NASDAQ:HALL - Hallmark Financial Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hallmark Financial Services trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HALL."

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:HALL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The insurance provider reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.02. The insurance provider earned $117.85 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $117.45 million. Hallmark Financial Services had a return on equity of 8.85% and a net margin of 6.39%. View Hallmark Financial Services' Earnings History.

Hallmark Financial Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hallmark Financial Services.

2 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Hallmark Financial Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate Hallmark Financial Services' share price to reach $16.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hallmark Financial Services.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hallmark Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Hallmark Financial Services.

Media stories about HALL stock have trended extremely negative on Monday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hallmark Financial Services earned a coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Hallmark Financial Services.

Hallmark Financial Services saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 186,400 shares, a drop of 33.4% from the November 28th total of 279,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 111,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Hallmark Financial Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hallmark Financial Services include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), First American Financial (FAF), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and Axis Capital (AXS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hallmark Financial Services investors own include AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), Visa (V), Verizon Communications (VZ), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), CVS Health (CVS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Uber Technologies (UBER) and Crius Energy Unt (KWH.UN).

Hallmark Financial Services' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (3.25%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.32%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.31%) and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Hallmark Financial Services stock include James H Graves, Jeffrey R Passmore, Naveen Anand and Scott T Berlin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hallmark Financial Services.

HALL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Fenimore Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hallmark Financial Services.

HALL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hallmark Financial Services.

Shares of HALL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HALL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.76.

Hallmark Financial Services has a market capitalization of $339.93 million and generates $379.27 million in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $10.35 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.01 on an earnings per share basis. Hallmark Financial Services employs 439 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hallmark Financial Services.

The official website for Hallmark Financial Services is http://www.hallmarkgrp.com/.

Hallmark Financial Services' mailing address is 777 MAIN STREET SUITE 1000, FORT WORTH TX, 76102. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 817-348-1600 or via email at [email protected]