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 given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View United Fire Group's Dividend History.

United Fire Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFCS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The insurance provider reported ($0.40) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.28) by $0.13. The insurance provider had revenue of $298.06 million for 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.

News stories about UFCS stock have trended very positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Fire Group earned a news impact score of 3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for United Fire Group.

United Fire Group saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 406,400 shares, an increase of 25.6% from the December 15th total of 323,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 73,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 Moelis & Co (MC), Store Capital (STOR), Timkensteel (TMST), Forrester Research (FORR), Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), PepsiCo (PEP), Progenics Pharmaceuticals (PGNX), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT) and Redfin (RDFN).

United Fire Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.28%), 6 Meridian (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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 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. 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 $46.52.

United Fire Group has a market capitalization of $1.16 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]