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

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

United Fire Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View United Fire Group's Dividend History.

United Fire Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFCS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The insurance provider reported ($0.40) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.28) by $0.13. The insurance provider earned $298.06 million during the quarter. United Fire Group had a negative return on equity of 0.97% and a net margin of 0.75%. View United Fire Group's Earnings History.

United Fire Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Fire Group.

United Fire Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 18th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Media headlines about UFCS stock have trended positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Fire Group earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United Fire Group.

United Fire Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 406,400 shares, an increase of 25.6% from the December 31st total of 323,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 72,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.6 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares 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), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), First American Financial (FAF), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and Axis Capital (AXS).

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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.28%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%), 6 Meridian (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.06%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). 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 California Public Employees Retirement System, Arizona State Retirement System, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold United Fire Group company stock in the last year include David E Conner, Michael T Wilkins, Neal R Scharmer and Scott L Carlton. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Fire Group.

UFCS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., SG Americas Securities LLC and 6 Meridian. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Fire Group.

Shares of UFCS 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 UFCS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.60.

United Fire Group has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion and generates $1.07 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $27.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.67 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]