Greenhaven Road Capital’s New Addition: Kingsway Financial (KFS)

Greenhaven Road Capital, an investment management company, released its first-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the first quarter, the fund returned around -12% net of fees and expenses, trailing the Russell 2000 by approximately 2% in large part. The Q1 letter focused on President Trump’s Liberation Day and the attendant tariff policies rather than company fundamentals. In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to determine its best picks for 2025.

In its first-quarter 2025 investor letter, Greenhaven Road Capital highlighted stocks such as Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS). Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS) engages in extended warranty and business services. The one-month return of Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS) was 34.20%, and its shares gained 44.27% of their value over the last 52 weeks.  On May 21, 2025, Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS) stock closed at $11.34 per share with a market capitalization of $307.244 million.

Greenhaven Road Capital stated the following regarding Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:

“Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS) is invisible to most financial market participants. With a market capitalization of $225M, it is too small for many to invest in. The company has no sell side coverage, thus there are no “consensus numbers.” In FactSet and other financial databases, the company is misclassified as a “multi-line insurer”. To further compound the analytical challenge, GAAP accounting rules have the reported numbers understating the company’s earning power. If I wanted to camouflage a company, the levers I would pull are all present here: small, no sell-side, mislabeled, and distorted GAAP financials.

You’ve likely never heard of Kingsway Financial Services. A decade ago, Kingsway was a mess – loaded with debt and a jumble of businesses: a Canadian insurance operation, railway yards, a hearing aid manufacturer’s building, and a warranty business. It couldn’t even file its financial statements on time. But, with the involvement of activist investors and a new CEO in 2018, things have changed. The turnaround has been slow but steady. It’s simpler now. The railway yards and real estate are gone, and most of the debt is paid off. What’s left is a warranty business, over $600 million of NOLs (Net Operating Losses), an investment strategy, and some talented people. We’re not paying a demanding multiple for this…” (Click here to read the full text)

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Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 5 hedge fund portfolios held Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS) at the end of the fourth quarter, compared to 3 in the third quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:KFS) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the undervalued AI stock set for massive gains.

In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q1 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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