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, November 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 16th. View State Auto Financial's Dividend History.

State Auto Financial Corp (NASDAQ:STFC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 20th. The insurance provider reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.39. The insurance provider had revenue of $343 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $348.30 million. State Auto Financial had a net margin of 6.20% and a return on equity of 3.08%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.67 EPS. View State Auto Financial's Earnings History.

State Auto Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for State Auto Financial.

Press coverage about STFC stock has been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. State Auto Financial earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for State Auto Financial.

State Auto Financial saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 256,400 shares, a decrease of 15.0% from the December 31st total of 301,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 44,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.8 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), 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), 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), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Teekay Lng Partners (TGP), Timkensteel (TMST), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Mondi (MNDI), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), RealReal (REAL) and Semtech (SMTC).

State Auto Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.46%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.43%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.73%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.18%), State Street Corp (0.84%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.59%). 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Strs Ohio, New York State Common Retirement Fund, ETRADE Capital Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P. and Huntington National Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for State Auto Financial.

STFC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., State Street Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $30.19.

State Auto Financial has a market capitalization of $1.32 billion and generates $1.41 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $12.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.63 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]