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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Enact Holdings (ACT)

Enact Q1 2026 EPS rises from a year ago; quarterly dividend raised 14% to $0.24

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Enact Holdings reported first-quarter 2026 GAAP net income of $168 million, or $1.18 per diluted share, up from $166 million, or $1.08, a year earlier but down from $177 million, or $1.22, in the fourth quarter of 2025. The board also raised the quarterly dividend 14% to $0.24 per share from $0.21. Per-share earnings improved year over year and the dividend rose, while new insurance written fell 11% from the prior quarter.

Key points

  • GAAP net income was $168 million, or $1.18 per diluted share, versus $166 million, or $1.08, in Q1 2025 and $177 million, or $1.22, in Q4 2025.
  • Adjusted operating income was $172 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, versus $169 million, or $1.10, in Q1 2025.
  • Quarterly dividend increased 14% to $0.24 per share from $0.21, payable June 18, 2026, to holders of record on May 28, 2026.
  • New insurance written was $13 billion, down 11% from Q4 2025 and up 30% from Q1 2025; about $93 million of shares were repurchased in the quarter.

The filing

CompanyEnact Holdings (ACT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 5, 2026, 4:23 PM ET
Accession number0001823529-26-000106

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 05, 2026.

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