NASDAQ:SIGI - Selective Insurance Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Selective Insurance Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SIGI."

Selective Insurance Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. This is a boost from Selective Insurance Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Selective Insurance Group's Dividend History.

Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The insurance provider reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.14. The insurance provider had revenue of $710.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $718.14 million. Selective Insurance Group had a net margin of 8.53% and a return on equity of 12.83%. Selective Insurance Group's revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.99 earnings per share. View Selective Insurance Group's Earnings History.

Selective Insurance Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Selective Insurance Group.

Selective Insurance Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Selective Insurance Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Selective Insurance Group's stock price to reach $75.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Selective Insurance Group.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Selective Insurance Group in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Selective Insurance Group.

Media headlines about SIGI stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Selective Insurance Group earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines 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 near term. View News Stories for Selective Insurance Group.

Selective Insurance Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 631,700 shares, an increase of 11.7% from the December 31st total of 565,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 284,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Selective Insurance Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Selective Insurance Group include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), First American Financial (FAF), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and Axis Capital (AXS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Selective Insurance Group investors own include Methanex (MEOH), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), AbbVie (ABBV), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Pfizer (PFE), Sonoco Products (SON), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

Selective Insurance Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.60%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.36%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.32%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.31%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%) and Strs Ohio (0.12%). Company insiders that own Selective Insurance Group stock include Cynthia S Nicholson, Gregory E Murphy, J Brian Thebault, John Burville, John J Marchioni, Michael H Lanza, Michael J Morrissey, Paul D Bauer, Terrence W Cavanaugh and William M Rue. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Selective Insurance Group.

SIGI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Arizona State Retirement System, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Selective Insurance Group company stock in the last year include Cynthia S Nicholson, Gregory E Murphy, John Burville, Michael H Lanza, Paul D Bauer and William M Rue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Selective Insurance Group.

SIGI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Dupont Capital Management Corp, Cohen Lawrence B, Sciencast Management LP, Landsberg Bennett & Dubbaneh LLC and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. View Insider Buying and Selling for Selective Insurance Group.

Shares of SIGI 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 SIGI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.32.

Selective Insurance Group has a market capitalization of $3.94 billion and generates $2.59 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $178.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.66 on an earnings per share basis. Selective Insurance Group employs 2,290 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Selective Insurance Group.

The official website for Selective Insurance Group is http://www.selective.com/.

Selective Insurance Group's mailing address is 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ, 07890. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 973-948-3000 or via email at [email protected]