The Travelers Companies, Inc. · TRV · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

Travelers posts strong Q1 start while investing in AI

Travelers’ Q1 2026 analysis points to strong current underwriting performance and continued investment in technology and products. The main counterweights are catastrophe losses, liability-cost pressure, a softening premium environment, and execution questions around AI adoption.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $75.59B market cap
90quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $7.71 Consensus $7.07
EPS surprise +9.1% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $10.34B Consensus $10.72B
Revenue surprise -3.5% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -0.2% Event window
SPY move +0.2% Same window
Abnormal move -0.4% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.1× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -0.2% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The analysis highlights the completed sale of most Canadian operations on January 2, 2026, which lowered year-over-year premium growth without materially affecting EPS. It also identifies generative-AI tools for independent agents as a new implementation focus.

Guidance delta

Maintained; the analysis reports no change to guidance sentiment.

Key takeaways

  • Underwriting and investment results were strong, with core income of $1.7 billion and an 88.6% combined ratio.
  • The company returned $2.2 billion to shareholders and raised its dividend 14%.
  • AI and technology investment, product launches, and commercial-lines growth remain central priorities.
  • The Canada divestiture reduced year-over-year premium growth but had no material EPS effect, according to the analysis.

Management priorities

  • Roll out AI-enabled tools for agents and underwriting.
  • Expand the Travis digital quoting platform beyond 1 million annual transactions.
  • Advance TCAP commercial auto and BAP 2.0 small-commercial offerings.
  • Maintain dividend growth and share repurchases.
  • Pursue opportunistic M&A with strategic or return benefits.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
TRV EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 8 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $5.09 Q4 '23 actual $7.01, beat Q1 '24 estimate $4.90 Q1 '24 actual $4.69, miss Q2 '24 estimate $1.98 Q2 '24 actual $2.51, beat Q2 '25 estimate $3.65 Q2 '25 actual $6.51, beat Q3 '25 estimate $6.39 Q3 '25 actual $8.14, beat Q4 '25 estimate $8.80 Q4 '25 actual $11.13, beat Q1 '26 estimate $7.07 Q1 '26 actual $7.71, beat Q2 '26 estimate $5.41 Q2 '26 actual $10.04, beat Q3 '26 estimate $6.77 Q4 '26 estimate $9.60 Q1 '27 estimate $7.73 Q2 '27 estimate $5.85

Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold44 ratings
Bullish1125.0%
Neutral2965.9%
Bearish49.1%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$362.39Previous close
$95Low
$276.28Average
$430High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 25, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainSep 21, 2026
Mizuho Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 16, 2026
Roth Capital Buy BuyMaintainJul 21, 2026
Morgan Stanley Underweight UnderweightMaintainJul 21, 2026
BMO Capital Market Perform OutperformDowngradeJul 21, 2026
Barclays Underweight UnderweightMaintainJul 21, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainJul 20, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 20, 2026
B of A Securities Underperform UnderperformMaintainJul 20, 2026
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 15, 2026
TD Cowen Sell HoldDowngradeJul 13, 2026
Wells Fargo Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 9, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 9, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 8, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Market Perform OutperformDowngradeJul 8, 2026
Raymond James Strong Buy Strong BuyMaintainJul 6, 2026
HSBC Hold HoldMaintainJul 6, 2026
JP Morgan Neutral UnderweightUpgradeMay 26, 2026
Jefferies Hold HoldMaintainApr 11, 2025
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainJan 23, 2025
Goldman Sachs Buy SellUpgradeJan 8, 2025
Janney Montgomery Scott Neutral BuyDowngradeNov 21, 2024
Roth MKM Buy BuyMaintainOct 21, 2024
Deutsche Bank Hold HoldMaintainAug 7, 2024
William Blair Market Perform OutperformDowngradeJun 28, 2024
Oppenheimer Perform PerformMaintainApr 5, 2024
CFRA Buy HoldUpgradeApr 19, 2023
MKM Partners Buy BuyMaintainJan 25, 2023
Wolfe Research Peer Perform OutperformDowngradeJun 23, 2022
Credit Suisse Neutral NeutralMaintainApr 1, 2021
Buckingham Research Neutral NeutralMaintainJan 22, 2020
Buckingham Neutral NeutralMaintainJan 22, 2020
Bank of America Neutral BuyDowngradeSep 18, 2019
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Market Perform OutperformDowngradeJun 6, 2019
B. Riley Securities Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 7, 2018
B. Riley FBR Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 7, 2018
Argus Hold BuyDowngradeMay 5, 2018
Argus Research Buy BuyMaintainApr 26, 2018
Atlantic Equities Neutral UnderweightUpgradeJan 26, 2018
FBR Capital Market Perform OutperformDowngradeFeb 13, 2017
Sandler O'Neill Hold BuyDowngradeJul 28, 2014
Guggenheim Buy NeutralUpgradeMay 12, 2014
Drexel Hamilton Hold BuyDowngradeApr 24, 2013
Sterne Agee Neutral NeutralMaintainApr 20, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $362.39. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$379$368.5 +4.6%Jul 21, 2026
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$350$368.66 -3.4%Jul 20, 2026
Truist FinancialMark Hughes$425$366.87 +17.3%Jul 20, 2026
Raymond JamesGregory Peters$430$368.98 +18.7%Jul 20, 2026
Raymond JamesAnalyst unavailable$307$368.98 -15.3%Jul 20, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$290$336.83 -20.0%Jul 15, 2026
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$340$339.42 -6.2%Jul 13, 2026
Truist FinancialMark Hughes$395$337.48 +9.0%Jul 10, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$329$337.48 -9.2%Jul 10, 2026
BarclaysAlex Scott$295$303.9 -18.6%Jun 12, 2026
Seaport GlobalAnalyst unavailable$322$306.46 -11.1%May 26, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$314$305.76 -13.4%Apr 20, 2026
Goldman SachsRobert Cox$304$283.19 -16.1%Jan 7, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$317$284.98 -12.5%Jan 7, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesYaron Kinar$317$290.64 -12.5%Dec 15, 2025
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$313$284.97 -13.6%Oct 8, 2025
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$264$255.99 -27.2%Jul 10, 2025
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$269$274.54 -25.8%May 19, 2025
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$310$241.51 -14.5%Jan 24, 2025
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$270$259.7 -25.5%Oct 22, 2024
JMP SecuritiesMeyer Shields$273$259.7 -24.7%Oct 21, 2024
Roth CapitalHarry Fong$300$265.45 -17.2%Oct 21, 2024
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$256$265.45 -29.4%Oct 21, 2024
Deutsche BankCave Montazeri$277$264.82 -23.6%Oct 18, 2024
RBC CapitalMark Dwelle$273$264.82 -24.7%Oct 18, 2024
BarclaysAlex Scott$286$231.42 -21.1%Sep 4, 2024
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$207$203.48 -42.9%Jul 22, 2024
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$196$203.48 -45.9%Jul 22, 2024
CFRACathy Seifert$225$203.48 -37.9%Jul 19, 2024
Evercore ISIDavid Motemaden$236$203.48 -34.9%Jul 19, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$210$203.48 -42.1%Jul 19, 2024
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$240$203.48 -33.8%Jul 19, 2024
J.P. MorganJimmy Bhullar$242$220.6 -33.2%Jul 19, 2024
J.P. MorganStephen Tusa$95$213.07 -73.8%Jul 15, 2024
RBC CapitalMark Dwelle$225$206.58 -37.9%Apr 18, 2024
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$202$206.58 -44.3%Apr 17, 2024
CFRACathy Seifert$235$205.25 -35.2%Apr 17, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$214$206.06 -40.9%Apr 17, 2024
UBSBrian Meredith$225$223.12 -37.9%Apr 17, 2024
Raymond JamesGregory Peters$185$159.68 -49.0%Jul 25, 2022
RBC CapitalMark Dwelle$165$156.83 -54.5%Jul 22, 2022
Wolfe ResearchCharles Lederer$156$163.15 -57.0%Jun 22, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$184$176.88 -49.2%Apr 20, 2022
RBC CapitalMark Dwelle$190$184.86 -47.6%Apr 9, 2022
Credit SuisseAndrew Kligerman$178$166.82 -50.9%Jan 30, 2022
JefferiesYaron Kinar$176$161.48 -51.4%Jan 6, 2022
Bank of America SecuritiesJoshua Shanker$152$156.96 -58.1%Oct 20, 2021
UBSBrian Meredith$158$154.52 -56.4%Oct 11, 2021
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

The Travelers Companies, Inc., through its network of subsidiaries, delivers a broad spectrum of commercial and personal property and casualty insurance products and services. These offerings cater to businesses, government entities, associations, and individual clients both within the United States and internationally. The company's operations are divided into three primary segments: Business Insurance, Bond & Specialty Insurance, and Personal Insurance. The Business Insurance segment provides a comprehensive portfolio of commercial coverages, ranging from foundational offerings like workers' compensation, commercial auto, property, general liability, multi-peril, and employers' liability, to more specialized policies. These specialized offerings include public and product liability, professional indemnity, marine, aviation, onshore and offshore energy, construction, terrorism, personal accident, and even kidnap and ransom insurance.…

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Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-09-25. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.