Equity has grown from $4.8B in Q2 2024 to $5.2B in Q3 2026 against stable liabilities near $1.6B and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, indicating strengthening capitalization driven by retained earnings rather than leverage.
Enact Holdings Inc. (ACT) balance sheet — 8-year assets, liabilities & shareholders' equity history
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 |
|---|
| Total Assets | 6.79B | 6.89B | 6.55B | 6.22B | 5.74B | 5.91B | 5.7B | 4.56B | 4.1B |
| Asset Growth % | 10.28% | 5.25% | 5.34% | 8.4% | -3.02% | 3.79% | 25.1% | 11.13% | - |
| Total Investment Assets | 4M | 6.05B | 5.63B | 5.29B | 4.89B | 5.29B | 5.05B | 3.76B | 3.7B |
| Long-Term Investments | 18.4B | 6.05B | 5.63B | 5.29B | 4.89B | 5.29B | 5.05B | 3.76B | 3.7B |
| Short-Term Investments | 5.94B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Current Assets | 6.6B | 628.62M | 652.46M | 660.75M | 555.51M | 468.09M | 499.26M | 626.22M | 199.06M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 504.61M | 582.49M | 599.43M | 615.68M | 513.77M | 425.83M | 452.79M | 585.06M | 159.05M |
| Receivables | 285.17M | 46.13M | 53.03M | 45.07M | 41.74M | 42.27M | 46.46M | 41.16M | 40.01M |
| Other Current Assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goodwill & Intangibles | 22.19M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goodwill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intangible Assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PP&E (Net) | 0 | 0 | 8.8M | 11.3M | 13.6M | 15.5M | 0 | 22.6M | 0 |
| Other Assets | 121.05M | 194.31M | 167.12M | 143.57M | 124.76M | 88.84M | 106.86M | 86.7M | 80.38M |
| Total Liabilities | 1.59B | 1.54B | 1.55B | 1.59B | 1.63B | 1.81B | 1.82B | 727.97M | 825.07M |
| Total Debt | 745.62M | 744.48M | 760.32M | 768.68M | 771.26M | 775.82M | 775.51M | 46.8M | 0 |
| Net Debt | 241.01M | 161.99M | 160.89M | 153M | 257.48M | 349.99M | 322.72M | -538.26M | -159.05M |
| Long-Term Debt | 745.62M | 744.48M | 749.74M | 755.15M | 755.32M | 758.12M | 707.14M | 23.4M | 0 |
| Short-Term Debt | 0 | 0 | 3.88M | 3.8M | 3.44M | 0 | 51.46M | 0 | 0 |
| Total Current Liabilities | 694.63M | 91.64M | 118.56M | 153.13M | 206.16M | 246.32M | 358.4M | 383.46M | 421.79M |
| Accounts Payable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Revenue | 77.32M | 91.64M | 114.68M | 149.33M | 202.72M | 246.32M | 306.94M | 383.46M | 421.79M |
| Other Current Liabilities | 617.31M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Taxes | 0 | 0 | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K |
| Other Liabilities | 153.69M | 702.16M | 650.44M | 640.11M | 634.27M | 736.53M | 651.63M | 245.59M | 375.27M |
| Total Equity | 5.2B | 5.36B | 5B | 4.63B | 4.1B | 4.11B | 3.88B | 3.83B | 3.27B |
| Equity Growth % | 12.61% | 7.19% | 7.85% | 12.96% | -0.11% | 5.76% | 1.43% | 16.9% | - |
| Shareholders Equity | 5.2B | 5.36B | 5B | 4.63B | 4.1B | 4.11B | 3.88B | 3.83B | 3.27B |
| Minority Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Retained Earnings | 4.08B | 3.68B | 3.13B | 2.55B | 2.1B | 1.65B | 1.3B | 1.37B | 942.41M |
| Common Stock | 1.36M | 1.42M | 1.52M | 1.59M | 1.63M | 1.63M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accumulated OCI | -294.36M | -30.14M | -207.45M | -230.4M | -382.74M | 83.58M | 208.38M | 93.43M | -26.52M |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 12.75% | 13.03% | 14.29% | 15.24% | 17.16% | 13.69% | 9.61% | 19.09% | 14.78% |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 9.84% | 10.03% | 10.78% | 11.14% | 12.09% | 9.42% | 7.23% | 15.66% | 11.8% |
| Equity / Assets | 76.53% | 77.68% | 76.28% | 74.5% | 71.5% | 69.42% | 68.12% | 84.02% | 79.87% |
| Debt / Equity | 0.14x | 0.14x | 0.15x | 0.17x | 0.19x | 0.19x | 0.20x | 0.01x | - |
| Book Value per Share | 37.58 | 35.86 | 31.71 | 28.62 | 25.11 | 25.21 | 23.84 | 23.50 | 20.10 |
| Tangible BV per Share | 37.58 | 35.86 | 31.71 | 28.62 | 25.11 | 25.21 | 23.84 | 23.50 | 20.10 |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying ACT stock.
