6 Undervalued Insurance Stocks for Friday, May 15

By Rosalio Madrigal
May 15, 2026
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Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 6 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the Insurance industry. Those looking for value stocks to add to their portfolio may want to use this list as a starting point for further investment research.

Why Focus on Undervalued Insurance Stocks?

Value investors seek to buy stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value. Long-term returns show that such strategies are advantageous. Value stocks, as a group, tend to outperform growth stocks over extended periods of time. Typically, value investors perform financial analysis of numerous metrics, don’t follow the herd and are long-term investors.

AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s Value Score. The Value Score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.

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AAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. These offer intuitive A–F grades for more than just value. It is possible for a stock to appear cheap based on one valuation metric but appear expensive on another. It is also possible for one valuation ratio to be associated with outperforming stocks during certain periods of time but not others. Some stocks may even have null values for certain metrics like the price-earnings ratio or the price-to-book ratio but not others. An example of this would be a company with losses instead of profits or a negative book value because of heavy borrowing. Negative earnings or book value result in non-meaningful ratios that are left blank or null.

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6 Undervalued Insurance Stocks

Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 6 undervalued stocks in the Insurance industry for Monday, May 18, 2026. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Insurance industry median.

Company Ticker Price/Sales Price/Earnings EV/EBITDA Shareholder Yield Price/Book Value Price/Free Cash Flow Value Grade
Assurant, Inc. AIZ 0.97 13.1 7.7 3.6% 2.15 10.0 A
Globe Life Inc. GL 2.07 10.7 8.8 6.9% 1.98 10.9 A
Horace Mann Educators Corporation HMN 1.08 11.3 9.1 4.2% 1.24 4.4 A
The Progressive Corporation PGR 1.31 10.2 9.7 7.1% 3.64 14.2 B
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. SAFT 0.81 16.7 12.3 6.7% 1.22 8.9 A
Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. SLDE 1.34 5.2 10.8 (117.9%) 1.99 2.1 B

The Value Grade is assigned based on how each stock’s composite valuation compares to all other stocks.

The process for assigning grades starts with each variable for a given stock. The percentile rankings for all valid ratios that a stock has are calculated. So, for instance, a stock could have a price-to-book ranking in the 43rd percentile, a price-earnings ranking in the 67th percentile, a price-to-sales ranking in the 23rd percentile, etc. Then, those rankings are averaged for each stock. (A minimum of two valid variables are required, though all six will be used if available.)

Once the average of the individual variables is calculated, that average is ranked against all stocks. Put another way, each stock’s composite valuation is compared to all other stocks. These ranks are then sorted into quintiles from the cheapest 20% (a grade of A) to the most expensive 20% (a grade of F).

As always, we recommend that you conduct proper due diligence and research before investing in any security. We also suggest that investors utilize numerous grades, not just value, when it comes to deciding whether a company is a good fit for their allocation needs.

Assurant, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score AIZ Industry Median
Price/Sales 31 0.97 1.09
Price/Earnings 32 13.1 12.1
EV/EBITDA 22 7.7 8.8
Shareholder Yield 22 3.6% 1.4%
Price/Book Value 54 2.15 1.52
Price/Free Cash Flow 25 10.0 8.1

Assurant, Inc. provides protection services to connected devices, homes, and automobiles in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Global Lifestyle and Global Housing segments. The Global Lifestyle segment offers mobile device solutions, and extended service contracts and related services for consumer electronics and appliances, and credit and other insurance products; and vehicle protection, commercial equipment protection, and other related services. The Global Housing segment provides lender-placed homeowners, manufactured housing, and flood insurance; renters insurance and other products; and voluntary manufactured housing, and condominium and homeowners insurance products. The company was formerly known as Fortis, Inc. and changed its name to Assurant, Inc. in February 2004. Assurant, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Assurant, Inc. has a Value Score of 82, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at Assurant, Inc.’s price-to-sales ratio at 0.97 compared to the industry median at 1.09, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Assurant, Inc.’s stock more attractive for value investors.

Assurant, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 13.10 compared to the industry median at 12.10. This means it has a higher share price relative to earnings compared to its peers. This could make Assurant, Inc. less attractive for value investors.

Now, let’s assess Assurant, Inc.’s EV/EBITDA ratio, also known as enterprise multiple. At 7.7, when compared to the industry median of 8.8, the company may be considered undervalued in relation to its peers. Value investors could use the enterprise multiple to identify stocks that are considered overvalued or undervalued relative to their industry.

Shareholder yield is the sum of a stock’s dividend yield (paid over previous 12 months minus special dividends) and the percentage of net share buybacks over the previous 12 months. Assurant, Inc.’s shareholder yield is higher than its industry median ratio of 1.35%. Value investors may look for an attractive shareholder yield because it can be a powerful tool for identifying if the company has a good management team.

