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Octave Specialty Group (OSG) earnings and revenue breakdown

Latest: Q2 2026 · 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 · Octave Specialty Group (OSG) Q2 2026 earnings results →

Q2 2026 Revenue up 51% year over year to $83.0M · 15¢ of every $1 of revenue lost · operating margin -14.1%

Octave Specialty Group made $83.0M in Q2 2026 (+51% Y/Y): Other revenues $33.3M, Accident & Health $13.9M, Property $9.5M. Operating margin -14.1%, net loss $12.2M. See where every dollar goes — costs, profit and cash — as a Sankey from the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026.

Revenue$83.0M
Year over year+51%
Operating margin-14.1%
Net earnings−$12.2M
Operating cash flow−$10.2M

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What changed this quarter

Revenue was $83.0M in Q2 2026, up 51% year over year and down 20% from the previous quarter. Accident & Health was the largest line at 17% of revenue. Accident & Health added $8.8M year over year (up 171%), 31% of the total change. Reinsurance declined 72%.

Operating costs exceeded revenue by $11.7M, an operating margin of -14.1%. Total costs grew 21% against revenue growth of 51%. The fastest-growing cost line was General & admin (+27%). The quarter ended with a net loss of $12.2M, wider than the previous quarter's $2.9M loss.

Operating cash flow was −$10.2M. Non-cash charges added back $12.3M of depreciation and amortization and $4.2M of share-based compensation. Working capital and other items used $14.5M.

Quarterly history

Octave Specialty Group revenue by quarterOctave Specialty Group revenue by quarter$62.8MQ1 2025$55.0MQ2 2025$66.6MQ3 2025$66.9MQ4 2025$104MQ1 2026$83.0MQ2 2026
Octave Specialty Group net earnings by quarterOctave Specialty Group net earnings by quarter−$14.5MQ1 2025−$20.8MQ2 2025−$30.8MQ3 2025−$29.7MQ4 2025−$2.9MQ1 2026−$12.2MQ2 2026
QuarterFormFiledRevenueY/YOp. marginNet earningsOp. cash flow
Q2 202610-QAug 6, 2026$83.0M+51%-14.1%−$12.2M−$10.2M
Q1 202610-QMay 6, 2026$104M+66%-3.2%−$2.9M−$10.1M
Q4 202510-KMar 4, 2026$66.9M+3%-46.1%−$29.7M−$666K
Q3 202510-QNov 10, 2025$66.6M-5%-48.2%−$30.8M−$41.2M
Q2 202510-QAug 7, 2025$55.0M+8%-41.8%−$20.8M$2.1M
Q1 202510-QMay 12, 2025$62.8M+27%-24.1%−$14.5M−$12.6M

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Octave Specialty Group: revenue growth, year over year and quarter over quarterOctave Specialty Group: revenue growth, year over year and quarter over quarterY/YQ/Q+27%Q1 2025+8%-12%Q2 2025-5%+21%Q3 2025+3%+0%Q4 2025+66%+56%Q1 2026+51%-20%Q2 2026
Latest (Q2 2026): Y/Y +51%, Q/Q -20%.
Octave Specialty Group: where the cash came from (+) and went (−), TTM to Q2 2026Octave Specialty Group: where the cash came from (+) and went (−), TTM to Q2 2026Other investing$230MOperating cash flow−$62.1MOther financing−$62.1MCash drawn (+) / kept (−)−$34.4MBuybacks−$33.2MPartners−$31.4MTaxes on employees’ shares−$6.2MExchange rates−$481K
From the cash-flow statement as filed (SEC XBRL). Cash is fungible: the bars do not say which dollar paid for what.
Octave Specialty Group: profit against cash, quarter by quarterOctave Specialty Group: profit against cash, quarter by quarterNet incomeOperating cash flow−$19.9M$48.9MQ3 2024−$20.9MQ4 2024−$14.5M−$12.6MQ1 2025−$20.8M$2.1MQ2 2025−$30.8M−$41.2MQ3 2025−$29.7MQ4 2025−$2.9M−$10.1MQ1 2026−$12.2M−$10.2MQ2 2026
Latest (Q2 2026): Net income −$12.2M, Operating cash flow −$10.2M.
Octave Specialty Group: diluted shares by fiscal yearOctave Specialty Group: diluted shares by fiscal year46MFY202047MFY202146MFY202246MFY202347MFY202447MFY2025
+2.2% since FY2020: more shares outstanding (issuance, stock pay).
Octave Specialty Group in its industry: growth against margin (8 companies, SIC 6351)Octave Specialty Group in its industry: growth against margin (8 companies, SIC 6351)revenue growth, year over year →↑ operating marginmedian +20%median 41%ORIRDNESNTMTGAGONMIHMBIOSG (+51%, -14%)
Surety Insurance; dot size is quarterly revenue; dashed lines are the industry's medians.

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About Octave Specialty Group

Octave Specialty Group, Inc. ("OSG"), headquartered in New York City, is a financial services holding company incorporated in the State of Delaware on April 29, 1991 and was formerly known as Ambac Financial Group, Inc. ("AFG"). In the fourth quarter of 2025, AFG changed its name and rebranded as OSG in connection with the sale of its Legacy Financial Guarantee business. References to "Octave," "OSG," the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” are to OSG and its subsidiaries, as the context requires. Octave operates two principal businesses:

In its own words, from its 10-K, filed Mar 4, 2026.

Octave Specialty Group against its Surety Insurance peers

The largest companies of the same SEC industry, each at its latest quarter. Revenue growth: +51% against the peers' median +20%. Operating margin: -14.1% against the peers' median 40.7%.

CompanyQuarterRevenueY/YOp. margin
OSG Octave Specialty GroupQ2 2026$83.0M+51%-14.1%
ORI Old Republic InternationalQ3 2026$2.6B+5%10.7%
RDN Radian GroupQ3 2026$624M+106%36.6%
ESNT Essent GroupQ3 2026$374M+20%53.2%
MTG Mgic InvestmentQ3 2026$299M-2%74.0%
AGO Assured GuarantyQ3 2026$214M+3%40.7%
NMIH NMI HoldingsQ3 2026$188M+5%64.1%
MBI MbiaQ3 2026$26.0M+73%-88.5%

Source: Octave Specialty Group 10-Q on SEC EDGAR · CIK 874501 · Surety Insurance

13F: who owns OSG and who is buying

Largest holders of OSG (13F)Largest holders of OSG (13F)BlackRock$28.5MVanguard Group$19.5MWestern Standard LLC$14.0MVanguard Capital Management LLC$12.3MThird Avenue Management LLC$8.4MPrescott Group Capital Management…$8.0MBain Capital Credit, LP$6.9MGeode Capital Management, LLC$6.9MState Street$5.6MRepertoire Partners LP$5.1M
Funds' net buying of OSG by quarter (13F)Funds' net buying of OSG by quarter (13F)$17.6M2024-09$20.9M2024-12−$29.7M2025-03−$638K2025-06$13.3M2025-09−$22.1M2025-12−$13.0M2026-03−$16.6M2026-06
Value of shares 13F filers added minus the value they sold, each quarter (quarters with most filings in).

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