NASDAQ:UFCS - United Fire Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

United Fire Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UFCS."

United Fire Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Friday, March 20th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. View United Fire Group's Dividend History.

United Fire Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFCS) released its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 18th. The insurance provider reported ($1.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.93) by $0.11. The insurance provider earned $289.72 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $290 million. United Fire Group had a net margin of 1.23% and a negative return on equity of 2.87%. View United Fire Group's Earnings History.

United Fire Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Fire Group.

United Fire Group updated its fourth quarter 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -0.95--0.91 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $-0.14.

Media coverage about UFCS stock has trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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. United Fire Group earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United Fire Group.

United Fire Group saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 360,800 shares, a decline of 15.6% from the January 30th total of 427,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 71,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.1 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View United Fire Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Fire 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 United Fire Group investors own include Store Capital (STOR), Moelis & Co (MC), Timkensteel (TMST), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Forrester Research (FORR), Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), PepsiCo (PEP) and Progenics Pharmaceuticals (PGNX).

United Fire Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Earnest Partners LLC (6.09%), State Street Corp (2.60%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (1.38%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.22%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.74%). Company insiders that own United Fire Group stock include Barrie W Ernst, David E Conner, Dawn M Jaffray, Dee Ann Mcintyre, James Noyce, Mary K Quass, Michael T Wilkins, Neal R Scharmer and Scott L Carlton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Fire Group.

UFCS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Comerica Bank, Bank of America Corp DE, Brinker Capital Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Arizona State Retirement System, Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC, US Bancorp DE and Pinebridge Investments L.P.. Company insiders that have sold United Fire Group company stock in the last year include David E Conner, Michael T Wilkins and Neal R Scharmer. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Fire Group.

UFCS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Earnest Partners LLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and UBS Group AG. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Fire Group.

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One share of UFCS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.39.

United Fire Group has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion and generates $1.20 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $14.82 million in net income (profit) each year or ($1.08) on an earnings per share basis. United Fire Group employs 1,183 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United Fire Group.

The official website for United Fire Group is http://www.ufginsurance.com/.

United Fire Group's mailing address is 118 SECOND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA, 52407. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 319-399-5700 or via email at [email protected]