Assurant - AIZ Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assurant in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AIZ shares.
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3 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Assurant's shares. Their AIZ share price forecasts range from $52.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $130.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price.
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Assurant's stock was trading at $125.06 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AIZ stock has decreased by 7.3% and is now trading at $115.99.
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Assurant saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,100,000 shares, an increase of 5.8% from the February 13th total of 1,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 420,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.90 by $0.49. The financial services provider earned $2.53 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.49 billion. Assurant had a net margin of 2.68% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.52%. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.41 EPS.
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Assurant announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Monday, March 20th. This represents a $2.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 24th.
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Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.48%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 56.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AIZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.18% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Assurant announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, May 13th 2021, which allows the company to repurchase $900,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 9.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

400 employees have rated Assurant Chief Executive Officer Alan Colberg on Glassdoor.com. Alan Colberg has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees. 65.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Assurant to a friend.

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Assurant trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AIZ."

Assurant's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (10.78%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.25%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.75%), Morgan Stanley (1.72%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.59%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.48%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan B Colberg, Dimitry Dirienzo, Francesca Luthi, Gene Mergelmeyer, J Braxton Carter II and Robert Lonergan.
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Shares of AIZ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AIZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $115.99.

Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) has a market capitalization of $6.14 billion and generates $10.19 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $276.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.95 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 13,700 workers across the globe.

Assurant's mailing address is 28 LIBERTY STREET 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10005. The official website for the company is www.assurant.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (770) 763-1000, via email at investor.relations@assurant.com, or via fax at 212-859-5893.