NASDAQ:PLMRPalomar Stock Price, Forecast & News

Palomar's stock was trading at $47.51 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PLMR stock has increased by 84.2% and is now trading at $87.51. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Palomar in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Palomar.

Palomar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 10th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Palomar.

Palomar Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PLMR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.11. The business earned $38.02 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $35.72 million. Palomar had a return on equity of 18.64% and a net margin of 28.53%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.52 EPS. View Palomar's earnings history.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Palomar's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Palomar's share price to reach $67.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 22.7%. View analysts' price targets for Palomar.

Media stories about PLMR stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Palomar earned a news sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Palomar.

Palomar saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,770,000 shares, an increase of 79.4% from the June 15th total of 986,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 374,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Approximately 8.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Palomar's Current Options Chain.

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(PLMR) raised $63 million in an IPO on Wednesday, April 17th 2019. The company issued 5,600,000 shares at $5.00-$17.62 per share. Barclays, J.P. Morgan and Keefe, Woods & Bruyette (A Stifel Company) served as the underwriters for the IPO and Evercore ISI, William Blair, Sandler O'Neill + Partners and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Palomar trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PLMR."

Shares of PLMR 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 PLMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.51.

Palomar has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion and generates $113.30 million in revenue each year. The company earns $10.62 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.73 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Palomar is www.palomarspecialty.com.

Palomar's mailing address is 7979 IVANHOE AVENUE SUITE 500, LA JOLLA CA, 92037. The company can be reached via phone at 619-567-5290 or via email at [email protected]