NASDAQ:NAVG - Navigators Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Navigators Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NAVG."

Navigators Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, December 21st. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 29th. View Navigators Group's Dividend History.

Navigators Group's stock split on Friday, January 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, December 6th 2016. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, January 19th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Navigators Group stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Navigators Group Inc (NASDAQ:NAVG) released its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 7th. The insurance provider reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.52. The insurance provider had revenue of $374.41 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $373.96 million. Navigators Group had a return on equity of 7.27% and a net margin of 6.54%. View Navigators Group's Earnings History.

Navigators Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Navigators Group.

3 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Navigators Group's shares. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Navigators Group's stock price to reach $65.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Navigators Group.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Navigators Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Navigators Group.

Headlines about NAVG stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Navigators Group earned a media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to Navigators Group include RenaissanceRe (RNR), Kemper (KMPR), Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Axis Capital (AXS), Enstar Group (ESGR), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Mercury General (MCY), RLI (RLI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), AmTrust Financial Services (AFSI), National General (NGHC), Aspen Insurance (AHL), ProAssurance (PRA), Horace Mann Educators (HMN) and Universal Insurance (UVE).

Navigators Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.82%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.35%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (3.98%), Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C (2.26%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.94%) and Advisory Research Inc. (1.81%). Company insiders that own Navigators Group stock include Carl L Bach III, Colin Sprott, Patricia H Roberts, R Scott Eisdorfer, Stanley A Galanski, Stephen R Coward and Vincent C Tizzio. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Navigators Group.

NAVG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Advisory Research Inc., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC, GSA Capital Partners LLP and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Navigators Group company stock in the last year include Carl L Bach III and Colin Sprott. View Insider Buying and Selling for Navigators Group.

NAVG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Spring Creek Capital LLC, FIL Ltd, Water Island Capital LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Walthausen & Co. LLC and Gabelli Funds LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Navigators Group.

Shares of NAVG 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NAVG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.24.

Navigators Group has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion and generates $1.31 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $40.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.16 on an earnings per share basis. Navigators Group employs 732 workers across the globe.

The official website for Navigators Group is http://www.navg.com.

Navigators Group's mailing address is 400 ATLANTIC STREET, STAMFORD CT, 06901. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 203-905-6090 or via email at [email protected]