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Root is a technology insurance company founded on the idea that car insurance rates should be based primarily on driving behaviors, not demographics. We are revolutionizing the archaic car insurance industry by using modern technology, data science, and telematics to offer fair, personalized rates to good drivers.
$59.98
+$0.35 (+0.59%)
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Net margin is thin at 2.66%. This may reflect rising credit costs, rate compression, or operational inefficiency.
Revenue grew 29.0% YoY.
At 18x earnings, the multiple is above the banking sector average. Financials rarely sustain elevated multiples through credit cycles.
17.7x earnings. In line with financial-sector norms. The question is whether the current credit environment supports sustained earnings at this level.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$1.56B
▲ +29.0% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$58M
▲ +30.4% YoY
Net Margin
3.70%
P/E
17.7x
Balance Sheet
Total Assets
$1.68B
Equity
$326M
Total Debt
$200M
Cash & Equiv.
$608M
5Y CAGR: +34.3%
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At a P/E of 17.7 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 5.5, Root (ROOT) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $214.13 per share, so at $59.98 the stock looks undervalued (257.0% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Root scores 68/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $214.13 per share for ROOT, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $160.59. At today's $59.98, that puts the stock about 257.0% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Root scores 68 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 5.1% operating margin and a 16.3% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. ROOT currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 68/100 on quality (solid). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.