Negative shareholders' equity. Liabilities exceed assets on the balance sheet.
Porch's liabilities exceed its assets on the balance sheet. Large share buybacks can cause this in healthy companies, but so can accumulated losses; either way, debt-based ratios need care.
Shareholders being diluted. Shares outstanding up 34% from December 2022 to July 2026.
Porch had 34% more shares at July 2026 than at December 2022, mostly from issuing stock (for pay, acquisitions or fundraising). Each existing share now owns a smaller slice of the business.Porch had 34% more shares at July 2026 than at December 2022, mostly from issuing stock. Each existing share now owns a smaller slice of the business.
Stock pay outran buybacks. Stock-based pay expense $77M vs $6M spent repurchasing shares over the 3 fiscal years to 2025.
Over three fiscal years Porch recorded $77M of stock-based pay expense and spent $6M repurchasing shares (repurchases can include shares withheld to cover employees' taxes). Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.Over three fiscal years Porch recorded $77M of stock-based pay expense and spent $6M repurchasing shares. Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.
Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.
Porch made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.
SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price60% base weight · Z-score -3.12Sector median: 0.0789 · MAD: 0.0253
Other data (not scored)
EBITDA yield2.3%
SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.1095 · MAD: 0.0527
Free cash flow yield3.4%
SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0796 · MAD: 0.0459
Return on equity and return on assets versus other banks and insurers.
Return on assets-1.6%
SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile50% base weight · Z-score -2.09Sector median: 0.0117 · MAD: 0.0062
Return on equity-103.3%
Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile50% base weight · Z-score -2.86Sector median: 0.1074 · MAD: 0.0388
Other data (not scored)
Gross marginUnavailable
Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: Unavailable · MAD: Unavailable
Operating margin7.9%
SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.1450 · MAD: 0.1678
Return on invested capitalUnavailable
Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: Unavailable · MAD: Unavailable
Risk
Debt, liquidity, price swings
Not rated
Not rated for banks and insurers: debt and share-price swings say little about their risk. We leave it blank rather than fill the gap with a made-up middle value.
Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.
Questions investors ask about Porch
Is Porch getting weaker?
Its latest SEC filing (Jul 29, 2026) got weaker in some ways: operating margin fell 2.1 points to 7.9%; share count up 3.2%. Its overall score is unchanged at 3/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Porch valued vs its peers?
Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 0/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers.Book yield -0.4% vs a peer median of 79.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).Book yield -0.4% vs peers 79.5% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Porch growing?
More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 10/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers.
How profitable is Porch?
Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 0/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers.Return on assets -1.6% vs a peer median of 1.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -1.6% vs peers 1.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Porch?
Not rated for banks and insurers: debt and share-price swings say little about their risk.
Latest filing: what changed
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Jul 29, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026
Got weaker
Operating margin fell 2.1 points to 7.9%
Share count up 3.2% (existing holders diluted)
Worth watching: Porch is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.
Previous quarter
Latest quarter
Change
Revenue (12 months)
498.8M USD
513.6M USD
+3.0%
Net income (12 months)
−16.5M USD
−13.4M USD
−18.4%
Operating margin
10.0%
7.9%
−2.1 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)
90.1M USD
95.6M USD
+6.1%
Debt
399.0M USD
405.3M USD
+1.6%
Cash
64.2M USD
195.6M USD
+204.7%
Shares outstanding
127.7M
131.8M
+3.2%
From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.
Valuations in Insurance - Property & Casualty are within their usual range since 2016.
48% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
32% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-book history.
Over 24 months, company values +14% and earnings +58% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
Median price-to-book is −38% vs the whole market, against a usual −47%.
2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026
Describes valuations since 2016; it does not predict prices. US companies worth $1B+, from SEC filings and month-end prices, as of Aug 2026. Today's companies and industry labels are used throughout. Measured on earnings and book value yields. How this works
Financials
Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year
Key ratios
FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
FY 2024
FY 2025
Change
Operating margin
-43.3%
-64.2%
-44.2%
-14.7%
7.6%
▲ 22 pts
Net margin
-55.4%
-56.7%
-31.1%
-7.5%
-0.7%
▲ 6.8 pts
Return on assets (ROA)
-10.3%
-14.9%
-14.9%
-4.0%
-0.4%
▲ 3.6 pts
Return on equity (ROE)
-49.1%
-197.3%
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Debt to equity
1.91×
5.57×
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Interest coverage
-14.48×
-20.30×
-5.98×
-1.52×
0.71×
▲ 147%
PRCH price history
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