State Auto Financial Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:STFC)

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

State Auto Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 17th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 16th. View State Auto Financial's Dividend History.

State Auto Financial Corp (NASDAQ:STFC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 1st. The insurance provider reported ($0.33) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.05 by $0.38. The insurance provider earned $340.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $340.10 million. State Auto Financial had a net margin of 3.95% and a return on equity of 5.49%. State Auto Financial's revenue for the quarter was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.08) EPS. View State Auto Financial's Earnings History.

State Auto Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for State Auto Financial.

State Auto Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

News articles about STFC stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. State Auto Financial earned a daily sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for State Auto Financial.

State Auto Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 265,900 shares, a drop of 11.6% from the August 30th total of 300,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 44,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.0 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View State Auto Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to State Auto Financial include Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Axis Capital (AXS), Kemper (KMPR), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), Enstar Group (ESGR), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), National General (NGHC), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), ProAssurance (PRA), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG) and Amerisafe (AMSF).

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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own State Auto Financial stock include Jason Earl Berkey, John M Petrucci, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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 $33.47.

State Auto Financial has a market capitalization of $1.46 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]