NASDAQ:NGHCNational General Stock Price, Forecast & News

National General's stock was trading at $17.20 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NGHC stock has increased by 96.7% and is now trading at $33.84. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

National General is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for National General.

National General Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:NGHC) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The insurance provider reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.05. The insurance provider earned $1.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.45 billion. National General had a net margin of 6.60% and a return on equity of 16.97%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.77 earnings per share. View National General's earnings history.

National General declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. View National General's dividend history.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for National General's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $34.50. On average, they expect National General's share price to reach $30.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.6%. View analysts' price targets for National General.

Press coverage about NGHC stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National General earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about National General.

National General saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 523,300 shares, an increase of 20.1% from the June 15th total of 435,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 349,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View National General's Current Options Chain.

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

National General's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), Alpha Windward LLC (0.02%) 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 and Robert Karfunkel. View institutional ownership trends for National General.

NGHC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpha Windward LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have bought National General stock in the last two years include Barry Karfunkel, and Robert Karfunkel. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $33.84.

National General has a market capitalization of $3.85 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 9,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for National General is 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]