Assurant Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assurant in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Assurant stock.
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Assurant is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 1st 2021.
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Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $2.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.49 by $0.50. The financial services provider had revenue of $2.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.38 billion. Assurant had a net margin of 4.74% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.05%.
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Assurant's stock was trading at $108.38 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AIZ shares have increased by 47.3% and is now trading at $159.67.
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Assurant announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.66 per share on Tuesday, September 21st. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 27th.
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Assurant pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.64%. Assurant has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Assurant is 30.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Assurant will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.71% next year. This indicates that Assurant 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 permits the company to buyback $900,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Assurant updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $10.868-$11.263 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Assurant's stock. Their forecasts range from $152.41 to $207.00. On average, they expect Assurant's share price to reach $181.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price.
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400 employees have rated Assurant CEO Alan Colberg on Glassdoor.com. Alan Colberg has an approval rating of 84% among Assurant's employees. 65.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Assurant to a friend.

Some companies that are related to Assurant include American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), American National Group (ANAT), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW) and Horace Mann Educators (HMN).
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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 investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.11%), BlackRock Inc. (9.04%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (9.27%), FMR LLC (6.39%), State Street Corp (5.24%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.91%). Company insiders that own Assurant stock include Charles John Koch, Francesca Luthi, Gene Mergelmeyer, J Braxton Carter II, Robert Lonergan and Tammy L Schultz.
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AIZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Edgestream Partners L.P., and Neuberger Berman Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Assurant company stock in the last year include Francesca Luthi, Gene Mergelmeyer, and Robert Lonergan.
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AIZ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Amundi, FMR LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp, and SG Americas Securities LLC.
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Shares of AIZ 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 $159.67.

Assurant has a market capitalization of $9.39 billion and generates $10.09 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $441.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.63 on an earnings per share basis.

Assurant employs 14,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for Assurant is www.assurant.com.

Assurant is headquartered at 28 LIBERTY STREET 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10005.

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].