NASDAQ:STFC - State Auto Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

State Auto Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "STFC."

State Auto Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 16th. View State Auto Financial's Dividend History.

State Auto Financial Corp (NASDAQ:STFC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The insurance provider reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.15. The insurance provider earned $334.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $340 million. State Auto Financial had a return on equity of 4.88% and a net margin of 2.31%. State Auto Financial's quarterly revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.44 earnings per share. View State Auto Financial's Earnings History.

State Auto Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for State Auto Financial.

News headlines about STFC stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. State Auto Financial earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for State Auto Financial.

State Auto Financial saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 248,100 shares, a decline of 6.7% from the September 15th total of 265,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 44,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View State Auto Financial's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other State Auto Financial investors own include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Mondi (MNDI), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Qiagen (QGEN), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Starbucks (SBUX), Shire (SHPG) and Semtech (SMTC).

State Auto Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (0.80%), Boston Partners (0.19%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.07%), California State Teachers Retirement System (0.06%), Millennium Management LLC (0.06%) and Keybank National Association OH (0.05%). Company insiders that own State Auto Financial stock include Jason Earl Berkey, Kim Burton Garland, Kym Marie Hubbard, Matthew Stanley Mrozek, Melissa A Centers, Michelle Lantow, Scott Alan Jones and Steven Eugene English. View Institutional Ownership Trends for State Auto Financial.

STFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Huntington National Bank, Keybank National Association OH, Barclays PLC and Boston Partners. Company insiders that have sold State Auto Financial company stock in the last year include Matthew Stanley Mrozek and Melissa A Centers. View Insider Buying and Selling for State Auto Financial.

STFC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, Rhumbline Advisers, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and California State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought State Auto Financial stock in the last two years include Jason Earl Berkey, Kim Burton Garland, Kym Marie Hubbard and Michelle Lantow. View Insider Buying and Selling for State Auto Financial.

Shares of STFC 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 STFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.68.

State Auto Financial has a market capitalization of $1.38 billion and generates $1.28 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $12.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.20 on an earnings per share basis. State Auto Financial employs 1,854 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About State Auto Financial.

The official website for State Auto Financial is http://www.stateauto.com/.

State Auto Financial's mailing address is 518 EAST BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS OH, 43215. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 614-464-5000 or via email at [email protected]