Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. Stock Upgraded (ENH)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Endurance Specialty Holdings (NYSE:ENH) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, increase in net income and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• ENH's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 5.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 6.5%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
• ENH's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.20 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels.
• The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Insurance industry. The net income increased by 194.4% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$87.42 million to $82.54 million.
• ENDURANCE SPECIALTY HOLDINGS reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, ENDURANCE SPECIALTY HOLDINGS swung to a loss, reporting -$2.97 versus $6.48 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($4.58 versus -$2.97).

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Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., through its subsidiaries, underwrites specialty lines of personal and commercial property and casualty insurance and reinsurance worldwide. Endurance Specialty has a market cap of $1.75 billion and is part of the financial sector and insurance industry. Shares are up 5.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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