Home / Auditor changes / KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.
Filed 2026-08-24 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001021771-26-000111 micro
Price before filing: $19.83 (2026-08-21 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $290.6M (2026-08-24) 路 Latest: $270.6M (2026-10-16)
| Window | KINS | SPY | vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | -6.4% | +0.5% | -6.9% | 2026-09-23 |
| 90 days | pending | pending | until 2026-11-22 | |
| 180 days | pending | pending | until 2027-02-20 |
Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.
90 days before the flag: 1 insider bought $213K (2 purchases)
30 days after: none reported.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 10b5-1 plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | Newgarden Thomas Director | Purchase | 6,000 | $15.50 | $93K | no | Form 4 |
| 2026-05-29 | Newgarden Thomas Director | Purchase | 8,000 | $14.99 | $120K | no | Form 4 |
| 2026-08-24: red flag filed | |||||||
Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2026-05-26 to 2026-09-23. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.
"(the "Company") notified Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte") that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Audit Committee") approved the engagement of Deloitte as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting of the Company as of December 31, 2026 and for the year then ending, subject..."
Quoted from the filing. Source
The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.
Type: resigned
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Marcum LLP · New auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
Why this score: auditor resigned
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