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Pelagos Insurance Capital Lt

PLGOBelow valueExpectations · modest

Held by 1 superinvestor.

Price$24.49
Margin of safety−28%
Holders1
Total value$207.3M

SEC 10-K · fundamentals

Business quality

as of 2025-12-31
Revenue growth
+3.3%
Net margin
9.0%
ROE
9.4%
FCF margin
-16.4%
Revenue $1.19B → $2.50B · 5y
What makes a business high quality

Valuation · value band

Margin of safety

$34/ sh · growth-anchored intrinsic value
margin of safety
fair value
above fair value
$24
cheaperpricier

Zero-growth floor

$22

Central IV

$34

Optimistic top

$42

Pelagos Insurance Capital Lt (PLGO): A conservative value band $22–$42 / sh (zero-growth floor to growth-capped optimistic top); central read about $34. Today’s price sits below that band (price $24 as of 2026-08-26).

The middle figure is the main read. The right end is the optimistic case under the same conservative caps — not an absolute ceiling.

Revenue growth 7% (lower of historical trend and fundamental cap, capped by moat) · moat 0 yr · discount 10.6% · Zero-growth downside $22

Price as of 2026-08-26 · yahoo · DGS10 4.7% @ 2026-08-26.

Method & numbers

Operating income is not reported separately (e.g. banks, insurers, and some diversified issuers), so earnings power is shown via the owner-earnings lens only; the unlevered NOPAT lens does not apply.

Model cautions

  • Owner-earnings yield diverges sharply from the 10-year Treasury (over 300 bps).
  • Growth nearly matches the discount rate — the estimate is sensitive to assumptions.

A conservative intrinsic-value band (zero-growth floor to growth-capped DCF) plus a tangible asset floor — not investment advice, not a buy/sell signal, and not a price target.

Owner-earnings DCF $21.02 – $41.84 · Greenwald zero-growth $23.47 · zero-growth base $23.47 · reproduction $22.48

Moat Commodity-like · terminal value 50% of present value · owner-earnings yield 9% vs 10Y 4.7%.

Graham earnings-power value (normalized NOPAT)

Operating income is not reported separately (e.g. banks, insurers, and some diversified issuers), so earnings power is shown via the owner-earnings lens only; the unlevered NOPAT lens does not apply.

Normalized NOPAT from operating margin — not applicable when operating income is not reported separately. Unlevered (pre-interest, attributable to all capital). Capitalized at the 9–11% rate band (read as a WACC proxy). Enterprise → equity bridge (+ cash − total debt) — not applied (lens not assessable).

Years: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

Buffett owner-earnings value$19.21 – $23.47 / sh

Owner earnings = average net income + average D&A − maintenance capex (zero-growth floor; no ΔNWC). Levered (starts from net income, already after interest — an equity-holder stream). Capitalized at the 9–11% rate band (read as a cost-of-equity proxy). No enterprise→equity bridge: the capitalized result is already equity value (subtracting debt would double-count interest).

Years: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

v1 simplifications: Net income is below its multi-year average (cyclical/declining): normalized owner earnings anchored to the latest year — no peak-earnings capitalization (audit #2). Maintenance capex or D&A unavailable → degraded to normalized net income (= average net income over the years shown). One-time items are not separately normalized (multi-year averaging smooths them partially). Share-based compensation is left as a real expense (not added back); see the SBC/OE disclosure. Capitalized at the 9–11% band as a cost-of-equity proxy; no leverage premium applied. Financial issuer (bank/insurer): net debt / owner earnings does not describe a deposit-funded balance sheet, so no leverage premium is applied here; leverage is instead handled by the reliability gate.

Reproduction value = tangible net assets $2.40B = $22.48 / sh. Total book value (shareholders' equity ÷ diluted shares); intangibles not separated — goodwill/intangibles unavailable this period.

Moat reading: Franchise test compares earnings power (EPV) against reproduction value (tangible net assets + capitalized R&D). EPV well above reproduction value signals a moat; near it, a commodity; below it, value destruction. Dual reproduction test unavailable (intangibles not separated). A directional reading, not a verdict.

Growth value gated to zero — no moat or ROIIC ≤ WACC, so no growth value is credited.

Window FY 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 · discount band 9%–11% · normalized tax 11% (Average effective tax rate over 5 year(s), capped at the statutory 21%.) · diluted shares.

Owner-earnings DCF: growth g₁ 7% · OE FY 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 · Discount band: 9.16%–12.00% (DGS10 +4.5% to a 12% strict end, as of 2026-08-26). No enterprise→equity bridge: owner earnings already flow to shareholders (post-interest), so no net cash is added and no debt subtracted — matching the engine owner-earnings lamp.

What the price is betting

Today's price pencils in about 1.0% a year in owner-earnings for the next few years. Revenue actually grew 21.5% a year.

Below what it has already done.

Roughly, the price needs its historical revenue growth to run about 2 more years to hold up.

How to read intrinsic value

SEC 13F · holders

Superinvestors Holding This Security

1 holder · $207.3M combined · this quarter +0 opened / -0 exited

This quarter1 added
Holders 1 → 1 · last 8q

SEC 13F · notes

Written summary

Pelagos Insurance Capital Lt (PLGO) is held by 1 of the superinvestors tracked on Compounder, with a combined $207.3M in reported 13F value. The largest position belongs to Leon Cooperman, where it makes up 5.8% of the portfolio.

Over the latest quarter, 0 of the tracked filers opened a new position in PLGO, 1 added to existing ones, 0 trimmed, and 0 sold out entirely.

Holder counts and values reflect the most recent SEC Form 13F filings, through the quarter ended 2026-06-30. Source: SEC EDGAR. A 13F shows only long US-listed positions and can lag the real portfolio by up to 45 days, so this is disclosed long ownership, not a complete picture.

How to read a 13F

SEC 13F · co-ownership

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Sources· SEC EDGAR 13F as of 2026-06-30 · filed 2026-08-14

Educational data only — not investment advice. 13F positions are self-reported and can lag up to 45 days.

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