NYSE:AIZ - Assurant Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Assurant declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 27th will be given a dividend of $0.56 per share on Tuesday, September 18th. This represents a $2.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 24th. View Assurant's Dividend History.

Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $2.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.89 by $0.25. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.59 billion. Assurant had a net margin of 7.41% and a return on equity of 5.17%. Assurant's revenue was up 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.88 earnings per share. View Assurant's Earnings History.

Assurant is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Assurant.

4 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Assurant's stock. Their predictions range from $118.00 to $129.00. On average, they anticipate Assurant's share price to reach $123.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Assurant.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assurant in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Assurant saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,062,833 shares, an increase of 48.4% from the May 15th total of 1,390,054 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 931,532 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 4.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Assurant's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Assurant include Unum Group (UNM), Genworth MI Canada (MIC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), NIB (NHF), Triple-S Management (GTS) and Citizens Financial (CFIN).

Media stories about AIZ stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Assurant earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.76 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Assurant's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.05%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%), Cibc Bank USA (0.01%) and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.01%). Company insiders that own Assurant stock include Christopher J Pagano, John Andrew Sondej and Robert W Stein. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Assurant.

AIZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Cibc Bank USA. View Insider Buying and Selling for Assurant.

AIZ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Fisher Asset Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Assurant.

Shares of AIZ 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AIZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $107.61.

Assurant has a market capitalization of $5.69 billion and generates $6.42 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $519.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.98 on an earnings per share basis. Assurant employs 14,750 workers across the globe.

Assurant's mailing address is 28 LIBERTY STREET 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10005. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-859-7000 or via email at [email protected]