Assurant - AIZ Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assurant in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AIZ shares.
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3 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Assurant's stock. Their AIZ share price forecasts range from $180.00 to $220.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $200.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.2% from the stock's current price.
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Assurant's stock was trading at $155.86 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AIZ stock has decreased by 5.1% and is now trading at $147.90.
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Assurant saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,310,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the August 15th total of 1,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 432,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.18 by $0.23. Assurant had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.61% and a net margin of 11.80%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.99 earnings per share.
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Assurant announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 29th will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share on Monday, September 19th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 26th.
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Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.84%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 17 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 13.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AIZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.13% 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 approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, May 13th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $900,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 9.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Assurant issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $12.84-$13.29 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $12.79. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (11.61%), FMR LLC (6.73%), State Street Corp (5.45%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.02%), Northern Trust Corp (1.38%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan B Colberg, Charles John Koch, Francesca Luthi, Gene Mergelmeyer, J Braxton Carter II, Robert Lonergan and Tammy L Schultz.
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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 $147.90.

Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) has a market capitalization of $7.87 billion and generates $10.19 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $20.51 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 15,600 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 (212) 859-7000, via email at investor.relations@assurant.com, or via fax at 212-859-5893.