Assurant (AIZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Assurant, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides business services that supports, protects, and connects consumer purchases in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through two segments: Global Lifestyle and Global Housing. The Global Lifestyle segment offers mobile device solutions, and extended service contracts and related services for consumer electronics and appliances, and credit and other insurance products; and vehicle protection, commercial equipment, and other related services. The Global Housing segment provides lender-placed homeowners, manufactured housing, and flood insurance; renters insurance and related products; and voluntary manufactured housing, and condominium and homeowners insurance products. The company was formerly known as Fortis, Inc. and changed its name to Assurant, Inc. in February 2004. Assurant, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $199.86 to $203.50
• 50-Day Range: $179.30 to $214.67
• 52-Week Range: $160.12 to $230.55
• Volume: 499,428 shs
• Average Volume: 393,312 shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.86
• Dividend Yield: 1.60%
• Price Target: $228.67
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Assurant Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Assurant scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 62nd out of 911 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Assurant has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Assurant has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.27%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Assurant are expected to grow by 13.27% in the coming year, from $16.88 to $19.12 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Assurant is 13.86, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.11.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Assurant is 13.86, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.84.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Assurant has a P/B Ratio of 2.01. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.51% of the float of Assurant has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Assurant has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Assurant has recently increased by 5.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Assurant pays a meaningful dividend of 1.58%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Assurant has been increasing its dividend for 21 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Assurant is 24.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Assurant will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.74% next year. This indicates that Assurant will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.72

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.51% of the float of Assurant has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Assurant has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Assurant has recently increased by 5.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.17

News Sentiment

Assurant has a news sentiment score of 1.17. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.97 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Assurant this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for AIZ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Assurant to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -71% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Assurant insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $201,930.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.51% of the stock of Assurant is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.65% of the stock of Assurant is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

AIZ Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AIZ shares performed this year?

Assurant's stock was trading at $213.22 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, AIZ shares have decreased by 5.9% and is now trading at $200.61.
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How were Assurant's earnings last quarter?

Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 6th. The financial services provider reported $3.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.78 by $0.61. The firm's revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

How will Assurant's stock buyback program work?

Assurant's Board of Directors initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, November 9th 2023, which permits the company to repurchase $600,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 7.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Who are Assurant's major shareholders?

Assurant's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (13.14%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (8.61%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (7.35%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.91%). Insiders that own company stock include Richard S Dziadzio, Michael P Campbell, Robert Lonergan, Biju Nair, Jay Rosenblum, Francesca Luthi, Martin Jenns and Dimitry Dirienzo.
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How do I buy shares of Assurant?

Shares of AIZ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Assurant own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Assurant investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), Adobe (ADBE) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 2/03/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 2/03/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2025
• Last Earnings: 5/06/2025
• Today: 5/20/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance carriers, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Multi-line Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AIZ
• CIK: 1267238
• Web: www.assurant.com
• Phone: (770) 763-1000
• Fax: 212-859-5893
• Employees: 13,700
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $228.67
• High Stock Price Target: $250.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $217.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $12.83
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.91
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $760.20 million
• Net Margins: 6.40%
• Pretax Margin: 7.81%
• Return on Equity: 17.25%
• Return on Assets: 2.55%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.41
• Current Ratio: 0.43
• Quick Ratio: 0.43

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.07 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.85
• Cash Flow: $21.52 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.34
• Book Value: $99.57 per share
• Price / Book: 2.02

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 50,868,000
• Free Float: 50,523,000
• Market Cap: $10.22 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.59