As one of the most common value metrics, the price-to-book ratio evaluates a company’s current market price relative to its book value. Assurant, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its industry median ratio of 1.52. This could make Assurant, Inc. less attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

Lastly, let’s take a look at Assurant, Inc.’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio (P/FCF), which can indicate a company’s market value relative to its operating cash flow. Assurant, Inc.’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio is higher than its industry median ratio of 8.10. This could make Assurant, Inc. less attractive because the higher P/FCF ratio indicates that Assurant, Inc. is undervalued. The P/FCF ratio metric can also be viewed over a long-term time frame to see if the company's cash flow to share price value is generally improving or worsening.

Globe Life Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score GL Industry Median
Price/Sales 50 2.07 1.09
Price/Earnings 21 10.7 12.1
EV/EBITDA 29 8.8 8.8
Shareholder Yield 10 6.9% 1.4%
Price/Book Value 51 1.98 1.52
Price/Free Cash Flow 28 10.9 8.1

Globe Life Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various life and supplemental health insurance products to lower middle- and middle-income families in the United States. It operates in three segments: Life Insurance, Supplemental Health Insurance, and Investments. The company offers whole, term, and other life insurance products, as well as life insurance for children; Medicare supplement and limited-benefit supplemental health insurance products, such as accident, cancer, critical illness, heart, intensive care, and other health products; and final expense, accidental death, mortgage protection, and hospital insurance products. It sells its products through direct-to-consumer channels, exclusive independent agents, general agency independent agents, and brokers. The company was formerly known as Torchmark Corporation and changed its name to Globe Life Inc. in August 2019. Globe Life Inc. was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Globe Life Inc. has a Value Score of 81, which is considered to be undervalued.

Globe Life Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 10.7 compared to the industry median at 12.1. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Globe Life Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Globe Life Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its peers. This could make Globe Life Inc. more attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.52.

You can read more about Globe Life Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Horace Mann Educators Corporation’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score HMN Industry Median
Price/Sales 34 1.08 1.09
Price/Earnings 24 11.3 12.1
EV/EBITDA 31 9.1 8.8
Shareholder Yield 19 4.2% 1.4%
Price/Book Value 33 1.24 1.52
Price/Free Cash Flow 9 4.4 8.1

Horace Mann Educators Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an insurance holding company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Property & Casualty, Life & Retirement, and Supplemental & Group Benefits segments. The Property & Casualty segment offers insurance products, including private passenger auto insurance, residential home insurance, and personal umbrella insurance; standard auto coverage including liability, collision, and comprehensive; property coverage for homeowners and renters. The Life & Retirement segment sells tax-qualified fixed, fixed indexed, and variable annuities; the Horace Mann Retirement Advantage open architecture platform and other defined contribution plans; traditional term, whole life insurance products, and indexed universal life (IUL) products. This segment also offers Life by Design, a portfolio of individual whole life and individual term insurance products that address the financial planning needs of educators; Life Select, a combination product that mixes a base of either traditional whole life, 20-pay life, or life paid-up at age 65 with a variety of term riders; single premium whole life products; and cash value term. The Supplemental & Group Benefits segment offers employer-sponsored products, including accident, critical illness, limited-benefit fixed indemnity insurance, term life, and short-term and long-term disability, as well as worksite direct products, such as supplemental heart, cancer, disability, and accident coverages. The company offers individual protection and savings solutions, including auto insurance, property insurance, liability insurance, 403(b) retirement plans, mutual funds, life insurance, student loan solutions, credit monitoring, and financial wellness workshops. It distributes its products and services through agents, brokers, benefit specialists, direct and digital channels. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Springfield, Illinois.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Horace Mann Educators Corporation has a Value Score of 91, which is considered to be undervalued.

Horace Mann Educators Corporation’s price-earnings ratio is 11.3 compared to the industry median at 12.1. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Horace Mann Educators Corporation more attractive for value investors.

Horace Mann Educators Corporation’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Horace Mann Educators Corporation less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.52.

You can read more about Horace Mann Educators Corporation’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

The Progressive Corporation’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score PGR Industry Median
Price/Sales 38 1.31 1.09
Price/Earnings 19 10.2 12.1
EV/EBITDA 34 9.7 8.8
Shareholder Yield 9 7.1% 1.4%
Price/Book Value 71 3.64 1.52
Price/Free Cash Flow 39 14.2 8.1

The Progressive Corporation operates as an insurance company in the United States. It writes insurance for personal autos and special lines products, including motorcycles, RVs, and watercraft; and personal residential property insurance for homeowners and renters. The company also writes auto-related liability and physical damage insurance for comprising dump trucks, log trucks, garbage trucks, tractors, trailers, straight trucks, tow trucks and wreckers, vans, pick-up trucks, and autos; business-related general liability and commercial property insurance for small businesses; and workers’ compensation insurance for the transportation industry. In addition, it offers other specialty property-casualty insurance and provides related services; personal property reinsurance products; and involved in investment activities. It sells its products through independent insurance agencies, as well as online and over the phone. The Progressive Corporation was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

The Progressive Corporation has a Value Score of 75, which is considered to be undervalued.

