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 Thursday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View Selective Insurance Group's Dividend History.

Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The insurance provider reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.28. The insurance provider earned $728.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $722.70 million. Selective Insurance Group had a return on equity of 12.72% and a net margin of 9.55%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.20 earnings per share. View Selective Insurance Group's Earnings History.

Selective Insurance Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Selective Insurance Group.

2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Selective Insurance Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Selective Insurance Group's share price to reach $75.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.4% 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 trended somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Selective Insurance Group earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Selective Insurance Group.

Selective Insurance Group saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 596,500 shares, a decrease of 10.1% from the January 30th total of 663,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 275,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares 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), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), Axis Capital (AXS) and Hanover Insurance Group (THG).

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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.88%), State Street Corp (3.58%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.14%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.13%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.67%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.55%). 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Stifel Financial Corp, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Jane Street Group LLC and Chartwell Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Selective Insurance Group company stock in the last year include Cynthia S Nicholson, Michael H Lanza and William M Rue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Selective Insurance Group.

SIGI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Eaton Vance Management, State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. and UBS Group AG. 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 $55.80.

Selective Insurance Group has a market capitalization of $3.33 billion and generates $2.85 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $271.62 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.40 on an earnings per share basis. Selective Insurance Group employs 2,400 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]