Lancashire Holdings Limited: Resilience improved, catalyst still lacking

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August 5, 2026 12:59 AM GMT

Lancashire Holdings Limited | Europe

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc+

Daniel Wilson-Omordia

Equity Analyst

Resilience improved, catalyst

still lacking

Hadley Cohen

Equity Analyst

Alexa Psillos, FASSA

Equity Analyst

Following 1H26 results, we address the current key debates:

margins, resilience and capital returns. We maintain that

Lancashire is better positioned than in past cycles, but

weakening pricing still limits re-rating potential. A mid-teens div.

yield should support downside. Reiterate Equal-weight.

We see 3 key debates on the stock:

1) Outlook for margins as pricing weakens. Underlying margins broadly held up

year on year in 1H26, with the headline COR miss largely explained by the Baltimore

Lancashire Holdings Limited (LRE.L, LRE LN)

Insurance | United Kingdom

Stock Rating

Industry View

Price target

Shr price, close (Aug 4, 2026)

52-Week Range

Mkt cap, curr (mn)

Net debt (12/26e) (mn)*

EV, curr (mn)*

Fiscal Year Ending

Lancashire’s key lines. Management commentary indicates that the effect of more

EPS (US$)**

Prior EPS (US$)**

Curr P/E, basic

P/B, basic, curr price

Return on avg eqty

(%)**

Total dividends per

share (US$)

Div yld, curr price (%)

the pressure to become more visible in 2027e.

2) Levers for resilience. We see three potential sources of resilience as pricing

softens. First, Lancashire is more diversified than in previous cycles, giving

management greater flexibility to allocate capacity across product lines and

supporting a more stable top line. Second, management can flex its reinsurance and

retro purchasing to reduce catastrophe exposure and earnings volatility, as

Equal-weight

In-Line

590p

592p

664-495p

US$2,004

US$477

US$2,482

* = GAAP or approximated based on GAAP

Bridge reserve addition. However, pricing continues to deteriorate across several of

recent rate reductions has yet to earn fully through the results. We therefore expect

12/25 12/26e 12/27e 12/28e

1.17

6.6

1.3

19.5

1.06

1.14

7.3

1.3

17.8

1.08

1.17

7.2

1.3

18.2

1.05

1.16

7.3

1.3

17.9

1.48

1.23

18.5

15.3

Unless otherwise noted, all metrics are based on Morgan Stanley ModelWare

framework

** = Based on consensus methodology

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