00 (+12%) info
Market Cap: $267.808M info
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