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

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

National General declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View National General's Dividend History.

National General Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:NGHC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The insurance provider reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.06. The insurance provider had revenue of $1.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.24 billion. National General had a net margin of 5.34% and a return on equity of 15.70%. National General's revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.65 EPS. View National General's Earnings History.

National General is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for National General.

4 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for National General's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect National General's stock price to reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for National General.

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

News headlines about NGHC stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. National General earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for National General.

National General saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 404,400 shares, a drop of 5.3% from the December 15th total of 427,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 271,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's 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), Kemper (KMPR), Axis Capital (AXS), Enstar Group (ESGR), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), ProAssurance (PRA), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT) and State Auto Financial (STFC).

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

National General's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.05%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.04%), BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. (0.03%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.01%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC. 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 $22.77.

National General has a market capitalization of $2.58 billion and generates $4.61 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $207.35 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.09 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]