NASDAQ:NGHC - National General Stock Price, Forecast & News

National General trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NGHC."

National General announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, April 14th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. View National General's Dividend History.

National General Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:NGHC) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The insurance provider reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.13. The insurance provider had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.40 billion. National General had a net margin of 6.55% and a return on equity of 16.89%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.30 EPS. View National General's Earnings History.

National General is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for National General.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for National General's stock. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect National General's stock price to reach $36.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 84.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for National General.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National General in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for National General.

Media stories about NGHC stock have trended very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National General earned a news impact score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for National General.

National General saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 404,400 shares, a drop of 5.3% from the December 31st total of 427,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 278,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View National General's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to National General include American Financial Group (AFG), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Axis Capital (AXS), Kemper (KMPR), RLI (RLI), Enstar Group (ESGR), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Mercury General (MCY), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), ProAssurance (PRA), Amerisafe (AMSF) and James River Group (JRVR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National General investors own include Intelsat (I), Fossil Group (FOSL), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Bank of America (BAC), Apollo Global Management (APO), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU), Ciena (CIEN) and First Data (FDC).

National General's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (2.17%), State Street Corp (1.24%), Nut Tree Capital Management LP (1.21%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.93%), Pembroke Management LTD (0.89%) and Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC (0.82%). Company insiders that own National General stock include Barry Karfunkel, Michael Hal Weiner, Peter A Rendall, Robert Karfunkel and Thomas Newgarden. View Institutional Ownership Trends for National General.

NGHC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Snow Capital Management LP, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., AJO LP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Principal Financial Group Inc. and Credit Suisse AG. Company insiders that have sold National General company stock in the last year include Michael Hal Weiner and Peter A Rendall. View Insider Buying and Selling for National General.

NGHC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC, Nut Tree Capital Management LP, Maverick Capital Ltd., Bank of Montreal Can, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Algert Global LLC and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have bought National General stock in the last two years include Barry Karfunkel and Robert Karfunkel. View Insider Buying and Selling for National General.

Shares of NGHC 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 NGHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.47.

National General has a market capitalization of $2.21 billion and generates $5.18 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $348.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.75 on an earnings per share basis. National General employs 8,440 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About National General.

The official website for National General is http://www.nationalgeneral.com/.

National General's mailing address is 59 MAIDEN LANE 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10038. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 212-380-9500 or via email at [email protected]