As of 2025, Enact Holdings Inc. (ACT) had total assets of $6.89B including $628.6M in current assets.
Enact Holdings Inc. (ACT) carries total debt of $744.5M, offset by $582.5M in cash and short-term investments. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
Enact Holdings Inc. (ACT) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $5.36B ($35.86 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.
Enact Holdings Inc. (ACT) reported a current ratio of 6.86x. A current ratio above 1.0x indicates that the company has more current assets than current liabilities, suggesting sufficient short-term liquidity.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Reserve adequacy and persistency sensitivity
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Capital Base Growing Through Retained Earnings
Based on ACT's reported figures, equity rose from $4.8B in Q2 2024 to $5.2B in Q3 2026 while total liabilities held near $1.6B, indicating the balance sheet is strengthening largely through retained earnings rather than leverage.
The equity expansion of roughly $400M over ten quarters, against a flat liability base, suggests the capital position is compounding from internal generation. This pattern implies that ACT's balance sheet strength is organic, though the gains have been partly offset by ongoing capital returns that investors should continue to monitor.
Reserve Volatility Obscures Underlying Loss Trend
As reported in financial statements, quarterly loss ratios swung from 5.7% in Q4 2025 to 28.5% in Q3 2025, a range that suggests reserve estimates are being revised materially between periods.
Such a wide dispersion in loss ratios points to discretionary reserve development rather than a smooth emergence of claims, which may flatter or depress reported earnings in individual quarters. Investors should treat the trailing average, not any single quarter, as the appropriate run-rate, and warrant further investigation into the drivers of favorable development.
Low Leverage Supports Capital Deployment Capacity
Based on ACT's reported figures, the debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14% and equity of roughly $5.2B indicate substantial statutory capacity for buybacks and dividends without pressuring the balance sheet.
The near-absence of financial leverage implies that capital return is funded from earnings rather than borrowing, which is consistent with the Q3 2026 buyback and dividend outflows. The supplied data does not include RBC or PMIERs sufficiency ratios, so the true excess capital buffer cannot be confirmed from this dataset.
Cash Position Thin Relative to Investment Portfolio
Based on ACT's reported figures, cash balances are unavailable in most quarters while total investments are reported at roughly $1.0M in the supplied data, so the liquidity profile cannot be fully characterized from these figures.
The reported investment figures appear inconsistent with total assets of $6.8B, which suggests a data-quality or classification limitation rather than an analytical finding. Absent reliable cash and reinsurance recoverable detail, liquidity conclusions remain provisional and should be verified against the full statutory filings.
Persistency Tailwind May Reverse With Rate Cuts
According to recent SEC filings, the Q3 2026 EPS miss of $1.15 against $1.18 consensus, combined with a sequential decline in net income, may indicate earnings momentum is softening as the persistency tailwind matures.
The strong balance sheet rests partly on a long-duration premium base that benefits from elevated mortgage rates reducing refinancing activity. A rate-cut cycle could accelerate runoff and compress future premium growth, which would test the durability of current capital generation. Investors should monitor persistency and new insurance written trends as leading indicators of balance sheet trajectory.