PhiloSmith Capital Corp

Fundamental concentrated ★Highest signal financials specialist (100%) CIK 1942361
League rank
#653
in Fundamental concentrated · #4127 overall
Long book
$350.6M
Q1 2026
Positions
22
Top-10 weight
78%
concentration
Last quarter
+11.2%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
4%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

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PhiloSmith Capital Corp is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, specialised in financials (100% of the long book), running a $350.6M US long book across 22 positions.

The portfolio is extremely concentrated — the top 10 positions are almost the whole book. The book barely moves quarter to quarter — a patient, low-turnover holder. Current anchor positions: REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD, PRIMERICA INC, AFLAC INC, CHUBB LTD.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 2pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 2 of 9 quarters. We rate its filings highest-signal: new buys here are worth attention.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
-0.6%
Q2 2024
+11.5%
Q3 2024
+1.4%
Q4 2024
+5.8%
Q1 2025
-1.1%
Q2 2025
-0.7%
Q3 2025
+0.2%
Q4 2025
-5.1%
Q1 2026
+11.2%

Sector allocation

Financials
100%
Other
0%

Long book by quarter

$356.8M
Q1 2024
$355.4M
Q2 2024
$395.6M
Q3 2024
$352.9M
Q4 2024
$363.6M
Q1 2025
$359.5M
Q2 2025
$359.8M
Q3 2025
$363.6M
Q4 2025
$350.6M
Q1 2026

What does PhiloSmith Capital own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
RGA REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICAFinancials165.8K$33.8M9.7%Held
RNR RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTDFinancials108.8K$32.3M9.2%Held
PRI PRIMERICA INCFinancials118.2K$29.6M8.4%Held
AFL AFLAC INCFinancials267.8K$29.4M8.4%Held
CB CHUBB LTDFinancials87.0K$28.4M8.1%Held
ACGL ARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTDFinancials287.6K$27.6M7.9%Held
AIG AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUPFinancials339.5K$25.5M7.3%+6.3%
BRO BROWN & BROWN INCFinancials347.4K$22.7M6.5%+9.5%
AMP AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INCFinancials48.9K$21.7M6.2%Held
AJG ARTHUR J GALLAGHER & COFinancials97.7K$21.2M6.0%+11.4%
RJF RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INCFinancials132.8K$19.2M5.5%Held
WRB WR BERKLEY CORPFinancials260.4K$17.3M4.9%Held
RLI RLI CORPFinancials219.8K$12.5M3.6%+10.0%
LMND LEMONADE INCFinancials173.3K$10.9M3.1%Held
FAF FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIALFinancials133.6K$8.1M2.3%Held
FNF FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIALFinancials133.5K$6.2M1.8%Held
HSX HISCOX LTD80.2K$1.6M0.5%Held
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials4.8K$1.4M0.4%Held
SKWD SKYWARD SPECIALTY INSURANCEFinancials15.0K$655K0.2%Held
SAFT SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INCFinancials3.7K$269K0.1%Held
SIGI SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUPFinancials3.0K$226K0.1%Held
DGICA DONEGAL GROUP INC-CL AFinancials5.2K$89K0.0%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 14, 202658$350.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRJan 28, 202661$363.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HROct 22, 202561$359.8M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRJul 21, 202561$359.5M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRApr 21, 202561$363.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 10, 202561$352.9M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HROct 10, 202461$395.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRJul 16, 202461$355.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRApr 17, 202461$356.8M canonicalSEC ↗