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Travelers Companies

TRV on NYSE. Travelers sells property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals. Market value $75.2bn.

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Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Some use the latest annual report instead, as marked. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.

Cash flow or capital spending isn't reported, so free cash flow is unknown.

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Return on equity
five annual reports to December 2025
12.9%five-year median

Yearly profit per dollar of owners' money: 13 cents. Above 10 is good.

Price to book
quarterly report to June 2026
2.3×

What you pay for each dollar of net assets: $2.27.

Earnings yield
past 12 months to June 2026
11.0%

Profit per $100 you pay: $11.04.

Quality score: 73 of 100. Price score: 68 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$360.64 a share, 43% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $252.26 to $398.70.

Expected to report results Thursday 15 Oct, before the market opens.

Dividend: 1.3% a year

Paid every year for at least 5 years

Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

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20212022202320242025
Revenue
$34.8bn$36.9bn$41.4bn$46.4bn$48.8bn
Operating margin
n/an/an/an/an/a
Debt to equity
n/an/an/an/an/a
Shares outstanding
0.23bn0.23bn0.23bn0.22bn0.21bn

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positiveDoesn't apply to banks and insurers
  • Accounting checksDoesn't apply to banks and insurers
  • DebtDoesn't apply to banks and insurers
  • Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 8.8% a year
  • Buying back its own sharesYes, 11% fewer since 2021

The quarter to June 2026

How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

  • Sales: $12.2 billion last quarter, about the same as a year ago.
  • Profit: $2.2 billion, up 46% on a year ago.
  • 7% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
  • Sales grew on a year ago in each of the last 4 quarters.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$11.9bn
December 2024$12.0bn
March 2025$11.8bn
June 2025$12.1bn
September 2025$12.5bn
December 2025$12.4bn
March 2026$11.9bn
June 2026$12.2bn
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$1.3bn
December 2024$2.1bn
March 2025$395m
June 2025$1.5bn
September 2025$1.9bn
December 2025$2.5bn
March 2026$1.7bn
June 2026$2.2bn

From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.

Dates

Next results (estimated)
15 October 2026
Last annual report (10-K)
12 February 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
16 October 2026

Who owns it

14 long-term investors we follow own it, down from 15 last quarter. 1,853 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26

Sold out this quarter

Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

3 investors own more than 5%.

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 14 sold $104m.

  • OLIVO MARIA
    EVP, ERM & Chief Risk Officer
    Sold
    Date
    28 August 2026
    Shares
    6,000
    Price
    $369.86
    Value
    $2m
  • Yin Daniel Tei-Hwa
    EVP & Co-Chief Invest. Officer
    Sold
    Date
    24 July 2026
    Shares
    7,153
    Price
    $387.00
    Value
    $3m
  • Kurtzman Diane
    EVP & Chief HR Officer
    Sold
    Date
    24 July 2026
    Shares
    4,164
    Price
    $386.71
    Value
    $2m
  • Rowland David Donnay
    EVP & Co-Chief Invest. Officer
    Sold
    Date
    22 July 2026
    Shares
    5,000
    Price
    $371.69
    Value
    $2m
  • Munson Paul E.
    SVP & Corp. Controller
    Sold
    Date
    22 July 2026
    Shares
    1,525
    Price
    $369.90
    Value
    $564,105
  • BESSETTE ANDY F
    EVP and Chief Admin Officer
    Sold
    Date
    22 July 2026
    Shares
    3,000
    Price
    $368.11
    Value
    $1m
  • Klein Michael Frederick
    EVP & President, Personal Ins.
    Sold
    Date
    21 July 2026
    Shares
    6,000
    Price
    $366.09
    Value
    $2m
  • Frey Daniel S.
    EVP & Chief Financial Officer
    Sold
    Date
    21 July 2026
    Shares
    14,037
    Price
    $368.24
    Value
    $5m
  • Lefebvre Mojgan M
    EVP & Chief Tech & Ops Officer
    Sold
    Date
    21 July 2026
    Shares
    16,313
    Price
    $368.38
    Value
    $6m
  • Klein Michael Frederick
    EVP & President, Personal Ins.
    Sold
    Date
    26 May 2026
    Shares
    10,000
    Price
    $307.65
    Value
    $3m

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

Warning signs in its filings

Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.

None of the warning signs we check for were found.

We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.

We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 12 Feb 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 17 Jul 2026 and 7 later 8-Ks.

A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.

What could go wrong

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The deep dive

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