The Progressive Corporation’s price-earnings ratio is 10.2 compared to the industry median at 12.1. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes The Progressive Corporation more attractive for value investors.

The Progressive Corporation’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its peers. This could make The Progressive Corporation more attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.52.

You can read more about The Progressive Corporation’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score SAFT Industry Median
Price/Sales 28 0.81 1.09
Price/Earnings 43 16.7 12.1
EV/EBITDA 48 12.3 8.8
Shareholder Yield 10 6.7% 1.4%
Price/Book Value 32 1.22 1.52
Price/Free Cash Flow 21 8.9 8.1

Safety Insurance Group, Inc. provides private passenger and commercial automobile, and homeowner insurance in Massachusetts, the United States. The company offers private passenger automobile policies that provide coverage for bodily injury and property damage to others, no-fault personal injury coverage for the insured/insured’s car occupants, and physical damage coverage for an insured’s own vehicle for collision or other perils. It also provides commercial automobile policies that offer insurance for commercial vehicles used for business purposes, including private passenger-type vehicles, trucks, tractors and trailers, and insure individual vehicles, as well as commercial fleets; and homeowners policies, which provide coverage for homes, condominiums, and apartments for losses to a dwelling and its contents from various perils, and coverage for liability to others arising from ownership or occupancy. In addition, the company offers business owners policies that cover apartments and residential condominiums, restaurants, office condominiums, processing and services businesses, special trade contractors, and wholesalers. Further, it provides personal umbrella policies, which provide personal excess liability coverage over and above the limits of individual automobile, watercraft, and homeowner’s insurance policies; dwelling fire insurance for non-owner occupied residences; and commercial umbrella, which offers an excess liability product to clients. Additionally, the company offers inland marine coverage for homeowners and business owner policies; and watercraft coverage for small and medium sized pleasure crafts. It distributes its products through independent agents. The company was formerly known as Safety Holdings Inc and changed its name to Safety Insurance Group, Inc. in April 2002. Safety Insurance Group, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Safety Insurance Group, Inc. has a Value Score of 83, which is considered to be undervalued.

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 16.7 compared to the industry median at 12.1. This means that it has a higher price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Safety Insurance Group, Inc. less attractive for value investors.

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Safety Insurance Group, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.52.

You can read more about Safety Insurance Group, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Metric Score SLDE Industry Median
Price/Sales 39 1.34 1.09
Price/Earnings 5 5.2 12.1
EV/EBITDA 40 10.8 8.8
Shareholder Yield 94 (117.9%) 1.4%
Price/Book Value 51 1.99 1.52
Price/Free Cash Flow 4 2.1 8.1

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. provides property and casualty insurance services in the United States. The company writes coastal specialty personal lines insurance, including homeowners, condominium unit owners, commercial residential, and other products, as well as offers reinsurance and insurance agency services. Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. has a Value Score of 67, which is considered to be undervalued.

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 5.2 compared to the industry median at 12.1. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its peers. This could make Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. more attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.52.

You can read more about Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

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Other Insurance Stock Grades

Value is just one of the five Stock Grades included in our A+ Investor service. AAII members can see the top-graded stocks—those with grades of A or B for value, growth, momentum, earnings estimate revisions and quality—on the A+ Stock Grades Screener.

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Choosing Which of the 6 Best Insurance Stocks Is Right for You

Choosing which value stocks to invest in will ultimately depend on your individual goals and allocation; however, comparing similar value stocks in the same industry can help you analyze which might be better investments for you in the long run. So, let’s take a look at the Value Grade for all of our stocks.

  • Assurant, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
  • Globe Life Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
  • Horace Mann Educators Corporation stock has a Value Grade of A.
  • The Progressive Corporation stock has a Value Grade of B.
  • Safety Insurance Group, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
  • Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 6 undervalued stocks in the Insurance industry as well as their overall grades, it’s time for you to conduct additional research to see if these could fit your portfolio needs based on your goals and risk tolerance. AAII can help you figure out both and identify which investments align with what works best for you.

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Additional Resources About Insurance Stocks

Want to learn more about Insurance stocks to see if they could be the right investment for you? Check out some additional resources and articles to help you on your financial journey.

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