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Kingstone Letter from the CEO: Additional Detail for 2024 and 2025 Financial Guidance
KINGSTON, NY / ACCESSWIRE / November 19, 2024 / Kingstone Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:KINS) (the "Company" or "Kingstone"), a Northeast regional property and
About this update from Kingstone Companies, Inc
[{"type":"text","content":"KINGSTON, NY / ACCESSWIRE / November 19, 2024 / Kingstone Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:KINS) (the \"Company\" or \"Kingstone\"), a Northeast regional property and casualty insurance holding company, today issued a Letter to Shareholders from Meryl Golden, Chief Executive Officer.Dear Fellow Investors:Last week, all of us at Kingstone were thrilled and proud to report record profitability and growth for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, including the highest level of income since Kingstone Insurance Company was acquired by Kingstone Companies in 2009, coupled with record-breaking premiums written. We are happy now to provide additional details with respect to guidance and debt repayment.GuidanceAs previously announced, net income per share for 2024 and 2025 are expected to increase significantly, and we have raised our guidance for the last three consecutive quarters. Beginning with the second quarter of 2024, we began providing guidance using basic shares and followed that practice in the third quarter of 2024. We are providing additional context to net income per share guidance by disclosing these metrics, using both basic and fully diluted share counts, and will disclose both metrics going forward. Other than the inclusion of guidance as to net income per share - diluted, the below guidance is the same as what was included in last week's earnings press release.Guidance Metrics2024E2025ECore Business1 direct premiums written growth225% to 35%15% to 25%Combined ratio79% to 83%82% to 86%Net income per share - basic$1.40 to $1.70$1.60 to $2.00Net income per share - diluted$1.30 to $1.60$1.45 to $1.85Return on equity32% to 26%24% to 32%1Kingstone refers to New York business as its \"Core\" business and business outside of New York as its \"Non-Core\" business.2Core direct premiums written is not based on GAAP. Direct premiums written represent the total premiums charged on policies issued by the Company during the respective fiscal period. Net premiums earned is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to direct premiums written. -The following reflects the impact of dilution to total shares outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and full-year 2024/2025 guidance:Common Stock Metrics(shares in millions)Nine Months Ended September 30, 20242024E2025EWeighted average shares outstanding - basic11.111.612.5Weighte...